Folk remedies for hemorrhoids

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

Heavenly jasmine - Folk remedy for hemorrhoids

Depending on the location of the rectal and anal veins, hemorrhoids are divided into 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 pathogenesis of the disease according to Oriental medicine is due to the lungs and large intestine being 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 too much fatty food, sitting for long periods, and lack of exercise, which causes dampness to accumulate, urge to defecate but not go immediately, or constipation, straining too much, the Yangming and Ming organs are not in harmony, the channels are blocked, and wind and heat do 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 traditional Chinese medicine remedies to treat this disease.

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

- 40g of crushed gac seed (mộc miết tử), mix with a little vinegar, wrap in cloth and apply to 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-mature ivy leaves, wash and crush, mix with 10g of salt, add 300ml of distilled water, filter through gauze, then soak cotton into 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, drink 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: Sophora japonica flower 20g, Vietnamese balm 40g, Chinese clematis bark 20g, mugwort 40g, alum 12g. 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 of Angelica dahurica, 18g of Magnolia officinalis, 9g of raw alum, 60g of purslane, 30g of gallnut, 12g of Sichuan pepper, 30g of Sophora japonica flower, 12g of licorice. Boil to get the water to use for steaming and then washing 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 to soak and wash 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, Dendrobium lappa 40g. Boil and drink one dose per day, divided into 3 times.

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

Lesson 3: 12g raw rehmannia root, 12g white peony root, 12g thuja leaf, 12g black sesame root, 8g angelica root, 8g ligusticum wallichii root, 8g pagoda tree flower, 8g peach seed, 9g Chinese clematis root, 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 earthworm, 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, remove 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 asper 12g, charred gardenia fruit 12g, charred perilla 16g, honeysuckle 16g, Chinese clematis bark 8g, red peony root 8g, licorice 4g. Boil and drink one dose per day, divided into two 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": 12g ginseng, 10g angelica, 12g atractylodes, 10g licorice, 24g astragalus, 12g tangerine peel, 12g bupleurum, 12g cimicifuga. Boil and drink one dose per day.

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

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