Piles - How Unani Can Help In Treating It?

It has been proved that butter works as a superb medicine, especially when it is combined with camphor and galls powder. The paste works wonders when applied on the painful piles. Gall or oak gall has been extensively used in Chinese medicines and has been successfully used to treat not only piles but also ulcers and dysentery.

Berberis aristata or Indian barberry is a woody evergreen shrub that has yellow bark and is also known as tree turmeric. The bark is cut into small pieces and then boiled repeatedly to make a concentrated solution. This solution is then mixed with opium juice, butter or lime juice to serve as a purgative. It is an excellent remedy for the treatment of piles and bear no side effects on the patient.

Sitz bath is an effective way to treat and relieve piles pain. It involves the filling of a shallow bathtub with warm water and sitting in it by immersing the buttocks so that they are covered by the water. In that way, the piles or the haemorrhoids get exposed to warm water and gets compressed and healed.

Yes, according to Unani medicine, soap nut has been proved to treat haemorrhoids. Soap nut is mixed with catechu (acacia tree extraxt) in equal proportions and ground into fine powder. The mixture makes an excellent medicine in treating piles in a natural way. Its purgative effect helps one to clear the intestines uninterruptedly without having to put extra pressure on the anal canal while passing stool. Soap nut is not only a strong laxative that works best for abdominal problems like worm and other bacterial infection, it also has beneficial effects due to its antioxidant, antifungal and antibiotic properties.