In order for blood circulation in our body to function normally, it is necessary to constantly monitor the condition of the walls of blood vessels. And carry out systematic measures to strengthen them. If you provide assistance to your blood vessels in a timely manner, you can avoid serious diseases such as varicose veins, thrombosis, thrombophlebitis, and others.
One of the frequent questions from patients at our vascular center in Moscow is: “When should you pay attention to your blood vessels and prevent varicose veins on your legs?”
We have already talked about the causes of varicose veins on the legs in the article “I say NO to varicose veins.” Let's take a closer look at what symptoms may arise at the initial stage during weakening of the vascular wall.
Why do you need to clean vessels?
Blood vessels lose strength over time and become brittle and vulnerable. The causes of such negative phenomena are age-related changes, previous injuries, poor diet, alcohol and smoking. Under the influence of these factors, the vessels stretch, thin out and become vulnerable. If vascular diseases are accompanied by high blood pressure, there is a danger of rupture of blood arteries.
Poor vascular condition can be determined by the following symptoms:
- periodic pressure surges;
- dizziness and weakness;
- fainting and rapid heartbeat;
- increased body temperature;
- darkening of the eyes;
- cold extremities.
Particularly dangerous is the rupture of the blood channels of the brain, which in most cases leads to a stroke and death. With timely diagnosis, the risks of hypertension and heart attack can be significantly reduced.
Diet and varicose veins. What diet to choose in Moscow?
If you want to follow a specific nutrition plan with a daily meal schedule, you can choose a specific diet, there are many of them. The choice will be based on existing diseases (especially the gastrointestinal tract), taste preferences and lifestyle. A nutritionist will help you create a menu; he will take into account all the characteristics of the body, so it is better not to simply take the diet you like from reference books or the Internet.
Consultation with a nutritionist
Such a diet may not have the best effect on the condition of your veins and the whole body. European experts report significant health problems arising from an incorrectly chosen diet. Therefore, if you are not a registered doctor, consult a good nutritionist. Specialists from the city phlebology center in Moscow support this point of view.
The effectiveness of strengthening the walls of blood vessels with herbs
Medicinal herbs serve as a natural source of health that help strengthen and restore the structure of blood vessels, making them stronger. In order to achieve maximum effect in treatment, it is necessary to systematically carry out procedures to cleanse blood vessels.
During the procedures, blood circulation improves, the functions of the cardiovascular system are normalized, harmful substances, bad cholesterol deposited on the walls of blood vessels and toxins are removed.
Folk recipes and preparations based on medicinal plants serve as reliable assistants in the fight against vascular diseases.
Folk recipes
Traditional medicine also allows for periodic healing of blood vessels using cleansing tinctures and decoctions from available plant materials. Honey, lemon, garlic, berries, nuts, dried fruits and herbs are especially popular in such medicinal recipes.
This original recipe allows you to prepare the drug very quickly. Take it in the morning on an empty stomach.
- Peel and puree a clove of garlic.
- Wash and chop half a lemon with the peel, after removing all the seeds.
- Mix the ingredients in a glass container, add a teaspoon of honey, a small pinch of dry wormwood or a sprig of fresh one. Pour a glass of warm water.
- Cover tightly with a lid and leave in a warm place for half an hour.
- Then add a teaspoon of unrefined cold-pressed olive oil and drink on an empty stomach in the morning, 30 minutes before breakfast.
This drink is taken continuously, if intolerance does not appear, for at least a month. During this time, the composition of the blood should noticeably improve, and the lumens of the bloodstream should clear. If tinnitus and dizziness have disappeared, sleep has improved, and pressure surges have stopped tormenting you, then the cleansing process has gone well.
The course can be repeated after a break of 1-2 months.
What substances do our blood vessels need?
For the vascular system to function normally, the following substances must be supplied to the body:
- Rutin is from the group of vitamins P, it strengthens capillary walls and has an indirect effect on lowering blood pressure. By lowering blood pressure, the risk of vascular structure ruptures is reduced.
- Vitamin C has a positive effect on smooth muscles, making them more permeable. The tissue of the vascular walls becomes elastic.
- Vitamin E, an antioxidant, has a slowing effect on cell destruction. Due to long-term intake of vitamin E, the fragility of blood vessels is significantly reduced.
- Vitamins B and K work as stimulants of intercellular metabolism occurring in the walls of blood vessels. Due to this, the likelihood of a heart attack is reduced, since the heart muscle receives the substances necessary for its normal functioning.
- Iron and potassium keep blood vessels elastic; these elements are responsible for transporting oxygen to the walls of capillaries.
Blood purification is a necessary procedure that directly affects the structure of blood vessels and their fragility. The purer the blood, the stronger the blood channels, the less atherosclerotic plaques form inside them. “Harmful” cholesterol and sodium compounds make capillary walls brittle, increasing the likelihood of vascular wall rupture.
Complications of mesenteric thrombosis
- Gangrene of the intestine. If the blood flow to the intestines is completely blocked, then its death develops.
- Perforation. The dead section of intestine may rupture. As a result, the contents of the intestines spill into the abdominal cavity, causing an infectious process in the peritoneum (peritonitis).
- Scar changes in the intestinal wall. Sometimes these dangerous complications do not develop, but the damaged intestinal wall is replaced by a scar, causing narrowing of the intestinal tube and the development of intestinal obstruction.
How to achieve maximum effect
The greatest effect from medicinal herbs will be achieved only if the disease is in its initial stage. The patient's lifestyle must be radically changed. The patient must take the following steps:
- give up fatty and fried foods, canned food and fast food;
- engage in physical education and sports, take daily walks;
- take B vitamins and magnesium, preferably through food;
- Rest regularly and get good sleep.
Only then will medicinal herbs give the effect that is expected from them. Painful symptoms will begin to subside only after a few months.
Obesity and varicose veins
If you have varicose veins, it is especially undesirable to gain excess weight. This is a load on the heart, blood vessels, and it becomes more difficult for the veins to do their “work.”
Obesity and varicose veins
There are foods that are best excluded from the diet for people suffering from venous disease and a tendency to become overweight. Particular attention should be paid to refined and concentrated foods such as bread and sugar. These products play a leading role in rapid and uncontrolled weight gain. Instead of bread products, it is better to eat bread and toast, and replace sugar with honey. You should also exclude jellied meat and rich broths, as well as coffee and cocoa. It is extremely important, if you understand that your weight significantly exceeds the permissible norms, to consult a specialist in a timely manner. Otherwise, it will be difficult for you to help even the best Moscow specialists. Modern innovative technologies also have their limitations.
People who eat meat in their diet should stick to turkey and chicken. When dieting, you should limit the consumption of canned food, eggs and concentrated meat broths.
Varicose veins and obesity
All fatty foods, such as margarine, pork, butter and lard, are also best excluded from the diet. A fish diet can have a good effect. Fish meat is almost also rich in protein, and fish oil has unique beneficial properties, including for the walls of blood vessels. A significant number of leading European experts call for giving up meat in favor of fish, and there is a significant amount of common sense in this.
List of the best herbs for blood vessels
Medical experts highlight several herbs and herbal preparations that most actively reduce cholesterol and help strengthen the circulatory system.
Immortelle
The roots, flowers and leaves of the plant contain a lot of magnesium and potassium, which help normalize the salt balance.
Due to this, the level of sodium and its derivative components in the body decreases. Immortelle is a source of tannins and flavonoids, which help stabilize blood pressure. This medicinal plant provides an invaluable service to the liver, accelerating the breakdown of complex carbohydrate compounds; this is an important fact for the recovery of the entire cardiovascular system. Doctors recommend taking immortelle for ailments such as hypertension and aneurysms. A decoction is made from the plant: 2 teaspoons of the herb are poured into half a liter of boiling water, left for 3 hours, filtered and taken three sips three times a day. The product turns out bitter, so it can be diluted with water. The course of treatment is one and a half months.
Attention! For patients with chronic liver diseases, immortelle decoction is contraindicated.
Peppermint
Peppermint is known to be an effective sedative. However, mint contains substances that stimulate the regeneration of vascular walls. Doctors prescribe enemas with the addition of mint essential oil for hemorrhoids. With the help of healing herbal procedures, broken blood vessel walls are healed, inflammation and painful symptoms are relieved.
Peppermint is a remedy against hypertension and vasculitis. Healing tea is prepared from the leaves of the plant. For 200 ml of boiling water, take a small spoon of the dry mixture, brew it and add honey to the tea. It is recommended to drink no more than two cups per day; there are no course restrictions.
Clover flowers
The plant contains many vitamins B, E, and K that are beneficial for human health. Clover contains more of them than green onions. Clover cleanses blood vessels from “bad cholesterol” and other lipid compounds. It is recommended to drink it for patients with atherosclerosis and heart failure.
Prepare an infusion of clover as follows: mix a tablespoon of dried clover flowers with three tablespoons of honey. Leave the mixture for two weeks, stirring daily. Eat a small spoon before meals three times a day, for up to one and a half months. During this period, you need to consume at least two liter jars of the mixture.
Dandelion root
This is an excellent remedy for breaking down cholesterol plaques and strengthening veins and capillaries. Medicinal decoctions and infusions are prepared from dandelion root, which help fight atherosclerosis, varicose veins, hemorrhoids and other ailments associated with pathologies in the venous vessels.
Preparing the infusion does not take much time; you need to take one part of the dry root and add five parts of hot water. You can use a thermos for this. Infuse the decoction and take 50 g three times a day; after taking, do not drink tea or coffee for about 2 hours.
Dill seeds
We can safely call this remedy universal, since it successfully treats many chronic diseases associated with the cardiovascular system. With the help of dill seeds, you can normalize blood pressure, reduce the risk of varicose veins, and expand the lumen in blood vessels. The infusion is prepared from 1 spoon of dill seeds and 1 liter of boiling water. After the medicine is infused, it is drunk for 14 days three times, 50 ml each.
Note! Dill seeds have a strong diuretic effect.
Hawthorn
Hawthorn contains a lot of phenolic acids, pectins, vitamin K, and ascorbic acid. These substances have a positive effect on the functioning of the cardiovascular system, normalize blood circulation, and increase the tone of the vascular walls. Doctors prescribe hawthorn to patients with heart rhythm disturbances accompanied by hypo- or hypertension.
Hawthorn is used to prepare medicinal alcohol infusion. First, dry the fruits of the plant well, then grind them in a coffee grinder. Then take 30 g of the powder mass and fill it with alcohol or high-quality vodka in an amount of 200 ml. Infuse the alcoholic infusion for at least 10 days, and take it in small doses, a spoonful three times a day. Treatment is continued for 21 days, then they take a break and start drinking the tincture again.
Melissa
This plant is a prophylactic for a variety of pathologies of the central nervous system and damage to brain tissue. Melissa serves as an “ambulance” for severe headaches or sudden spasms of blood vessels. Tea is made from it. You can brew the plant daily, but drink no more than three glasses. Melissa perfectly tones and gives vigor. It is recommended to add honey, lemon, and apple pieces to tea.
Fennel
The effect of fennel begins within 15 minutes, so it is recommended to use it for high blood pressure. Fennel has a powerful diaphoretic effect, it removes toxins from the blood and lymph and serves as a strong antibacterial agent.
Fennel infusion can be consumed 100 ml in the morning and evening 15 minutes before meals. The usual course is 14 days, then one week of rest and you can continue treatment. To prepare a medicinal infusion, you will need fennel seeds in the amount of a teaspoon and 200 ml of boiling water. Leave for 15-30 minutes and drink as directed.
Horseradish
The root of this plant, which contains a lot of calcium, iron, phosphorus, and potassium, is used for treatment. Horseradish helps balance the content of components such as red blood cells, platelets, and leukocytes in the blood; it removes sodium compounds and cleanses the blood. People with anemia, leukemia, and low hemoglobin levels are recommended to be treated with fresh horseradish root.
Grind the horseradish root on a fine grater and mix with a spoon of honey. Eat a small spoon daily.
Aloe
Aloe juice contains enzymes that can penetrate into the blood through the gastric mucosa. They break down lipid compounds and successfully remove cholesterol from the body. Aloe is useful for obesity, atherosclerosis, as well as complications of the heart and blood vessels.
It is recommended to use the plant juice fresh. To do this, a small leaf is cut from the bush, then the peel is removed from it and the resulting “candy” is placed under the tongue for half an hour. The procedure should be repeated daily in the morning and on an empty stomach.
Diet and varicose veins. The Path to Healing
Proper nutrition is very important, but it is impossible to achieve recovery with it alone. Contacting a competent phlebologist is a must! In Moscow, you have an excellent opportunity to choose not only a good, but also the best specialist in the innovative treatment of varicose veins.
A team of phlebologists will help you get rid of varicose veins
A set of exercises combined with a healthy diet and advice from a doctor will help you quickly cope with an unpleasant disease and keep your legs healthy. Moreover, following such a diet is very simple, because it does not include strong restrictions on the amount of food. Surgery may be required. In case of radical treatment, the diet will help you recover faster. Whether you live as a city resident of Moscow, the Moscow region, or any other city and region of our country, diet will be a very good tool for prolonging life and improving its quality.
Herbal medicine for the treatment of certain diseases
Every second person over 45 years old has problems with the heart and blood vessels, statistics say.
The most common diseases diagnosed in this group of people are: hypertension of any degree, varicose veins, and the presence of atherosclerosis. At a more mature age, from 65 years of age, people have more serious pathologies in which the functionality of the circulatory system is no longer restored. Herbal medicine is of great importance for human health. If you conduct health-improving courses once a year, the risk of illnesses will be significantly reduced.
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is associated with the phenomenon of excess low-density cholesterol and fatty compounds in the blood. Harmful elements gradually accumulate inside the vessels, on their walls. Next, the formation of atherosclerotic plaques begins, which clog the passages and blockage of blood vessels occurs.
The most effective “fighters” against blockages are clover, aloe, and dandelion root.
Thrombosis and thrombophlebitis
The disease is caused by the rapid destruction of blood elements such as red blood cells and platelets. After their death, their remains oxidize and stick together into blood clots. Thus, blood flow is blocked in small vessels.
There are a number of medicinal herbs that can thin the blood and dissolve blood clots, these are: horse chestnut, wormwood, Kalanchoe, ginko biloba, Japanese sophora.
Varicose veins
The disease can be treated with horse chestnut, wormwood and Kalanchoe. A “porridge” is prepared from the plants and applied to sore spots on the legs.
To restore the elasticity of blood vessels and return the veins to their normal shape, hawthorn and dill seeds will help.
Folk recipes for decoctions and infusions
- Recipe 1. Rose hips, motherwort, dried grass, meadowsweet in equal parts. Pour 4 tablespoons of the mixture into 1 liter of boiling water and leave for 10 hours. Drink 100 ml before meals for two months.
- Recipe 2. Pour half a liter of boiling water over the barberry roots. Drink half a glass of infusion 4 times a day.
- Recipe 3. Garlic, lemon, horseradish in equal parts. Infuse in boiling water, add honey, drink a glass twice a day.
Approximate menu for each day
From the products recommended for healthy blood vessels, you can prepare a large number of healthy and tasty dishes. There are so many options offered that you can create a diet for a month so that not a single dish is repeated. Over the course of one week, this is even easier to do. Also, while following this diet, it is not necessary to give up cleansing nutrition according to Ayurveda, or sports nutrition that you may be using.
Monday
- Breakfast: oatmeal with milk, apple, green tea.
- Lunch: vegetable and buckwheat soup, vermicelli with beef goulash, freshly squeezed orange juice diluted with water.
- Dinner: a glass of curdled milk, baked fish, carrot and green radish salad with unrefined sunflower oil.
Tuesday
- Breakfast: wheat porridge with raisins, pear, weak coffee with milk.
- Lunch: salmon soup, grilled vegetables with country-style baked potatoes, cherry compote.
- Dinner: millet casserole with cottage cheese, sea buckthorn compote.
Wednesday
- Breakfast: omelette with green peas, toast with Adyghe cheese, black tea with honey and ginger.
- Lunch: soup with fresh cabbage, unpolished rice, steam cutlet, dried apricot compote.
- Dinner: cottage cheese with honey and cinnamon, cranberry jelly
Thursday
- Breakfast: pasta casserole with apple, black tea with milk.
- Lunch: mackerel soup, beet salad with walnuts, tomato juice.
- Dinner: vegetable stew, milk-fruit smoothie with banana and pear.
Friday
- Breakfast: barley porridge with milk, orange, green tea with honey and ginger.
- Lunch: borscht, beef meatballs, buckwheat, freshly squeezed carrot juice.
- Dinner: salad of squid, corn and Chinese cabbage, homemade drinking yogurt.
Saturday
- Breakfast: corn porridge with milk, kiwi, black tea with lemon.
- Lunch: soup with pearl barley and vegetables, cucumber and tomato salad, turkey meatballs, prune compote with apple.
- Dinner: cheesecakes with fresh blueberries, lingonberry jelly.
Sunday
- Breakfast: millet-rice porridge with pumpkin, cocktail of strawberries, banana and curdled milk.
- Lunch: pea soup, baked potatoes with chicken, viburnum juice with honey.
- Dinner: stewed cabbage with carrots, baked trout, raspberry jelly.
Licorice
The composition of licorice is unique. These are about 30 flavonoids, more than a dozen different chemical elements, essential oils, pectins, monosaccharides, disaccharides, tannins and a number of other substances beneficial to the human body.
The underground part is used for medicinal purposes. It is harvested in March or November. A 4-year-old plant is considered the most useful. The roots remain effective for 10 years.
Licorice enhances the body's protective functions and helps resist the negative effects of the environment. Has antidepressant properties. Helps with chronic fatigue and normalizes the activity of the nervous system.
Contraindications
- high blood pressure
- heart failure
- venous insufficiency
- pregnancy
Reference! Long-term use of licorice root may cause swelling.
Rose hip
The high content of flavonoids and ascorbic acid makes rose hips an indispensable natural remedy for diseases of the circulatory system. These substances protect the body from free radicals.
The anti-sclerotic properties of rose hips have a beneficial effect on angina pectoris, transient cerebrovascular accidents, ischemic encephalopathy, and post-infarction conditions.
Taking rose hips improves blood microcirculation, strengthens the walls of blood vessels, regulates carbohydrate metabolism, promotes the production of hemoglobin, and removes “bad” cholesterol.
Contraindications:
- thrombophlebitis;
- pancreatitis;
- ulcer of the duodenum and stomach;
- diabetes;
- chronic gastritis with high acidity;
- tendency to allergies.
Reference! Long-term continuous use may cause various adverse reactions. They are individual for each person.
