Home Remedies for Piles
Piles is a very common ailment. Women have higher incidence than men. The reason behind it is not clearly known. It is more commonly seen in adolescent age group and aged persons who all seem to be more tensed.
In medical terminology, piles is known as hemorrhoids. Piles refers to a condition in which the veins around the anus or lower rectum are swollen and inflamed. It is the dilatation (varicosity) of the veins of anus. It appears as bluish coloured swellings due to stagnated blood. Piles arise due to the increased pressure of internal or external veins around the anal canal.
Effective Piles Home Remedies
Dry figs- soak three or four cleaned figs in hot water overnight. Consume the figs with the water in the morning for three to four weeks to have a relief from piles.
Radish- mix 100 mg of grated white radish with a teaspoon of honey or radish juice with a pinch of salt may be taken twice daily. It can also be ground into a paste in milk and applied over the inflamed area to relieve the pain and swelling.
Turnip- extract the juice of the leaves and mix with equal quantities of juices from watercress, spinach and carrots. This has been found to be useful in treating piles.
Cottonseeds: Crush some cottonseeds and apply on piles for overnight.
Mango Seeds: Powder dried mango seeds. Take 2 grams twice daily for bleeding piles.
Jambul Fruit: Eat jambul fruit (jamun) with salt every morning for three months during its season for 4-5 seasons. This is a best home remedy for piles.
Ginger is also useful in this disease. Combine half a teaspoon of fresh ginger juice, one teaspoon each of fresh lime juice and fresh mint juice and a tablespoon of honey and take it.
Mix 1 ripe mashed banana in 1 cup of milk, take 3-4 times a day.
Soak 3-4 figs in a glass of water. Keep it overnight. Consume the figs on an empty stomach, the next day in the morning.
The ideal diet for the patient with piles should consist of fruits like papaya, musk melon, apple and pear; green vegetables, particularly spinach and radish, wheat, porridge, whole meal cereals and milk. Lentils and daals should be avoided, as they constipate the bowels. The patient should also abstain from meat, fish, eggs, cheese, white sugar, sweets, rice, all fried foods, all white flour products, tea and coffee. Dry fruits, such as figs and raisins and coconuts should form part of the diet.
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