Treatment of hemorrhoids with propolis

Using propolis for hemorrhoids as an addition to the main treatment, you can quickly get rid of pain, relieve inflammation and swelling, and heal cracks in the mucosa. Further, popular and effective recipes for products based on this product and recommendations for their use are presented.

The benefits of propolis for hemorrhoids and fissures

Propolis (bond, bee glue) is a sticky substance produced by bees. It is used by these insects for construction and disinfection purposes – to insulate the walls of the hive and seal cracks, disinfect honeycombs before laying eggs, mummify other insects and debris. During the summer, beekeepers collect only 1-100 g of product from 150 hive.

The composition of the bond includes resins, tannins and aromatic compounds, wax, flavonoids, alcohols and minerals, and in total – more than 200 components. About half of them are resinous substances and 30% are wax.

The effectiveness of propolis in hemorrhoids is due to its properties:

• painkillers;
• anti-inflammatory;
• venotonic;
• regenerating (wound healing);
• antiseptic and antimicrobial;
• antithrombotic.

Propolis destroys most pathogenic bacteria and fungi, many types of viruses. A slight analgesic effect is associated with the presence of essential oils and tannins in the composition.

The effectiveness of the treatment of hemorrhoids with propolis at home

Bee glue has long established itself as an effective remedy for the treatment of hemorrhoids. Its use relieves inflammation, reduces bleeding of the mucosa, swelling and size of hemorrhoids, heals anal fissures.

Everyone can prepare candles, tincture or propolis ointment at home with their own hands. For the best therapeutic effect, treatment should be started as early as possible. Also an important condition is the use of the remedy as an additional to the scheme prescribed by the proctologist, and not as the main one.

Propolis recipes for hemorrhoids at home

To cure hemorrhoids, you can use different means of propolis:

• rectal suppositories;
• tincture;
• cream;
• solution for setting enemas.

The following are popular and effective homemade recipes for these dosage forms.

Propolis cream for the treatment of hemorrhoids

With external hemorrhoids, the nodes are lubricated with a cream or applied in the form of a gauze bandage. With the internal – put a little money (about half a teaspoon) into the anal passage in the morning and evening.

There are several options for preparing ointments and creams with propolis at home. For the first recipe you will need:

• cocoa butter – 100 g;
• bee glue – 15 g;
• cosmetic wax – 20 g;
• dry herbs (chamomile and calendula) – 0,5 tbsp. l.;
• water – 100 ml.

Cream preparation procedure:

1. Pour boiling water over the herbs and let it brew for an hour.
2. Melt the wax with cocoa butter in a water bath.
3. Add crushed propolis and herbal infusion.
4. Mix everything thoroughly, pour into a clean jar with a lid and leave to harden.

Ingredients for the second recipe:

• 20 g of bee glue;
• 40 g of refined wax;
• 10 g of lanolin;
• 100 ml of olive oil.

Wax with propolis is melted in a water bath, olive oil and lanolin are added, mixed and allowed to harden. The cream can be enriched by adding 2 tsp. horse chestnut extract (price in pharmacies – 200-300 rubles).

Ingredients for the preparation of monastic ointment for hemorrhoids:

• honey – 2 st. l .;
• purified beeswax – 3 tbsp. l.;
• propolis – 1 tbsp.;
• oil extract of calendula – 2 tbsp. l.

The wax with the bond is melted, the remaining components are added. Calendula extract can be purchased at a pharmacy or homemade soap and cream shop. Another option is to do it yourself, bay 5 tbsp. l. dry marigold flowers medicinal 300 ml of olive oil for 2 weeks. Then shake, strain and add to the ointment.

Propolis tincture for hemorrhoids

This remedy is used for lotions and sitz baths to reduce pain, relieve itching and inflammation in the nodes. Making propolis tincture for hemorrhoids is as easy as shelling pears:

1. 100 g of the product is crushed and poured into 500 ml of alcohol or high-quality vodka.
2. The infusion time is 3 weeks, every 3 days the composition must be shaken.
3. Then the tincture is filtered through 3-4 layers of gauze and stored in the refrigerator.

To make a sitz bath, 4-5 liters of water and 100 ml of propolis tincture are poured into a comfortable basin. If you need to relieve pain and stop bleeding, take cool water and sit for 3-5 minutes. With itching and irritation, warm water (50-55 ° C) is needed to reduce inflammation, the time for taking a bath is 15 minutes.

For a compress, gauze or a wide bandage is moistened in tincture and applied to inflamed nodes. Such lotions are convenient for external hemorrhoids.

How to make candles for hemorrhoids from propolis

The pharmacy has a huge selection of suppositories with propolis for the treatment of hemorrhoids:

• “Hemo-pro”;
• “Monfarm”;
• “Prostopin” and more

They help with exacerbations of the disease, are effective for the treatment and prevention of rectal fissures, have antitumor, analgesic, anti-inflammatory effects, and improve intestinal motility. This dosage form is convenient to use.

You can make propolis candles for hemorrhoids with your own hands at home. The following recipe is based on the composition of Propolis DN homeopathic suppositories:

• cocoa butter – 50 g;
• lanolin – 4 g;
• propolis extract – 5 ml.

Melt cocoa butter in a water bath, add the remaining components.

The solution that did not have time to harden is poured into them, and in this form the suppositories are sent for storage in the refrigerator.

Before each use, simply remove the next foil candle and insert it into the anus after hygiene measures. If there is no foil, use parchment paper or polyethylene.

Recipe for candles with honey, herbs and propolis:

• coconut oil – 3 tbsp. l.;
• honey – full tsp;
• crushed propolis – 2 tsp;
• aloe juice – ½ tsp;
• 10 cap. pharmacy extract of calendula.

Melt coconut oil with propolis, add honey and herbal ingredients, mix everything and pour into foil molds.

Solutions for enemas with propolis against hemorrhoids

With hemorrhoids, enemas are most often prescribed using a douche. The therapeutic composition for such a procedure can be done as follows:

1. Pour 2 tbsp. l. a mixture of strawberry leaves and knotweed 300 ml of water.
2. Bring to a boil, cook over low heat for 10 minutes.
3. Let cool to 40-45°C, strain and add 2 tbsp. l. water extract of propolis (sold in a pharmacy).
4. Pour the solution into a syringe and make an enema.
5. Repeat daily until symptoms disappear (5-10 days).

The second recipe for an enema for hemorrhoids is also simple:

1. Chamomile and calendula flowers (2 tsp each) pour 300 ml of boiling water, cover with a lid for 30-40 minutes.
2. The infusion is filtered and propolis extract (2 tablespoons) is poured into it.

If the main goal is to relieve pain from hemorrhoids, then instead of chamomile, you need to take oak bark. It contains tannins that have an antispasmodic and analgesic effect. With bleeding hemorrhoids, it is recommended to do enemas with propolis and a decoction of burnet.

Safety measures

With special attention to the treatment with propolis, pregnant and lactating women should be treated. There are no direct contraindications to the use of the remedy for them, but a preliminary consultation with a doctor is required.

Also, you should not be treated with bee glue for more than a month. This is due to the fact that prolonged use of propolis can lead to a decrease in immunity, in the case of hemorrhoids – local. And this increases the risk of infection.

If during treatment in the anus and rectum there is a burning sensation, itching, swelling, redness of the skin, then you should make an enema with chamomile infusion, take an antihistamine tablet (Diazolin, Tavegil, Suprastin, etc.), stop using propolis.

Other possible side effects:

• migraine;
• headache;
• general weakness;
• temperature rise.

It is important to understand that propolis alone cannot remove hemorrhoidal bumps in the later stages of the disease. To get rid of running hemorrhoids can, as a rule, only surgically.

Противопоказания

The main ban on the use of propolis for hemorrhoids is an individual intolerance to bee products and bee glue, in particular. If it is not known whether there is an allergy or not, then before starting to be treated with this remedy, a small amount of tincture or aqueous extract is applied to the inner bend of the elbow and wait 4-6 hours. If there is no reaction in the form of a rash, itching, peeling and swelling, then the remedy can be used.

Many sources say that propolis cannot be used in diabetes and bronchial asthma. In this context, we are talking about ingestion. Patients with these diseases should consult a specialist about the treatment of hemorrhoids with suppositories, creams or tinctures.

Conclusion

In complex treatment, propolis from hemorrhoids will become an effective remedy against soreness and swelling in inflamed nodes. On the basis of bee glue, you can make cream, suppositories, tincture and solutions for enemas. Using any folk remedy, one should not forget about precautions, possible contraindications and a mandatory consultation with your doctor.