HEMORRHOIDS (PILES)

Avoid

Ø Sitting for a long duration on hard surface

Ø Eating dry food

Ø Smoking

Ø Putting pressure during defecation

Ø Eating non-vegetarian food

Ø Consumption of canned food

Ø Afternoon nap (diseased, aged and children are exempted)

Ø Eating stale food

Ø Anal coitus

Ø Usage of Sesame and Mustard

Do the following things...

Ø Drink lot of water (avg 5 lts /day).

Ø Consume green leafy vegetables and fruits which add roughage.

Ø Sleep well in nights.

Ø Maintain Oral and Anal hygiene.

Ø Reduce weight.

Ayur remedies for piles

Sitz bath:

Boil "thriphala choorna" or grated radish in water and pour this water in a tub. Take sitz bath when water is tolerably hot.

Medicinal liquids:

• Add dry ginger powder and jaggery to pomegranate juice and drink twice daily.
• Mix 1/2 glass of sour pomegranate juice, 2 tsp of ginger juice, 2tsp jaggery and 1/2 cup of buttermilk. This has to be consumed twice daily.
• Buttermilk should be used at least twice daily.