How To Treat Hemorrhoids

Eastern medicine generally works at treating the person, rather than the ailment. By treating the person and rebalancing the whole, the system takes care of itself. It repairs damage done by the initial imbalance.

Working on that principle, Eastern medicine will change your diet. It will change how you eat, when you eat and what you eat. It will change what you drink, when you drink it, and the temperature you drink it at.

The Chinese believe that taking warm drinks at meal times and immediately afterwards is good for you. The warm liquids help the passage of the food through your system, keeping it moist.

The warm liquids also facilitate the passing of fats through the system.

This is logical, especially if we accept that hemorrhoids are caused mainly by constipation and lack of fiber in the diet.

Commonly used: Mixtures of roots and herbs which have a combined effect on the body

Western Medicine treats the symptoms as well as attempting to eradicate the problem at source. Your doctor will no doubt prescribe you soothing creams, suppositories and tablets to help reduce the problem you have in your nether regions. You will also be advised to eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetables and to drink lots of water.

If need be - surgical intervention is carried out. General advice on how to manage the problem is usually seen as the way of controlling it.

Commonly used products: hydrocortisone, arnica, zinc oxide, astringents

Works on the principle of treating 'like with like'. It works by introducing compounds which would 'cause' a specific symptom/complaint in a healthy person. When given to an unhealthy person, the body is stimulated into healing itself.

These are often exceedingly effective, sometimes work when nothing else does, are generally regarded as safe.

Commonly used ingredients: horse chestnut leaves and seeds, arnica, Paeonia officialis

Often considered to be new-age or just plain crazy - aromatherapy treatments often work where they are not expected to. The term aromatherapy conjures up images of peculiar people sniffing various oils to find relief for complaints.

Consider this: people sniff glue to achieve a physical response. There isn't much difference between sniffing a chemical and sniffing a natural chemical compound we recognize as an aroma.

Aromatherapy makes use of essential oils, mixed in carriers like sweet almond oil. The diluted oil is then rubbed on the afflicted area. The compounds in the oil are absorbed through the skin, and the compounds work within the body to provide relief.

Rose geranium oil is commonly used for hemorrhoids in aroma-therapeutic treatments.

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