Our 100% natural tips to relieve heavy legs pain

Our 100% natural tips to relieve heavy legs pain

Plants to stimulate venous return

And our grandmothers have a lot to teach us to stimulate venous return. They have common sense advice. To relieve heavy legs quickly, nothing like doing "feet on the wall" or passing a jet of cold water over the legs. But not only that, because the plants our grandmothers used are still relevant today. Plants were at the center of symptomatic treatments for venous insufficiency, and they still are.

Among them, horse chestnut, a so-called phlebotonic plant whose effects have been the best studied. In horse chestnut, substances are found which have a protective and stimulating effect on the walls of veins and small blood vessels, and which reduce inflammation and swelling. Fragon (also called small holly) has comparable properties. The witch hazel leaves and red vine leaves are also interesting. They contain tannins and flavonoids, which also gives them veinotonic and protective hair effects.

The benefits of herbal medicine in venous insufficiency

If herbal venotonic drugs were reimbursed by Social Security recently, herbal medicine still has an interest in venous insufficiency. Phlebotonic drugs have been downgraded because they are considered to be comfort products. And these products are not really intended to be supported by Health Insurance. But these plants have real assets in relieving the symptoms of venous disease, and at all stages. It would be a shame to shun them.

Venotonic plants can be taken orally, but they can also be used directly on the feet and legs. These plants can in fact be consumed in herbal teas or in the form of capsules. Generally, we make cures of three weeks, which we can renew with each change of season, for example. But beware, the red vine and the fragon present significant interactions and restrictions of use. Talk to your doctor.

In addition, you can also make a decoction of witch hazel leaves, alone, which can then be applied to a painful varicose vein. To do this, boil 10 g of leaves in 250 ml of water for three minutes and let cool. Then, soak a compress that you apply locally, two to four times a day. Tannins, applied directly to the skin, exert a vasoconstrictor effect on the superficial vessels.

As for the red vine, it can be added to a foot bath. Add two handfuls of leaves to 1 liter of water and boil for two minutes. Then let it steep for ten minutes. The foot bath is then ready. Likewise, it is better to use it fresh, heat being an aggravating factor for venous insufficiency.

Essential oils in massage against heavy legs

Essential oils in massage is a good idea to relieve heavy legs. It is possible to make yourself a preparation with a trio of essential oils, easily absorbed by the skin. For this preparation, we will use 80 drops of cypress essential oil and 40 drops of pistachio lentisk essential oil, known for their decongestant and circulatory tonic effect. We also add 40 drops of peppermint, which will bring a vasoconstrictive and fresh effect. Then mix, but be careful not to apply the mixture as is: you must dilute the essential oils in a hazelnut vegetable oil, so as to obtain a preparation of 50 ml. Then you can massage your leg (from bottom to top, always to restart circulation) with 30 drops of the mixture, once or twice a day.

The massage can be repeated for ten days, several times a year. However, be careful, there are contraindications. Pregnant and nursing women, and those with a history of breast or uterine cancer should not use it.

Compression stockings, a "trick" of grandmothers?

The principle of restraint, that is to say exerting pressure on a painful or swollen limb to relieve it, goes back to the dawn of time ... Hippocrates already knew about medical restraint. And she's been through the ages until today. But the compression socks and stockings that are offered today no longer have much to do with the compression bands of our grandmothers: they are worked textile products, pleasant to wear and aesthetic. In a sense, restraint is therefore a grandmother's remedy, but it's not just for grandmothers.

what is this bad return of blood in the veins?

This phenomenon is explained by a poor return of blood to the veins. When you walk all day long or the veins are dilated with heat, the blood does not flow properly to the heart and stagnates in the legs. The pump system, initiated naturally by the soles of the feet and the calf muscles when walking, does not function properly. In certain professions (waitresses, hairdressers or flight attendants, heavy legs are common.

It must be said that when it comes to venous insufficiency, women leave with a disability. The veins are, in fact, lined with receptors sensitive to estrogen. In periods of strong hormonal impregnation (pregnancy ...), the veins tend to dilate. This is why pregnant women often have sore legs.

In addition, hormonal contraception has a deleterious action on the veins and arteries. Solutions exist to find thin and light legs. None are expensive or difficult to implement.

Make a cure of venotonics

Daflon, Ginkor, Esberiven, or Cyclo 3 are no longer reimbursed by Social Security. But vascular doctors recognize them as having a certain effectiveness on leg pain and blood circulation.