The word piles is generally whispered and never spoken aloud. There is a touch of embarrassment associated with this disease. But it’s time we stopped making a disease a taboo.
Piles, medically known as Hemorrhoids, are a common ailment. Hemorrhoids are blood vessels that are located in the muscles of the walls of the anus and the rectum. These are generally in the form of masses, clumps, or cushions of tissue in the anal canal. The term “piles” is used to refer to the condition of swollen and inflamed hemorrhoids. It is characterized by a hard lump in the anal canal and is accompanied by pain, itchiness and bleeding.
Hemorrhoids are generally classified into two types-internal and external. Internal hemorrhoids lie far inside the rectum and hence, cannot be seen or felt due to the lack of pain sensing nerves. Bleeding is the only indication of piles. External hemorrhoids lie within the anus and can be seen and felt. During piles, they prolapse to the outside in the course of passage of stool. Often blood clots form within prolapsed hemorrhoids, leading to an extremely painful condition called thrombosis.
Generally piles are not so serious and go away on their own after a few days. But they should not be ignored as they can lead to life-threatening conditions such as colorectal cancer. Piles can affect anyone at any age but they mostly affect elderly people, pregnant ladies, and those with spinal cord injuries. Symptoms include blood or mucus discharge after a bowel movement, pain during defecation, red and swollen anus and formation of a hard lump of coagulated blood called thrombosed external hemorrhoid. The good news is that piles at their initial stage can be cured at home. The piles home remedies given below are effective in the treatment of piles.
Radish juice is a great natural remedy for piles. Try drinking radish juice twice a day. Since the taste is not pleasant, you can start off with ¼ cup and gradually increase it to half a cup, over a period of one month. This will enable you to flush out your system, reducing the painful discomfort of piles.
To ease piles, crush bitter gourd leaves to extract its juice and mix 3 tablespoons of this juice with 1 glass of buttermilk. Drink this on an empty stomach every morning for a month to get beneficial results.
Wash 3 to 4 figs and soak them in a glass of water overnight. Eating this on an empty stomach early in the morning and then at night will definitely relieve the pain and swelling of inflamed hemorrhoids. .
Banana is known for its laxative qualities. Boil a ripe banana in one cup of milk and mash well. Take this 3 to 4 times a day to get relief.
To get relief from bleeding caused by piles, grind one teaspoon of mustard seeds to powder and mix it with half cup of goat’s milk. Add some sugar and drink it early in the morning on an empty stomach. Another simple remedy for piles is to drink the same mustard powder mixed with homemade curd.
Juice extracted from the leaves of turnip or ‘shalgam’ also helps in curing piles. Prepare a mixture of about 50 ml by combining equal quantities of carrot, spinach and turnip leaves juice.
A decoction can be prepared by boiling neem leaves and wheatgrass in water. This, when given to patients suffering from piles, will clean out their system of all its wastes. The flowers of the neem tree are equally effective in treating piles.
Ginger is extremely good for a piles patient. A teaspoon of ginger juice mixed with lime juice, mint leaves and honey should be taken by the patient twice to thrice a day for relief. To ease the pain associated with piles, rock salt, ginger and peppercorns should be added to buttermilk. This mixture should be taken twice a day for relief.
Roast 1 tablespoon of black cumin seeds and mix them with unroasted black cumin seeds. Grind the mixture into a powder and take half a teaspoon with a glass of water daily. Alternatively, you can prepare a decoction by mixing equal quantities of pepper and fennel with 300 grams of honey. You can also mix 1 tablespoon cumin seed powder with water to make a thick paste and apply it on the swollen area. Wash off with water after 15 minutes. This should be done twice a day.
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