Digestive

Hemorrhoids

4 plants

Fiber and sitting in water still do more than most bottles. Psyllium with water is the intervention with a mechanism. Distillate pads comfort external skin. Horse-chestnut aescin is a CVI file borrowed for venous tone — raw seed is toxic. A purple, exquisitely painful lump is thrombosis until you look.

Primary plants

1
PsylliumHuman data
Plantago ovata
Softens stool and cuts straining — the intervention with the cleanest rationale.
Typical. 5–10 g/day with a full glass of water, titrate.
Safety. Obstruction if dry. Binds meds 2 h.
2
Witch hazelStrong traditional
Hamamelis virginiana
Distillate pads: astringent comfort for external piles. Not a substitute for a thrombosed exam.
Typical. Distillate compress or pad, external only.
Safety. Do not inject or use internally as a procedure. Irritation if overused.
3
Horse chestnutHuman data
Aesculus hippocastanum
Aescin has human CVI data that is borrowed here for venous tone. Seed extract, never raw seed.
Typical. Delayed-release seed extract as labeled (escin products).
Safety. Raw seed is toxic. GI. Nephrotoxicity reports with poorly prepared products. Bleeding theoretical.

Supportive plants1

Butcher's broomStrong traditional
Ruscus aculeatus
Traditional venous tonic; some European hemorrhoid/CVI product data.
Typical. Rhizome extract as labeled.
Safety. GI. Not for pregnancy as a default.

When this is not enough

Thrombosed pile needing procedure, heavy bleeding, fever, suspected abscess, new severe pain with inability to sit

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All digestive diagnoses