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Varicose vein remedies
Over the past year, I have developed a rather unsightly varicose vein, despite training regularly on an exercise bicycle every other day for 20 minutes. Are there any remedies apart from surgery?
I would try something that we normally recommend for eye problems, especially cataracts, but which has a wonderful strengthening action on the blood vessels, including the veins.
Bilberry, which has potent antioxidant properties which help it protect eye health, also works to reduce the fragility of blood vessels. This secondary action makes this herb an excellent alternative to conventional treatments such as preparation H and other steroid remedies for haemorrhoids, for example, and a good alternative for varicose veins.
It is even better than a substance called rutin, which many alternative health practitioners will usually recommend for piles since its ability to strengthen the capilliaries and to increase their permeability is twice that of rutin. Even better, its action in the body, whatever you take it for, lasts twice as long.