Recently, heart diseases are one of the most common causes of death in people, not only in old age, but also in younger ones. Therefore, it is very important to begin the treatment of heart disease at an early stage. After examining and determining the cause of the malaise, the doctor will prescribe complex therapy. It will not only alleviate the patient’s condition, but also help to avoid complications. Very often, together with medications, treatment with folk remedies is used. Coronary heart disease is the pathology that best responds to such therapy. But since it can occur in different forms, all treatment should be prescribed by a doctor individually.
What is ischemic heart disease
The ICD code 10 for this pathology is from 120 to 125. Coronary disease includes angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction, complications after a heart attack and coronary artery disease itself. This disease is characterized by a pathological condition of the heart muscle, expressed in violation of the trophism of its tissues. The reason for this is circulatory problems. With insufficient blood flow and oxygen supply to the heart muscle, its ischemia develops. Most often this happens with arteriosclerosis of vessels or with clogged arteries.
The ICD 10 code for IHD is different in acute and chronic form. Treatment methods also differ. In the chronic form of the disease, symptoms develop gradually. At first they appear only during physical exertion, then they arise even at rest. The acute form of ischemic heart disease is characterized by a sharp cessation of blood supply to the heart, expressed in a severe attack of pain, shortness of breath, arrhythmia. Such an attack can be fatal.
Symptoms of coronary heart disease in women and men are no different. But according to statistics, men most often suffer from this pathology. It usually occurs after 40-50 years. People with obesity, diabetes, hypertension or bad habits are more prone to it. In addition to smoking and drinking alcohol, the development of this disease can cause a love of fatty and fried foods.
Recommendations for the treatment of coronary heart disease
An acute attack of heart pain with this pathology is easily removed by Nitroglycerin. Usually, at the initial stages of the disease, it does not last long and can pass on its own after the cessation of physical activity. But with a chronic course, as well as in advanced cases, the treatment of coronary heart disease should be comprehensive. Some patients do not suspect the risk of coronary heart disease and do not go to the doctor, stopping pain attacks on their own with Nitroglycerin. But it happens that this drug ceases to help, and the pain does not go away. After all, a violation of the blood supply to the heart, if not eliminated, can lead to a heart attack, stroke, or chronic heart failure.
This disease is characterized by the development of tissue ischemia. This is the death of cells due to a lack of oxygen. This condition can be fatal without appropriate treatment. Therefore, it is necessary to begin treatment of coronary disease as early as possible, with the appearance of the first symptoms. Moreover, the treatment should be comprehensive, aimed at diluting the blood, improving the blood supply to the heart and the flow of oxygen to the heart muscle. For this, different methods are used.
- Medications to lower cholesterol, thin the blood, and improve heart muscle nutrition. They are accepted courses. And in an acute attack, special drugs are prescribed, for example, Nitroglycerin.
- Change in lifestyle, consisting in the rejection of bad habits and the regulation of physical activity. It is necessary to avoid stress, overstrain, but a sedentary lifestyle for people with coronary heart disease is also unacceptable.
- Proper nutrition is essential for maintaining heart health. It is because of the excess of fatty foods that atherosclerosis can develop - the main cause of IHD.
- Treatment with folk remedies for coronary heart disease is used quite often. It is especially effective at the initial stage and in the chronic course of pathology.
A combination of different methods is necessary because drugs act quickly, stopping attacks, and folk remedies must be taken for several months so that they have their beneficial effect. In addition, it is important to exclude factors that contribute to the progression of the disease. Only with this approach is it possible to normalize the patient's condition and prevent complications.
Features of the application of folk methods
Traditional medicine has recently become very popular. Indeed, unlike drugs, they have fewer contraindications and less likely to cause side effects. But natural medicines can cause an allergic reaction, so before the first use it is necessary to check all recipes for individual intolerance. In addition, such funds do not act quickly, it is necessary that they accumulate in the body, so you can not rely on them with an acute attack. It is recommended to combine the treatment of coronary heart disease with folk remedies with medications prescribed by a doctor.
Such treatment at the initial stage of the disease can slow down the formation of cholesterol plaques, improve blood circulation and ensure a normal supply of oxygen to the heart. Folk recipes help provide normal conditions for the work of the heart muscle. They reduce the number of seizures and slow the progression of the disease. But you can only choose certain drugs for treatment under the guidance of a doctor. Indeed, despite the fact that they are natural, they affect the body in different ways and some pathologies in a patient can become an obstacle to their use. With improper use, alternative recipes can lead to a worsening of the patient's condition.
The most effective folk remedies for the heart
There are many home-made recipes based on herbs or edible plants. All of them act differently on the work of the heart. Some thin the blood, others prevent the deposition of cholesterol or the formation of blood clots, and there are those that have a general strengthening effect, supporting the heart muscle and providing it with enough oxygen. Therefore, it is not recommended to independently choose alternative recipes for treatment. Only a doctor can determine which herbs for IHD help best.
Many plants have a beneficial effect on the heart, but the most effective for this pathology are:
- hawthorn;
- motherwort;
- heather;
- valerian;
- chamomile;
- Melissa.
In addition, white mistletoe is sometimes used, healing properties and contraindications to which allow it to be used only as directed by a doctor. After all, this is a poisonous plant, therefore, it can be used only in the exact dosage and as directed by the doctor.
Hawthorn treatment
The fruits of this plant are considered the most effective for coronary heart disease. They help well with angina pectoris, improve blood circulation to the heart muscle, and soothe. You can use hawthorn in the form of a decoction, infusion, alcohol tincture. Most often, fruits are used, but treatment with flowers is also effective. Hawthorn is used alone or as part of fees. There are several recipes for the use of this plant in various heart diseases.
- One tablespoon of hawthorn fruit is poured with a glass of boiling water, preferably in a thermos. After a few hours, the resulting infusion is filtered. You need to drink it 2 tablespoons three times a day before meals, about 30 minutes.
- As a tonic, hawthorn can be brewed like tea. Such a weak broth is drunk several times a day with sugar or honey.
- In a thermos, you can prepare an effective heart elixir from hawthorn and motherwort. For 1 liter of water you need to take 3 tablespoons of plants. Brew for a day, then strain. Drink a glass several times a day before meals. You can add rosehips to the infusion.
- The broth can be prepared with hawthorn flowers, adding to them the grass of horsetail and mountaineer. You need to drink it in 1 sip, drinking a glass during the day.
- Hawthorn flowers go well with mistletoe leaves. In addition to the collection, add lemon balm and vinca grass, valerian root and caraway seeds.
Honey application
The most effective for heart diseases are recipes with honey. It can be added to tea or any decoctions of herbs, simply diluted with cool water and drunk in the morning. Among folk recipes with honey, those are common in which it is mixed with various products. A mixture of grated horseradish and honey is effective in coronary heart disease. They need to be mixed in equal parts and eat a teaspoon in the morning on an empty stomach. With these components, you can also prepare an infusion. To do this, 2 tablespoons of chopped horseradish is poured with a small amount of water. After a day, add it to the mixture from a glass of carrot juice and a glass of liquid honey. Take the product in a tablespoon an hour before meals.
Honey with coronary heart disease can be used constantly, alternating various recipes. For long-term use, a honey elixir for alcohol is suitable. To do this, mix 500 mg of liquid honey and alcohol, heat the mixture over low heat until a film appears on the surface. After insisting, mix with a decoction of herbs. For its preparation, brew boiling water in a liter of boiled water, cinnamon, chamomile, valerian, motherwort, knotweed. Insist half an hour and strain. After mixing, the elixir is put in a dark place. After 3 days, the medicine is ready. It is taken during the course of the year according to the following scheme: in the first week, take a teaspoon twice a day, in the second - a tablespoon, and take a break in the third week.
Garlic Recipes
Often used for coronary heart disease garlic. This plant dilates blood vessels and strengthens heart contractions. In addition, garlic prevents the formation of atherosclerotic plaques, as it cleanses blood vessels of cholesterol. An alcohol tincture is effective: 50 grated garlic should be poured with a glass of vodka and infused for several days. Take 8 drops 3 times a day, after diluting them with a small amount of water. In addition, you can prepare a medicine from garlic and honey. Mix them in equal amounts and insist for 7 days. Then take a tablespoon three times a day.
Cores are recommended to make garlic oil. You can just add chopped garlic with vegetable oil and, after insisting, use it to season salads. And you can make a medicine. For this, a peeled head of garlic is poured into a glass of unrefined olive oil. After 24 hours, add the juice of 1 lemon. Insist a week, sometimes mixing. Take this mixture with a teaspoon before meals for 3 months.
Heather Recipes
This plant is also often included in various folk recipes from coronary heart disease. The properties of heather allow it to be used for heart diseases, both independently and as part of fees. It helps to establish the rhythm of the heart, increases the strength of heart contractions, and has a calming effect. But it is undesirable to use it for people with pathologies of the digestive system, especially for gastritis with low acidity. Most often it is recommended to add a decoction of heather to tea. To do this, you need to boil 50 g of heather in half a liter of water and insist for a day. You can also use other recipes.
- Take 50 g of heather, birch leaves, wheatgrass root and chestnut flowers, 100 g of chamomile flowers, hawthorn and motherwort grass. Grind the mixture, brew a teaspoon in a glass of water. Drink 10 ml twice a day.
- A collection of 3 tablespoons of heather, 2 tablespoons of oregano and a spoonful of motherwort is effective in the initial stages of various heart diseases.
- An effective soothing harvest can be prepared from heather grass, marshmallow cherries and valerian root. With severe anxiety, take a third of a glass of decoction of this collection every 2 hours.
- A decoction of heather in combination with birch leaves relieves swelling well.
- You can also make tincture of heather. To do this, pour 10 g of grass with 50 ml of alcohol and insist for 2 weeks. Take 30-40 drops several times a day.
Decoctions of herbs
Various decoctions and infusions of medicinal plants help in the treatment of coronary heart disease. You can apply herbs separately, but the most effective are various fees. They have a complex effect, therefore they better support the work of the heart. In them, in addition to the most common hawthorn or heather, other herbs can be used. Best are motherwort, lemon balm, cornflower, linden and lovage flowers, white mistletoe. The healing properties and contraindications of such decoctions are precisely known only to specialists, so it is not recommended to combine different plants on their own. It is better to use recipes that have proven effective.
- Brew a glass of boiling water in a thermos 2 tablespoons of buckwheat flowers and a spoonful of white mistletoe. Take a couple of spoons three times a day.
- Make a mixture of sunflower petals, dill seeds, jaundice grass and coltsfoot. Brew a spoonful of the mixture with a glass of boiling water. Take half a glass 4-6 times a day.
- Mix equal amounts of crushed corn root and grass lovage. Brew in a thermos, drink half a cup 3 times a day.
- An effective collection is obtained if birch buds, bearberry leaves, elecampane root, corn stigmas and cornflower flowers are mixed in equal amounts. Pour 2 tablespoons of the mixture with a glass of water and boil the broth in a water bath. Take half a glass twice a day.
- In a similar way, a collection of raspberries, linden blossoms, flaxseed and penny root is prepared and accepted.
Power Features
When treating coronary heart disease with folk remedies, a special diet is mandatory. After all, it is possible to stop the progression of the disease only with an integrated approach, and nutritional features very much affect the state of the vessels. To normalize the blood supply to the heart muscle, you need to abandon fatty and spicy foods, reduce the amount of meat, flour products. It is especially harmful to eat pork, lard, smoked meats, goose or duck, fatty fish, butter, fast food, mayonnaise, coffee and chocolate. You need to try to eat less sour cream, eggs, flour products.
It is recommended to replace meat with soy, it is permissible to eat chicken without skin, veal, low-fat fish. Instead of butter, you need to add sunflower, olive, corn or soy to dishes. In the diet for coronary heart disease, it is necessary to include raisins, pumpkin, cottage cheese, nuts and seeds, citrus fruits, legumes, seaweed, berries. You need to eat more vegetables and fruits, and the ratio of proteins, fats and carbohydrates should be 1: 1: 4. Dried fruits, wheat bran, oatmeal, honey are useful in this pathology.
From food, you can even prepare medicines that help with coronary heart disease. Most often, it is recommended to make a decoction of oats. For it, you need to take unrefined grains in an amount of 50 g, pour half a liter of water and boil. Then insist a few hours. After this, add 70 g of crushed roots of elecampane and repeat the procedure. Mix the infusion with honey and take half a cup 2-3 times a day. It is also useful to eat on an empty stomach a mixture of 2 proteins, 2 tablespoons of sour cream and a teaspoon of honey. Such a medicine has a general strengthening effect and improves heart function.