Can potatoes treat hemorrhoids?

Potatoes are a common ingredient in our lives. Many families buy a lot of potatoes. Whether it is making stewed potatoes with meat or stir-fried shredded potatoes, they are all very good choices for home cooking. However, potatoes not only have extremely high edible value, but also have certain medicinal value in some aspects. Eating more potatoes can strengthen the spleen and stomach. As hemorrhoids are a disease of the anorectal part of the human body, can potatoes be used to treat hemorrhoids?

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1. Background of Potatoes for Treating Hemorrhoids

The soft venous mass formed by the expansion and bending of the venous plexus under the mucosa of the terminal rectum and the skin of the anal canal is called hemorrhoids, also known as hemorrhoids. According to relevant census data, the incidence rate of anorectal diseases is 59.1%, hemorrhoids account for 87.25% of all anorectal diseases, and internal hemorrhoids are the most common, accounting for 52.19% of all anorectal diseases. Both men and women can be affected by the disease, with the incidence rate for women being 67% and for men being 53.9%. The disease can occur at any age, with people aged 20-40 being more common, and the disease gradually worsens with age, so there is a saying that "nine out of ten people have hemorrhoids". Scholars in Britain, the United States and other countries call hemorrhoids Hemorrhoids or Piles. The former is named after bleeding as its clinical feature, and the latter is named after the ball-like appearance of hemorrhoids, referring to internal and external hemorrhoids. Below, the editor will introduce to you a little recipe of using potatoes to treat hemorrhoids, hoping to help you get rid of the troubles and confusion of hemorrhoids as soon as possible.

2. Why potatoes can cure hemorrhoids

In today's society, many people need to sit for a long time because of work, and often after get off work they have to go out for social events, which usually involve drinking. Therefore, if you continue like this for a long time, you will inevitably get hemorrhoids, and hemorrhoids are difficult to treat.

The scientific name of potato is Solanum tuberosum. It, corn, wheat, rice and oats are known as the world's five major food crops. Potatoes are known as "underground apples" because of their rich nutrition. Its tubers contain about 15-25% starch, 2-3% protein, 0.7% fat, and 0.15% crude fiber. It is also rich in minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, and vitamin C, vitamin A, and B vitamins.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that potatoes are neutral in nature and have the effects of harmonizing the stomach, regulating the middle, strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi; they can improve gastrointestinal function and have a certain effect on constipation caused by gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, chronic cholecystitis and hemorrhoids. Now you may understand why potatoes can also treat hemorrhoids.

How to treat hemorrhoids with potato slices: It is best to use them before going to bed at night. Wash the potatoes, cut them into 3-5 thin slices, stack them together and apply them on the hemorrhoids. Cover them with a layer of gauze and fix them with adhesive tape. Remove them the next day. The potato slices will turn dry and brown. Treat them for two or three days in a row and you will be cured.