From this article you will find out whether green tomatoes help with varicose veins. How to properly prepare a remedy, the principles of its application. The prognosis for such treatment.
Contents of the article:
- Indications for treatment with green tomatoes
- How to choose tomatoes
- Preparation and use of folk remedy
- Possible contraindications
- Forecast for the treatment of
There is a method of treating varicose with immature tomatoes. Their seeds in large quantities contain substances similar to aspirin - sodium and ammonium salicylate. Salicylates well anesthetize, relieve swelling, and also help in the prevention of thrombosis - dilute blood. Green fruit of tomato also contains flavonoids - substances that support the tone of the veins and have anti-sclerotic effect.
Green tomatoes are good to use together with other medicinal treatments. At the initial stage of varicose veins, you can try this remedy as the only one for treatment. Not always folk methods give positive results, but there are people who immature tomatoes helped to cope with the disease of veins.
Before using a folk remedy, consult a phlebologist or vascular surgeon.
Indications for treatment with immature tomatoes
Although green tomatoes and rich in useful substances, no one can tell exactly how well they penetrate the bloodstream through the skin. This rate of absorption of salicylates has never been measured.
Indications:
- initial degree of varicose veins;
- treatment with folk remedies along with medications that improve vascular tone;
- application after surgery for the prevention of relapse.
Green tomatoes for varicose veins can be used only after consulting a doctor.
When varicose veins are also useful to eat tomatoes in food( it is ripe).They contain a lot of useful macro- and microelements( potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, zinc, etc.).
How to choose the right tomatoes
For treatment, solid unripe fruits are selected. They should not have traces of rot. It is advisable to use vegetables grown in the suburban area without the use of nitrate fertilizers. The tomato does not matter.
To be treated this way is better in the summer - the winter tomatoes from the store will bring little benefit.
Tomatoes should be used within the first two days after you tore them off the branch. Otherwise, the concentration of salicylates drops sharply, because the vegetable begins to ripen.
Click on the picture to enlarge Preparation and use of folk remedy
There are several ways to treat. Before preparing any recipe, the green tomatoes are well washed under running water and dried.
- Cut the tomato into several longitudinal pieces. Apply one piece to the affected area for 2-3 minutes( until burning occurs).Then you can change this piece to a new one. Such procedures are repeated twice a day for 10-20 minutes.
- Compresses from tomatoes help in the treatment of varicose veins. Here you can use both green and mature tomatoes. Slice the vegetable with thin slices and cover the leg along the course of the varicose vein. From above it is possible to wrap with a polyethylene film or simply cellophane package. Such a compress is enough to do once a day for an hour. After the procedure, rinse the product thoroughly with water.
- Struck leg area with sodium bicarbonate. After 10 minutes on top, put a slice of tomato. This lotion should be left for 15-20 minutes. Soda increases the chemical activity of the process, because the action from the national means will come sooner.
If you regularly use green tomatoes from varicose veins, the effect is noticeable after 2-3 weeks. Venous nodes brighten and become softer to the touch. Gradually, the puffiness and heaviness in the legs will disappear. Treatment will give you the opportunity to lead a habitual way of life.
Possible contraindications
As with any therapy, green tomatoes have contraindications:
- should not be used with any allergic reactions to tomatoes,
- in the presence of wounds and skin lesions,
- in the early postoperative period,
- during an acute inflammatory process.
If during the period of using the remedy you notice redness of the skin or other suspicious reactions, therapy should be stopped and consult a doctor.
Prognosis for the treatment of
To treat varicose with green tomatoes is no more than 2-3 weeks. If after this period you did not see the result, then it's worth moving on to more serious methods of treatment.
It will be easier to cope with varicose veins if you make every possible effort: make therapeutic compresses and lotions, drink herbal teas, and keep to a diet. On the advice of the doctor, you can add and drugs.
It is easy to find positive feedback on this type of therapy on the Internet. About half of the people claim that the veins have shrunk in size, and the legs have become less likely to swell. True, some of them add that they used the remedy together with traditional treatment.
