Varicose Veins
Foods to Eat More Of:
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
Essential Oils:
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Natural/Herbal:
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Yoga Therapy:
Supplements & Homeopathic:
Mind-Body Connection:
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
Meals:
Sides & Salads:
- Fruits: berries, cherries, clementines, eggplant, grapefruit, lemons, limes, mangoes, oranges, pears, red grapes, tangerines
- Vegetables: arugula, asparagus, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, collard greens, kale, onions, red/green bell peppers, romaine lettuce, spinach, watercress
- Fish (especially mackerel, salmon, sardines & tuna), buckwheat, dulse, kelp, beans, nuts, oats
- Olive oil, soy products, seeds (especially flax, pumpkin, sesame, sunflower), wheat germ, whole grains
- Garlic, ginger
- Drink plenty of water
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
- Excess salt
Essential Oils:
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- Lemon, lemongrass, cypress, basil, peppermint, helichrysum (bottom of feet, on location, massage all over body)
Natural/Herbal:
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- Alfalfa, burdock (seed & root), cayenne, dandelion (leaf & root), garlic, ginger, parsley, yarrow
- Moderate daily exercise.
- Try not to sit or stand for an extended amount of time - move positions often.
- Alternately hose the legs with a hot and cold shower several times, for 1-2 minutes at a time, each morning.
- Raise the foot of the bed to raise legs at night.
- Distilled witch hazel, lemon juice, agrimony infusion, and/or fig poultices (applied to affected area).
- Infused oils of chili, pepper or ginger as a massage.
Yoga Therapy:
- Yoga Poses For Varicose Veins in Legs (7 minutes - Agnistoka)
- Yoga for Varicose Veins (5 minutes - Aikyum, Inc)
Supplements & Homeopathic:
- Vitamin C/ Flavonoids: 1,000 mg vitamin C and 500 mg flavonoids 3 times daily (reduce if it causes diarrhea).
- Vitamin E: 400 IU twice daily (check with doctor if taking anticoagulant drugs).
- Gotu Kola: 200 mg extract or 400-500 mg crude herb 3 times daily (extract should contain 10% asiaticosides).
- Bilberry: 80 mg 3 times daily (should contain 25% anthocyanosides).
- Horse Chestnut: 500 mg each morning (should contain 16-21% escin).
- Butcher's Broom: 150 mg 3 times daily (should contain 9-11% ruscogenin).
Mind-Body Connection:
- Can represent feelings of being trapped in a situation you don't like, feeling over-worked or over-burdened.
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
- Banana-Blueberry Smoothie (GF)
- Cranberry-Blueberry Smoothie (GF)
- Green Smoothie (GF)
- Herbal Mango Smoothie (V, GF)
- Mango-Banana Smoothie (GF)
- Mango-Blueberry Smoothie (GF)
- Mango Lassi (GF)
- Mango Pineapple Smoothie (V, GF)
- Mega-Greens Smoothie (GF)
- Orange Smoothie (GF)
- PB & Jelly Sandwich Smoothie (V)
- Pomegranate Dandelion Tea (V, GF)
- Soothing Elixir (V, GF)
- Strawberry Banana Smoothie
- Super Skin Smoothie (GF)
- Tropical Smoothie (V, GF)
Meals:
- 5 Ingredient Black Bean Chowder (GF)
- Asian Broccoli & Rice Bowl (V, GF)
- Baked Salmon with Dill Sauce (GF)
- Black Bean Bowl (GF)
- Black Bean Soup (V, GF)
- Blueberry Mini Muffins (GF)
- Breakfast Burrito
- Broth (Veggie/Chicken/Beef) - (V, GF)
- Buddha Bowl (V, GF)
- Chickpea Salad Sandwich (V, GF)
- Cornmeal & Pecan Crusted Fish
- Edamame Rice Bowl (V)
- Fish Fillets with Broccoli Stuffing
- Fish with Dill Breading
- Garlic Soup (V, GF)
- Healthy Scrambled Eggs (GF)
- MahiMahi with Cucumber-Dill Sauce (GF)
- Miso Soup (V, GF)
- Pan-Fried Fish Fillets
- Pasta Della California (V)
- Quinoa Oatmeal (V)
- Red Beans & Rice (V, GF)
- Salmon with Avocado Salsa (GF)
- Salmon with Mustard Sauce (GF)
- Salmon with Red Pepper Sauce (GF)
- Spicy Black Bean Soup (V, GF)
- Tilapia with Balsamic Brown Butter
- Vegetarian Chili (V, GF)
Sides & Salads:
- Asian Cabbage Salad (V, GF)
- Asparagus with Hollandaise (GF)
- Avocado Cilantro Lime Rice (V, GF)
- Bacon Brussels Sprouts (GF)
- Bacon Wild Rice (GF)
- BLT Salad (GF)
- Broccoli Slaw (GF)
- Brown Rice Pilaf with Saffron and Ginger (V, GF)
- Cannellini and Tomato Crostini (V)
- Caraway Brussels Sprouts (V, GF)
- Chinese Peanut Salad (V, GF)
- Favetta & Pita Triangles (V)
- Homemade Salsa (V, GF)
- Hummus & Pita Triangles (V)
- Irish Potatoes (Colcannon) - (GF)
- Kale Salad with Sesame Dressing (V, GF)
- Molasses Beans (GF)
- Pesto Vegetables (V, GF)
- Quinoa Salad (V, GF)
- Red Beans & Rice (V, GF)
- Roasted Asparagus or Green Beans (V, GF)
- Sesame Green Beans (V, GF)
- Smoked Almonds (V, GF)
- Spinach & Strawberry Salad (V)
- Steamed Edamame (V, GF)