Using Herbs to Relieve Hemorrhoids – Aloe Vera, Bilberry, Butcher's Broom

Written by Rudy Silva


To relieve hemorrhoids first look for ways to get your bowels moving easier and more frequently so they produce softer stools. I have suggestion ways, in other articles, to do this by changing your diet.

Any straining and puffing you do to push hard or even soft stools out during a bowel movement will aggravate your hemorrhoids and can lead to bleeding and pain.

When completing a bowel movement, make sure you are usingrepparttar softest tissue available so that when you clean yourself you don’t scrape or aggravate your hemorrhoids. You can also use pre-moisten tissue. Just make sure thatrepparttar 144575 tissue you use is not colored or scented because these chemical additives can aggravate your hemorrhoids.

You may have to take a shower a couple times a day to keep your rectum area clean.

Here are three natural remedies that you can use to aid in eliminating your hemorrhoids.

Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera gel is an astringent that helps to heal open wounds. It is useful in hemorrhoids by applyingrepparttar 144576 gel directly onto your anus. The best type of gel for this is directly fromrepparttar 144577 aloe plant. If you don’t have one, then 100% organic whole leaf aloe gel is second best. You can get this organic aloe at a health food or nutrition store.

If you have a fresh plant, wash a leaf thoroughly with distilled water. Peel it on one side, bend it withrepparttar 144578 peeled side outward, and slip it into your anus. This will provide you with pain relief and reduce your hemorrhoid bleeding. Just trim downrepparttar 144579 leaf so it slides into your anus easily.

Aloe Vera juice, that you drink, is also good for hemorrhoids. It helps to soften your stools and to activate peristaltic action. If you like aloe juice, then drink around 1/2 a cup of Aloe Vera juice three time a day.

You can add 1/4 or 1/3 part aloe juice to a cup of apple juice to makerepparttar 144580 taste easier to handle. To make this aloe-apple juice more effective, add 10 drops of barberry extract.

Eczema and acne herbs for a powerful footbath

Written by Rudy Silva


In 1979, Maurice Messe’gue’,repparttar famous French herbalist, who practiced herbal footbaths for all kinds of ailments, wrote a book called “Health Secrets of Plants and Herbs.” In this book he outlined his footbath treatment for Eczema.

I have listed his herbal recommendations and have added a few more that are effective in reducing eczema symptoms. I have listed 11 herbs that you can buy in small quantities, ˝ oz, to mix together, produce a tea, and use in a footbath.

As mentioned in my other article on footbaths, create a tea, with herbs and let them sit for 20-30 minutes. Then strain and add them to a footbath. Userepparttar 144506 footbath inrepparttar 144507 morning and evening for 10 – 14 minutes.

Use at least 9 ofrepparttar 144508 herbs listed here.

Artichoke leaves – You can use artichoke leaves dried whole or cut down and as an extract. Artichoke leaves have been used for indigestion and irritable bowel syndrome. They help increase bile and helprepparttar 144509 liver to regenerate. The liver needs to be in good condition to help eczema conditions when excess toxins are contributing to eczema. The liver helps to detoxify colon toxins and other toxins that may reach eczema locations and cause inflammation.

What I do is just buy some artichokes and cut them into small pieces – about a small hand full – boil water and put them intorepparttar 144510 boiling water for 2-3 minutes. Then I takerepparttar 144511 boiling water offrepparttar 144512 stove and put my herbs.

Elecampane leaves – This herb is used to expel intestinal parasites, helps to pull toxins out ofrepparttar 144513 body, stimulate digestion andrepparttar 144514 immune system. A tea of leaves and roots help cleanrepparttar 144515 skin by removing toxins and allowing your immune system to heal your skin.

Cabbage leaves – these leaves are known to reduce your susceptibility to cancer. It is thought that cabbage leaves have anti-inflammatory action. Cabbage has a healing action on open wounds. You can use fresh cabbage cut into small pieces and add them torepparttar 144516 boiling water atrepparttar 144517 same time you addrepparttar 144518 artichokes.

Nettles – Nettle tea is good for wounds, stings, and burns. It is also used to eliminate worms and for colon disorders. Many times skin disorders can berepparttar 144519 result of a toxic colon. That is why cleansing and detoxifyingrepparttar 144520 colon will help with any type of skin problem.

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