Horse chestnuts are actually very popular and are generally accepted as one of the most popular home remedies for piles in European countries.
This goes to show how effective horse chestnuts are towards treating piles.
Do you know that horse chestnuts can help to prevent prolapse of hemorrhoids? It is able to enhance better blood circulation around your entire blood circulatory system.
Not only that, it is also able to strengthen connective tissues, decrease swelling and redness as well as tighten up veins.
There are some issues that you should take note however that if you have kidney or liver ailments, or if you are pregnant or breast feeding, then you should avoid taking horse chestnuts.
How about thermotherapy which is getting more and more popular as a form of treatment for hemorrhoids? Over a time span of two to four weeks, you can do thermotheraphy once every week.
The purpose of doing thermotherapy is to let the hemorrhoids to shrink in size and stop the associated bleeding.
Another effective natural home remedy for piles is a wash made by mixing equal parts of baptisia extract, lobelia extract and zinc sulphate with water.
This mixture or combination is a superb home remedy for treating symptoms of hemorrhoids that include itchiness and pain.
Another good remedy that I will recommend to relieve the pain and discomfort of hemorrhoids is that you can mix sulphur with vaseline and then, you can apply the mixture to the affected area for about twice or thrice a day.
Another way is that you can put a bit of the extract of a herb called witch hazel on a wet cotton pad and then slowly apply it on the affected area and the surrounding region at night as a form of poultice.
Next, I will like to introduce you to apple cider vinegar which is known to be able to stop hemorrhoids from bleeding.
Here, you will have to take around two teaspoonfuls of apple cider vinegar mixed in a glass of water during every meal.
For external application, you can also soak a cotton ball in vinegar and gently apply it on the hemorrhoids.
You can also put a teaspoonful of powdered alum in a glass of water and apply the mixture regularly to the hemorrhoids.
You can also mix one teaspoonful of cayenne pepper in a glass of water and drink it to stop the hemorrhoids from bleeding.
You can also apply the extract of echinacea on the affected region using cotton balls so as to assist in relieving the itching sensation as well as the pain that the hemorrhoids bring.
Finally, you can heat a spoon of lard and mix it with a teaspoonful of calomel.
You will then apply this combination to the hemorrhoid in the form of a hemorrhoidal cream on a piece of cloth.