Hemorrhoids are caused by swollen and inflamed veins in the rectum and anus that cause discomfort and bleeding. The bleeding, pain and inconvenience sometimes is very dramatic. Hemorrhoids have a number of causes, although often the cause is unknown. They may result from straining during bowel movements constipation or from the increased pressure on these veins during pregnancy.
Nature healing has been introduced at many places. I generalize in the following points
1) drink more water, eat high fiber food and avoid spicy food
2) avoid long time sitting.
3) rinse/clean anal area with hot/warm water before and after bowel movement
Acupuncture has been a less invasive and conservative means to treat hemorrhoids while the treatment is very similar to treating anal fissure.
There also some clinic test which give positive results. On page 36 of issue #5, 2005 of the Zhen Jiu Lin Chuang Za Zhi (Clinical Journal of Acupuncture & Moxibustion), He Zhou and Lu A-li published an article titled, “Clinical Observations on the Acupuncture Treatment of 60 Cases of Anal Fissure.” A summary of this article is presented below.
Study outcomes:
Cure was defined as complete disappearance of symptoms and healing of the fissures in the anal region. Improvement meant that the symptoms disappeared and that the lesions had basically closed. No effect meant that there was no obvious improvement in symptoms and that the opening of the lesions had not changed. Based on these criteria, 48 cases (80%) were judged cured, 10 cases (16.6%) improved, and two cases (3.3%) got no effect. Therefore, the total effectiveness rate was 96.7%.
The treatment modality can be extended to diarrhea, dysentery, hematochezia, constipation, hemorrhoid, proctoptosis or further conditions like epilepsy and mania, pain in the lower back.
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