Although she did still have the surgery, she was able to get through the waiting time with much reduced pain, and in fact, even to do some fairly heavy physical work to help repair a friend’s house. I made the lotion and tea for her, and she was reasonably consistent with it. However, there were a few months in between the point that she decided to do it, and when she actually could have it done. I did make a new batch of the lotion for myself about two weeks ago, so we’ll see if I can be consistent and make even more progress!ĭuring this time, my mother’s varicosities became bad enough that she decided to have surgery on them. Since then, there has been no change: the progress I made in that time has held, and I can’t remember the last time I felt pain from the varicosities. I continued the tea off and on, but once a week or less. I ran out of lotion and didn’t bother to make any more for myself (I made several batches for other people – how hard would it have been to make some for myself?). At that point, which was let’s say, approximately early March, I got too busy to keep up my protocol. I maintained this protocol (lotion and tea) for about three more weeks (bringing my overall experiment to approximately 9 weeks): at the end of those weeks, the pain in my lower legs was almost completely gone, and my legs looked still better.
If you don’t have an herbstore near you, you can get these herbs also from Mountain Rose Herbs.) (If you are taking blood thinners, talk to your doctor before using Red Clover. I drink the whole press over the course of the following day. I set this up in a french press before I go to bed at night, so that it steeps and infuses overnight. I drank about three cups of the tea daily.įor flavor, I sometimes also add goji berries, rose hips, a pinch of mint, and ginger. After about 6 weeks, the squishy black vein had receded to just one small little dot, and the associated pain in my lower legs was reduced by more than 50% (both in rate of occurrence and severity).Ībout that time, after some chatting with Heather Nic An Fhleisdeir about her experience, I added a tea to my regimen. I applied this lotion generally only once a day (twice a day would have been better).
If you end up with a lotion that’s too thin, don’t worry – it’s still good! Just put it into a squirt-bottle marked “shake well”. Stop when you have added approximately as much oil as you had water, or when your lotion looks like mayonnaise. Add the oils slowly until the blender starts making a glurping noise – it will start small and become louder and louder. I use calendula and plantain oils, in equal parts. Put all these ingredients in your blender, and get them good and mixed up. Sometimes I also add a half a part aloe juice, and in my next batch I’ll try adding one or two parts oakbark extract. I use approximately:Ģ parts witch hazel extract (I prefer extract that is not made with isopropyl alcohol. I usually start with the waters – in this case, the waters are going to contain quite a bit of alcohol, but that won’t affect the quality of your lotion any, it just might make it thinner or more “runny”. Also, this particular recipe is best for external use. But “first” in terms of starting to make a specific plan for my veins…) If you have never made a lotion before, don’t be intimidated – it’s easier than you think!** Making lotion is just the same as making mayonnaise, only it doesn’t taste as good on a hamburger.
(Actually, first before I made a lotion, I made a bunch of other changes, like going gluten and dairy free, cutting way back on sugar, walking more, and sleeping better. But so far, here’s what I’ve done, and to amazing results!įirst, I made a lotion. I’ll do that once the summer rush calms down somewhat (and report back!). In addition to what I will list below, I would also still like to work with oak bark, and ocotillo. I was so sure that I couldn’t reverse anything that it didn’t even occur to me to take “before” pictures, but enough of my students and family have seen my legs to assure me that I’m not dreaming – this is serious improvement. Wow, was I ever wrong!Įarly this year, I decided it was time to get serious about coming up with a plan for these ugly veins.
In fact, somehow I came to the conclusion that you couldn’t reverse varicose veins, only prevent further damage. Sometimes I’d go through phases of putting witch hazel on my legs with a cotton ball, but it was off and on, and never really showed any particular improvement. One was so purple it was nearly black, about an inch long, and squishy. I had one near my knee already when I was in college, and over the years, especially while I was pregnant, I developed quite a few in my ankles and lower legs. Comments on this post will no longer be attended.
#Butchers broom tincture blend benefits update#
An update to this post has, at long last, been written! You’ll find it here.
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