Hemorrhoids can be painful and disruptive. I know all to well!
I was motivated to dig out some information on supporting my body to heal or at least get relief from what on days would be constant pain and discomfort due to hemorrhoid inflamation. The information posted here in this blog is from a book called Opening our wild hearts to the Healing Herbs by Gail Faith Edward
Some herbal remedy suggestions for relief of Hemorrhoids
Oak: Infusion of dried oak (twigs) shrinks hemorrhoids.
Blackberry: 1 cup blackberry leaves in sitzbath to shrink hemorrhoids.
Cayenne Pepper: overall digestive healing aid…use in food.
Comfrey: shrinks hemorrhoids and relieves pain especially when combined with plantain leaves and yarrow blossoms. Salve or sitz bath. Recipe for salve is in many of the herbal recipes at the recipe section of this site.
Oatstraw: infusion b4 bed supports deeprefreshing sleep. Oatstraw offers the most magnesium of any plant, oats also contain abundant chronium, sodium, silicon, calcium, iron, niacin, phosphorus, riboflavin, and selenium. Oats are a source of vitamin B complex including folic acid, plus vitamins E, K, A and C, potassium and protein.
2-4 cups daily helps alleviate many problems includinghemorrhoids and various veins.
A warm sitz bath or wash is a comforting way to treathemorrhoids. Also nourishes those with thyroid and estrogen deficiencies.
Sage: Salvia means “to save”
sage tincture and tea to relieve headaches due to menstrual time. 20 drops in
tea.
Helps relieve gas/nausea
Inhibits the growth of bacteria both inside the body and onthe surface of the skin.
Great for mouth and throat mouthwash as it may heal recedinggums and mouth ulcers.
The Chinese use sage to treat insomnia, depression, stomachedistress, menstrual complaints, and mastitis. Ayruvedic healers use sage to heal hemorrhoids, gonorrhea, vaginitis, and eye disorders.
Yarrow: helps relax the smooth muscles of thedigestive tract. I cup of hot infusion sipped slowly.
Also helps bodyproduce progesterone.
Pain relieving qualities. Use as salve or sitz bath. Include in equal amounts with plantain infused oil and comfrey infused oil for a powerful hemorrhoid salve. Infuse the dried herbs together for a sitz bath.
Evening Primrose: Cherokee used eveningprimrose as a poultice to relieve the pain of hemorrhoids.
I found this remedy to be very helpful in shrinking the hemorrhoids.
Natural Food and Positive Life style are very important aspects of healing and keeping the body in a balanced state. If our environment is negative it can impact our emotional well being and eventually bring on an imbalance there, if not corrected, can result in manifesting in the body as an ailment or disease. Keeping our emotions flowing and tapping into our spiritual nature is an excellent way to keep the body in balance. Herbal remedies can help. They are there to assist us in all ways... physical, emotional and spiritually.
Warm blessings,
Dora