Folk remedies for hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids are a common chronic disease. The disease is caused by the rectal veins and anal tissue becoming dilated and congested, forming a mass.

Heavenly lily - Folk remedy for hemorrhoids

Depending on the location of the rectal and anal veins, hemorrhoids are classified as internal or external hemorrhoids. People with hemorrhoids often feel restless and uncomfortable. In severe cases, long-term illness can cause fatigue and poor health.

The cause of the pathogenesis according to Oriental medicine is that the lungs and large intestine are connected and the anus belongs to the large intestine. If the lungs are strong, the qi will be full. If they are weak, the cold qi will not be able to be contained, causing the rectum to protrude, and the heat in the large intestine can also escape.

Another cause is irregular eating, excessive alcohol consumption, eating a lot of fatty foods, sitting for a long time, and lack of exercise, which causes dampness to accumulate, urge to defecate but not go right away, or constipation, straining too much, the Yangming and Ming organs are not in harmony, the Quan Lac are blocked, and wind-heat does not circulate, causing illness.

Depending on the type and severity of the disease, there are appropriate treatment methods, including surgical intervention to remove hemorrhoids. Here are some oriental medicine remedies to treat this disease.

According to folk experience, use one of the following methods:

- 40g of gac seed (mốc miết tử), crushed and mixed with a little vinegar, then wrapped in cloth and applied to the hemorrhoids.

- Sea purslane leaves, devil's claw leaves, add lemongrass, a little coconut shell, burn and use the smoke to inhale into the hemorrhoids.

- 100g of young or semi-ripe ivy leaves, wash and crush, mix with 10g of salt, add 300ml of distilled water, filter through gauze, then soak cotton and bandage on the hemorrhoid after cleaning with potassium permanganate, 1-2 times a day, do this for a few days.

- Boil 50g of fish mint, drink twice a day, use the remaining residue to apply on hemorrhoids.

- 40g of soapberry, 40g of licorice, grind into powder and mix well, take 9g per day, divided into 3 times. At the same time, boil soapberry water for steaming and washing.

Or use one of the following remedies:

Recipe 1: 20g Sophora japonica flower, 40g Vietnamese balm, 20g Chinese clematis root, 40g mugwort, 12g alum. Put in a pot, cover with banana leaves, boil for about 10 minutes, poke a hole and steam directly into the hemorrhoid. When cool, use the water to soak and wash, twice a day.

Recipe 2: 12g Angelica dahurica, 18g Magnolia officinalis, 9g white alum, 60g purslane, 30g gallnut, 12g Sichuan pepper, 30g Sophora japonica flower, 12g licorice. Boil to get the water and use it to steam and wash the painful area.

Lesson 3: If hemorrhoids protrude outside, are swollen and painful, use 30g of alum, 20g of rhubarb, 30g of eryngium, boil to get the water and soak for 15 minutes, twice a day continuously for 3-4 days, the hemorrhoids will disappear.

Oral medication

- In case of internal hemorrhoids, bleeding can be in drops, bright red in color, dry throat, thirsty mouth due to heat and blood stasis, it is necessary to promote blood circulation, disperse blood stasis, cool blood, and stop bleeding.

Recipe 1: Sophora japonica buds 50g, Sanchi ginseng 40g, Chinese clematis root 40g, Panax notoginseng 10g, Centella asiatica 40g. Boil and drink one dose per day, divided into 3 times.

Recipe 2: 20g raw rehmannia root, 12g angelica root, 12g red peony root, 12g scutellaria root, 12g rehmannia root, 12g pagoda tree flower, 12g perilla. Boil and drink one dose per day.

Recipe 3: 12g raw rehmannia, 12g white peony, 12g thuja leaves, 12g black cohosh, 8g angelica, 8g ligusticum wallichii, 8g pagoda tree flower, 8g peach seed, 9g poria, 4g rhubarb. Boil and drink one dose per day.

Lesson 4: If it is due to heat in the blood, you must cool the blood, stop bleeding, disperse blood stasis and regulate qi. Use 10g of bitter melon, 10g of pagoda tree flower, 10g of small plantain, 10g of cardamom, 10g of Chinese clematis root, 10g of licorice, 10g of rehmannia root, 20g of dandelion, 10g of cardamom, 10g of fritillary, 10g of lotus leaf, 3g of powdered ginseng. Boil and drink one dose per day.

- In case of external hemorrhoids infected by heat and dampness, the anus is red and swollen, painful, constipated, and the urine is red, it is necessary to clear heat, benefit dampness, promote blood circulation, and relieve pain.

Recipe 1: Coptis chinensis 12g, Phellodendron amurense 12g, Red peony root 12g, Alisma orientalis 12g, Rehmannia glutinosa 16g, Peach seed 8g, Angelica sinensis 8g, Rhubarb 8g. Boil and drink one dose per day.

Recipe 2: Sophora japonica flower 12g, Thuja orientalis leaf 12g, Dipsacus root 12g, black-roasted gardenia fruit 12g, black-roasted perilla 16g, honeysuckle flower 16g, Chinese clematis root 8g, red peony root 8g, licorice root 4g. Boil and drink one dose per day, divided into 2 doses.

- In the case of elderly people, long-term bleeding hemorrhoids cause anemia, dizziness, tinnitus, pale complexion, white and thin tongue coating, fatigue, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, and deficiency of both qi and blood. It is necessary to replenish qi and blood, raise and stop bleeding. Use the formula "Replenishing the middle and benefiting qi": 12 g of ginseng, 10 g of angelica, 12 g of atractylodes, 10 g of licorice, 24 g of astragalus, 12 g of tangerine peel, 12 g of bupleurum, 12 g of cimicifuga. Boil and drink one dose per day.

Depending on the patient's condition and health, a combination of systemic oral medications and local treatment will give better results.

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