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VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY OF LOWER LIMBS: it is frequent especially in females, particularly after 40 years of age. It is favoured by obesity, overweight, pregnancy, prolonged standing, heat and some drugs, particularly the pill. It is characterized by blood stagnation in peripheral veins of the legs, due to a defective venous return from the periphery toward the center, which causes symptoms such as feeling of heaviness in the legs, swollen ankles, tingling and the appearance of single capillary vessels or capillary nets, then venules and finally to real varicose veins.
USEFUL PLANTS: Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut), Centella asiatica (Centella), Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgo), Melilotus officinalis (clover), Ruscus aculeatus (Butcher’s Broom), Vaccinium myrtillus (Blueberry), Vitis vinifera (Vine).
HEMORRHOIDS: comprise the veins around the anus when they are inflamed and bulging. Hemorrhoids often coexist with venous insufficiency of lower limbs. Generally they cause intense pain in the perianal region, accompanied by itching and sometimes bleeding. We can have external hemorrhoids, internal or both. Hemorrhoids are favoured by constipation and most often occur after pregnancy.
USEFUL PLANTS: Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut), Centella asiatica (Centella), Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgo), Ruscus aculeatus (Butcher’s Broom), Vaccinium myrtillus (Blueberry), Vitis vinifera (Vine).