Hemorrhoids Natural Remedy

Looking for a hemorrhoids natural remedy that works? These natural remedies for hemorrhoids will help ease the pain, itching, burning and swelling of hemorrhoids. They will also help prevent you from getting a hemorrhoid again.

Diet

Constipation is a major cause of hemorrhoids. Eating a healthy diet will prevent constipation and hemorrhoids.

Eat a healthy diet full of fiber. Dietary fiber helps soften stool preventing constipation. You should make sure you eat plenty of fiber found in raw fruit and vegetables. You also need to eat plenty of whole grains.

Hemorrhoids typically itch. Lowering the acidity of your stool will lessen the itching. Eat plenty of alkaline producting foods like green vegetables and avoid sugar, caffeine, alcohol, and citrus.

Drinking plenty of water also helps to soften stools and prevent constipation. Find out more about preventing and treating constipation natural on my Constipation Natural Remedies page.

Sitz Bath

Warm water can help relieve the pain and itching of a hemorrhoids. Sitz baths make an affective hemorrhoids natural remedy. Just sit in a tub of warm water for 10 to 15 minutes. You can do this as often as you want throughout the day. If you don't have a bath use a bucket. You don't need your entire body to be in the water only your behind. If you want you can add espsom salts to the bath.

Ice

Ice will help decrease the swelling and pain of hemorrhoids. You can put an ice pack on your hemorrhoid for no longer than 15 minutes. Do this no more than 5 times daily.

Extra Virgin Coconut Oil

Use coconut oil to relieve pain and itching. You can put coconut oil on the hemmorrhoid as needed. If your hemorrhoid is internal you can make a suppository with the coconut oil by shaping it into a bullet shape. If your coconut oil isn't solid because of the warm tempature make a mold out of foil. Fill your mold with coconut oil and put it in the freezer until is solidifies. The coolness of the suppository will also help relieve some of your discomfort. You can use coconut oil as often as needed.

Raw Apple Cider Vinegar

Soak a cotton ball in cider vinegar and put it on your hemorrhoid as needed. If your skin is sensitive you could have a bad reaction to using vinegar on delicate skin.

Aloe Gel

Aloe gel can also be used to ease pain and encourage healing.

Herbs

These herbs can be taken internally as a hemorrhoids natural remedy in supplements, extracts or infusions.

Stone root or Collinsonia canadensis is one of the most effective herbs to use for hemmorhoids. This herb is great for strengthening veins. It also soothes the pain. You can also take the following herbs:

• Butcher's broom is used to promote vein health.
• Psyllium is used as a stool softener.
• Slippery Elm helps decrease inflammation.
• White oak bark is used to strengthen veins.
• Barberry is a blood purifier that helps balance the bacteria in the intestines.

These herbs can be used topically in compresses to relieve the pain of hemorrhoids.

• Neem extract controls bleeding and itching.
• Horse chestnut increases vein health.
• White hazel helps decrease inflammation.
• Aloe vera soothes pain and itching.
• Calendula promotes healing.

Vitamins and Minerals

• vitamin E
• lecithin
• vitamin A
• B complex
• vitamin C

If you found this information useful, check out my complete listing of herbs at my Herb Index. You can find a listing of ailments and their natural treatments on my Free Home Remedies page.

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