How to cure hemorrhoids at home naturally?

14 scientifically proven ways to cure hemorrhoids (piles) at home naturally

1- Take a sitz bath after a bowel movement, use a sitz bath pan or fill a bathtub with 4-6 inches of lukewarm water. Sit in warm water for 15 minutes after a bowel movement. Do this three times a day.

2- Apply an ice pack or cold compress, apply an ice pack on your anus to relieve swelling after defecation act, try using ice pack treatment straight after a warm sitz. A cold compress helps in reducing pain and swelling associated with hemorrhoids

3- Hemorrhoidectomy

4- Eat high-fiber foods, drink plenty of fluids (water, juice, green tea, herbal tea and chicken soup) and limit spicy foods, drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day and consume about 30 grams of fiber per day, try fiber supplements containing sterculia, psyllium or unprocessed bran to reduce reducing pain, itching, bleeding and prolapse

5- Keep the area clean, use a witch hazel astringent pad with aloe vera formula to clean the anal area with. Alternatively, use a wet wipe, a cotton cloth soaked in warm water, or a wet toilet paper to clean the anal area properly and ease anal itch (pruritus ani), swelling and irritation. Apply aloe vera gel or petroleum jelly to the anal area after cleaning the anal area properly, or use an OTC hemorrhoid preparation containing hydrocortisone or lidocaine

6- Use topical creams or ointments for hemorrhoids, like 1% hydrocortisone cream

7- Soak a piece of cotton in apple cider vinegar and apply directly to the anus

8- Don’t scratch around the anal area, when you scratch the anal area, you cause skin damage, which then leads to irritation of the skin

9- Use soothing and healing ingredients, such as chamomile, epsom salts, yarrow, and calendula

10- Psyllium husk

11- Limit alcohol consumption, drink no more than three drinks on any single day and no more than seven drinks per week, a standard drink is equivalent to 5 ounces of wine, 1.5 ounces of spirits or 12 ounces of beer, drink no more than one standard drink per hour to keep your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level within safe limits i.e. below 0.05%. Your blood alcohol concentration level will remain within safe limits if you consume only one standard drink per hour. Try a lower strength drink option, that’s 12% ABV (alcohol by volume or weight) or lower for wine and 4% ABV or lower for beers

12- Reduce caffeine intake to less than 400 milligrams (mg) a day, and try limiting your consumption of both coffee and black tea, especially if you suffer from hemorrhoids or GERD, as ingesting too much caffeine can actually worsen your symptoms. Switch to green tea if you suffer from hemorrhoids, as it only has about 40 mg of caffeine per cup, compared to 100-200 milligrams per cup of coffee.

13- Avoid holding bowel movements, you should poop when you feel the urge. Don’t strain, as the pressure can make it worse. Drink 500ml of water in the morning on an empty stomach and wait for the urge to set in. Once you feel the urge then sit down on the toilet for just a few minutes so that the bowel movement comes on its own

14- Avoid excess sugar, artificial sweeteners, MSG, processed foods and chemical additives. Take a vitamin D supplement

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Verified by: Dr.Diab (February 13, 2018)

Citation: Dr.Diab. (February 13, 2018). How to cure hemorrhoids at home naturally?. Medcoi Journal of Medicine, 5(2). urn:medcoi:article19971.