Treating, and preventing varicose veins can be easily assisted today with many things. One prime example is of course, vitamins. They are effective in addition with many other treatments for example: compression stockings. You do need to remember though that if you have the veins operated on that you will need to alert your doctor to what supplements you are taking at the time of the operation.
Varicose vein treatment related vitamins are: A, C, E, B6, and K. Also, fiber and bioflavoniods are rather important as well for over all health. Citrus fruits contain very high vitamin C, which helps the body in the processes of healing itself.
Being a retinol, vitamin A can be found in a wide selection of fruits and vegetables and even some dairy products as well. Prime examples of such foods are: Carrots, Sweet Potatoes, Broccoli, milk, and eggs.
Being a fat soluble, vitamin E is a important vitamin in the treatment of varicose veins due to the fact that it protects the body from free radicals. Free radicals can damage cells in the human body, and have been linked to even cancer. Vitamin E can be found in a wide variety of nuts such as: peanuts, and almonds, and fresh foods such as mango, spinach, and kiwi.
B6 is very important for the immune system to function correctly, and for the correct growth of cells. This can be found in fish, chick peas, lean meats, bananas, peanut butter, and a list of other foods too.
Being important for the blood, and bone growth Vitamin K is known to aid in the coagulation of blood. This is found in many foods such as: mayonnaise, parsley, and broccoli. Bioflavonoids can be found in deep red food items like raspberries, wines, grapes, and strawberries. Bioflavinoids are thought to strengthen the cell walls of veins and capillaries.
Cleaning the body of its waste and helping put less stress on the body, fiber is a very important element to any diet. Fiber can be found in: whole grains, fresh fruits, and fresh vegetables.
Additionally, drinking plenty of water and avoiding salt will help you avoid varicose veins and improve your overall health. Being essential for your body, water helps strengthen and heal your body. Hydration of course is able to be maintained with a variety of other liquids, water is thought to be the best. Avoid additional sugar and sodium which are in other beverages.
For proper treatment of varicose veins. the patient should, in the beginning, be put on a juice fast for three to five days or on fruit diet for five to seven days. A warm-water enema should be administered daily during this period to cleanse the bowels and measures should be taken to avoid constipation.
After the juice fast or the fruits diet, the patient should adopt a restricted diet plan. In this regimen, oranges or orange and lemon juices may be taken for breakfast. The midday meal may consist of raw salad of any of the vegetables in season, with olive oil and lemon juice dressing. Steamed vegetables such as spinach, cabbage, carrots, turnips, cauliflower and raisins, figs or dates may be taken in the evening. No bread or potatoes or other starchy foods should be included in this diet, or otherwise, the whole effect of the diet will be lost.
After the restricted diet, the patient may gradually embark upon a well-balanced diet with the emphasis on whole grains, seeds, nuts, vegetables and fruits. About 75 per cent of the diet should consist of raw vegetables and fruits. All condiments, alcoholic drinks, coffee, strong tea, white flour products, white sugar and white sugar products should be strictly avoided. A short fast or the fruit diet for two or three days may be undertaken every month, depending on the progress.
Raw vegetable juices, especially carrot juice in combination with spinach juice, have proved highly beneficial in the treatment of varicose veins. The formula proportions considered helpful in this combination are carrot 300 ml. and spinach 200 ml to prepare 500 ml of juice.
Certain nutrients have been found effective in the treatment of varicose veins. The most important of these nutrients is Vitamin C. When Vitamin C is lacking, veins sag and become tortuous, which is the first stage of varicosity. In addition, there is often an anemic condition present, which makes for a poor and weakened blood supply. Dr. Foote says, 'many of these patients are deficient in vitamins and healing may be accelerated by attention to this point, especially if large doses of Vitamin C are added to their diet'.
The alternate hot and cold hip bath will be very valuable and should be taken daily. The affected parts should be sprayed with cold water or cold packs should be applied to them. A mud pack may be applied at night and allowed to remain until morning. The hot epsom-salt bath is also very valuable and should be taken twice a week. The legs should be exposed to sunlight for some time during the day.
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