Atherosclerosis of the vessels of the lower extremities is a dangerous pathology that threatens with fatal complications. The disease worsens the quality of life, it is long and difficult to treat. The disease mainly worries the elderly: among people over 65, it is diagnosed in 61 percent of patients. In overcoming the condition, both medicinal and surgical methods are used. A special role belongs to the treatment of atherosclerosis of the lower extremities at home, since the duration of well-being depends on adherence to medical advice.
Herbal remedies: fees, ointments and compresses
Treatment with folk remedies involves the use of ointments, infusions for ingestion and various lotions. The most popular components of non-pharmacy drugs for the prevention and overcoming of pathology are plants.
Berry-herbal collection:
- rosehip berries;
- hawthorn fruit;
- elderberry flowers;
- immortelle;
- medicinal beet;
- cowberry.
Cooking method:
The mixture is ground in a blender, then blended. To form a drink, two tablespoons of raw materials are brewed with half a liter of boiling water, heated in a water bath for half an hour. The content will be filtered. They use it for a month, after which they take a break of ten days, then the course is repeated according to the scheme for six months.
Mixture with birch buds:
- horsetail;
- plantain;
- oregano;
- immortelle;
- Birch buds;
- coltsfoot;
- flaxseeds.
Cooking method:
Take 20 g of each of the herbs and mix. Brew three tablespoons of the mixture with hot water in a volume of 500 ml. Stand for 10 minutes. Strain before taking, drink 100 grams for a month.
Flower collection:
- dried dandelion root;
- peony root.
Cooking method:
Grind raw materials in equal parts into powder. Add two tablespoons to a liter of boiling water. After 5 hours, filter and take 50 ml of the infusion daily for two weeks.
Folk remedies for the treatment of atherosclerosis of the lower extremities offer various food products as the main element of patient care: onions, nuts, berries. There are positive reviews about this recipe: turn 50 g of garlic into mashed potatoes, pour vodka (200 g), stand without access to light for 20 days. It is recommended to drink a teaspoon 3 times a day, dissolving 10 drops of the substance in 50 ml of water. The course is a month with a mandatory break of six days before the start of the next one.
Unconventional methods for atherosclerosis of the vessels of the lower extremities include a honey-nut dessert. To prepare it, one and a half kilograms of walnuts are placed in a three-liter jar and poured over the neck with honey. After three months of exposure in a dark, dry place, the substance is filtered, adding 30 grams of bee pollen to it. It is recommended to consume ten milliliters three times a day for two weeks. After that, healers are advised to take a five-day pause, then continue.
Additional ways to use herbs include:
Compresses for legs:
- St. John's wort;
- succession;
- sage;
- chamomile;
- plantain.
Equal shares of dried herbs are mixed, boiled with boiling water, insisted and cooled. Make lotions for an hour, applying a compress to the affected area with a thick layer of gauze dipped in the infusion. The course is three weeks.
For similar purposes, an infusion of spruce needles is also used.
Folk recipe for atherosclerosis of the lower extremities with trophic ulcers (used as an ointment, the ingredients are taken in equal parts):
- grated tamus root;
- sulfur;
- egg white;
- vodka.
Treatment with folk remedies for atherosclerosis of the vessels of the lower extremities involves the use of watermelon juice. During the experiment, in rodents against the background of its use, a decrease in body fat, a decrease in the concentration of cholesterol in the blood was recorded.
Is there efficiency?
Traditional recipes for atherosclerosis of the lower extremities, as a rule, are questioned by official medicine due to their unproven effectiveness. If some advice is used in combination with traditional methods of treatment (herbal medicine), then others are simply useless and even dangerous.
Turning to a certified herbalist with a higher medical education is justified to select the optimal dose of folk remedies. After all, the first antihypertensive drugs were obtained from plants of the rauwolfia family. Some doctors even take on the treatment of atherosclerosis obliterans by unconventional methods.
As for contraindications to herbal medicine, the garlic recipe is not indicated for patients with gastrointestinal diseases, and bee products are not suitable for everyone due to their high allergenicity.
Compresses made from herbal infusions have a short-term effect, cooling “burning” skin due to narrowing of blood vessels. It is completely unacceptable to impose non-sterile dressings on trophic ulcers or necrotic tissues, because the risk of infection is high.
Conclusions
With advanced symptoms of the disease (intermittent claudication, pain, muscle tissue atrophy, trophic ulcers), grandmother's methods cannot be treated, because losing time, the patient approaches disability. Herbal medicine is an additional way of helping, but not the main one. Atherosclerosis is a severe chronic pathology that requires constant use of new rational drugs, regular monitoring of cholesterol levels (and determination of its fractions).
