subject: Piles Causes And Symptoms And Alternative Home Remedies To Treat Piles [print this page] Piles are better known as hemorrhoidsPiles are better known as hemorrhoids. This is a problem, which is caused by the veins that surround the anus that are becoming inflamed and swollen. Although this medical condition is not typically serious or life threatening, still it can bring a lot of trouble because of the annoying pain that it gives. You have to use piles treatment and consult your doctor.
Symptoms of piles vary, and depend on the type and place of origin. Piles in its initial stage is most commonly found to be without any symptoms.
However, the most common symptoms include -
1.Intense pain at the time of passing stool.
2.A pain around the anus and lower rectum, which can be quite severe.
3.Itching in the rectal area.
4.There may be bleeding. This will be bright red blood, not usually mixed in with the motion.
5.There is often a feeling of something bulging, or hanging down from the anus.
Causes of Piles
Piles are a stubborn disease. Dietary disorders and intake of more spicy food is its root cause. The symptoms of this disease aggravate in absence of physical work or exercise. Improper cleansing of bowels and putting extra pressure during evacuation creates a strain over the sphincter muscles situated therein. The undue pressure causes the accumulated toxic blood ooze out. Piles may also develop by frequent use of laxatives and long hours sitting on much hard or soft surface.
Hurried eating without proper mastication with disturbed mind, excessive use ofnon-veg food items, alcohol, tea and coffee etc. disturb the entire digestive system and lend sluggishness to digestive organs and ultimately result in Piles.
Home Remedies for Piles
1.Put 10 gm black mustard in 150 ml goat's milk. In this, add 5 gm sugar. Drink this mixture in the morning, everyday.
2.In a bowl of yoghurt, put a few flowers of tamarind plant and some pomegranate juice. Once you have blended this well, add coriander and ginger pastes to it. Consume this after lunch. It will help pacify the pain.
3.Grind some dry slices of yam into a powder. In 160 grams of this powder, add 80 grams white leadwort. Now, add 10 grams black pepper and 500 grams of jaggery. Mix well and make small tablets or capsules of this mixture. Have one piece each in the morning and evening.
4.For bleeding piles, keep 1/4 liter goat's milk for curdling overnight. In the morning, add an equal amount of carrot juice and blend it. Drink this mixture. Alternatively, freshly prepared goat's milk yogurt, consumed with freshly chopped carrots, is also beneficial in treating piles.
5.Radish is effective in curing piles. Extract the juice of white radish and mix it with honey. Apply this mixture on the affected region. This will prove helpful in treating piles.
6.For instant relief, applying coconut oil on the affected region will be your best bet.
7.Extract the seeds of ripe mangoes and dry them in the sun. Once dry, grind them into a fine powder. Store this powder in bottles. Consuming 2 gm of this powder, with honey, twice a day will be effective in curing piles.
8.Mix tsp each of ginger juice, lime juice and mint leaves juice, in 1 tbsp honey. Have this mixture once a day. It will be helpful in treating piles.
