Is Houttuynia cordata effective in treating hemorrhoids?

After suffering from hemorrhoids, my buttocks would be in unbearable pain whenever I sat down. It was really unsettling. I could say that I dared not sit at all and even crawled when I slept. There are many clinical methods for the treatment of hemorrhoids, including topical medication, minimally invasive surgery, and some physical therapy methods. There is also a folk saying that Houttuynia cordata can be used to treat hemorrhoids. Let’s take a look at the effects of Houttuynia cordata in treating hemorrhoids and specific treatment methods.

1. Can Houttuynia cordata cure hemorrhoids?

Can cure hemorrhoids. Houttuynia cordata tastes pungent and is slightly cold in nature. It has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, diuretic, analgesic and hemostatic effects. It can be used to treat lung abscesses, sores, swelling and toxins, hemorrhoids, bloody stools, and heat accumulation in the spleen and stomach caused by heat and dampness.

2. How to use Houttuynia cordata to treat hemorrhoids

1. Bathing with Houttuynia cordata

Take an appropriate amount of Houttuynia cordata, wash 100 grams of dried Houttuynia cordata (250 grams of fresh Houttuynia cordata), put it in a pot, add water and boil it, then pour the water and Houttuynia cordata into a basin (a spittoon is preferred), and sit directly on it to steam it. When the water is almost cooling down, apply or wash the hemorrhoid affected area with Houttuynia cordata juice. The effect is very good and long-term use will not easily prevent recurrence. Take a bath 2 to 3 times a day. This prescription has been very effective in treating more than 40 cases of hemorrhoids and anal itching. Generally, the pain and swelling can be relieved and the effect is achieved within 2 to 3 days.

2. Drink Houttuynia cordata in water

Houttuynia cordata has a good effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and after entering the body it can also promote diuresis and discharge pus. When the body suffers from edema, eczema, hemorrhoids, pneumonia, dysentery and other symptoms, drinking Houttuynia cordata tea can also have a good therapeutic effect.

How to make tea with Houttuynia cordata: Wash the fresh Houttuynia cordata, drain the water, mash it, add boiling water and boil it. After the water boils, filter out the residue and leave the liquid. Drink it instead of tea every day. It has good effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, and promoting diuresis and draining pus.

Note: Houttuynia cordata contains volatile oil and should not be decocted for a long time. It should be decocted and taken as medicine, 15 to 25 grams each time. The dosage of fresh Houttuynia cordata should be doubled. Decoction in water or mash into juice, and appropriate amount can be applied externally, or the decoction can be used to fumigate and wash the affected area.

Houttuynia cordata has a good effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. After entering the body, it can also promote diuresis and discharge pus. So do you know that Houttuynia cordata can cure hemorrhoids? Let's learn about it together!

3. Some small folk remedies for treating hemorrhoids

1. Wash fresh potatoes, cut them into thin slices, and put them together. Stick them on the hemorrhoids before going to bed every night. Cover them with gauze and secure them with tape. Take them off the next morning. Do this for a few days and you will see that the hemorrhoids are effectively relieved.

2. Wash the fresh leek roots, put them in a pot, add appropriate amount of water and boil them, then fumigate them while they are hot, twice a day.

3. Boil the pepper and salt together in boiling water, and then fumigate the area where the hemorrhoids grow. Do this once a day, and each time lasts about ten minutes. If the hemorrhoids are severe, you can do it once in the morning and evening every day, which can effectively relieve pain and reduce swelling.

4. Wash the fresh walnut leaves and put them into a clay pot, add appropriate amount of water and seal the pot. Boil over high heat for twenty minutes, then put the clay pot into a bucket, tear open the seal and fumigate the affected area for an hour, then put the swollen medicine liquid in the pot into a basin, and take a sitz bath after it cools down, which should last for about an hour. Then apply the residue to the affected area, once in the morning, noon and evening each day, for five consecutive days. It can effectively treat hemorrhoids and is one of the most effective folk remedies for treating hemorrhoids.