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Varicose veins treatment in ayurveda

What is varicose vein?

It is a vascular condition in which veins in our body gets enlarged just under our skin (superficially). It happens because of weak or damaged vein walls and valves. Usually this disease can be seen on the lower limbs. It can be correlated with Siraja granthi in ayurveda, it’s also having the same symptom as the enlargement and twisting of veins.

What are the causes and symptoms of varicose veins?

Causes- Standing for a longer duration, sedentary life style makes our body structures weak and more prone to the disease, walking for a hefty amount of time, obesity, genetic predisposition etc.

Symptoms-Cramps on legs(generally on thighs and calf muscles), blackish discolouration of legs(Foot), Swollen and twisted veins, wounds on foot, in severe cases gangrene is formed etc.

What can we do?

Diet and how you spend your day have at most important in the treatment of varicose veins. Eating food items which doesn’t have much fat in it and moving your legs or walking after a short period of sitting can get you to a top position for the easiness of curing this disorder.

So the main procedures what we do in treating varicose are as follows

  • External therapies like njavara lepam helps in strengthening  surrounding structures and vein walls there by helps to pump blood from legs to heart.
  • Medicines and diet helps in improving blood circulation which in turn boosts natural healing of varicose veins.
  • Panchkarma therapies like raktamokshanam helps to suppress you pain and other symptoms for a long duration and this helps in gaining time to do other therapies easily and strength to that structure .

If you are a person who got advised to do surgery for varicose vein then give ayurveda a chance to get varicose away from you.