Here are four different herbs that can give you hemorrhoid relief and help to get rid of your hemorrhoids. Using these herbs is a convenient and cost effective way to treat your hemorrhoid symptoms. Use these herbs just long enough to give you hemorrhoid relief. Once you see that your symptoms have disappeared, stop using these herbs. Using herbs longer than necessary will make you less sensitive to the power of these herbs, if you have to use them again. Comfrey root powder Comfrey powder comes from an herbal root that has plenty of allantoin. This herb is a powerful acting herb that is anti-inflammatory and stimulates the formation of new skin. It can also cause hemorrhoids that are outside on the anus to shrink and pull back. This makes comfrey powder an effective hemorrhoid remedy. Heres how to use it. Buy the powder and not the liquid. Make a paste by mixing it with olive, fish, or flaxseed oil. Apply the paste directly onto your anus and surrounding area. You can apply it at night and your morning shower will remove it. Fresh comfrey leaves or roots are the best to use. However, you can get precut and dried comfrey root and leaves from a health food or herb store. If you use the dried leaves, you can put them into a coffee grinder to create a powder. Use this powder to create a paste with oils. Gotu Kola Gotu Kola is an Indian herb that is a hemorrhoid remedy. Use an extract that has 70% triterpenic acid since this is the active ingredient. Take 30 mg of Gotu Kola 3 time a day. Gotu kola extract reduces pain, swelling, fatigue, and sensation of heaviness from hemorrhoids. Horse Chestnut Horse chestnut comes from the bark of a tree and has been found to be useful in treating hemorrhoids. It contains the chemicals aesculin and aescin, which strengthen your blood vessels and which help to reduce hemorrhoids. It also helps to reduce inflamed areas. Heres how to use it. You can make a tea and apply it directly to your hemorrhoids. However, do not drink the tea since it contains tannin, which tightens mucus and tissue and would cause constipation. Use it in powder form and mix it with oil to produce a paste and apply it to your anus area. Plantain Herb Plantain also has plenty of allantoin just like comfrey root powder. Heres how to use it. Use it just like comfrey powder by mixing it with oil and applying it directly to your anus. You can also combine equal parts of the plantain and comfrey powder. If you only have plantain leaves, put them in a coffee grinder to create a powder. Now you can make a mixture with oil and both of these herbs. |
