How to treat leg cramps with folk remedies
To relieve muscle cramps, you need to sit in bed, lower your legs down or pinch the sore spot several times or gently stand up. Then we massage the calves and feet with light pats and strokes, starting from the tips of the fingers to the heels, and then from the heels, along the calf muscles to the knees. After the massage you need to go to bed and raise your legs at an angle of at least 60 degrees. This will prevent the occurrence of repeated seizures and ensure the outflow of blood. It is useful to massage the feet with essential oils, the laurel oil helps well. For the legs it is very effective to make contrast baths for the feet, they tone up the blood vessels.
Before going to bed, try to do simple exercises:
- lying on your back, we'll try to twist our feet, as if we are cycling the pedals.
- We pull our toes on ourselves.
Let's add calcium
If frequent convulsions occur, then this may mean that your body lacks calcium. In the diet should be introduced more sour-milk products (cottage cheese, cheese), sesame, beans, cereals. In day it is necessary to eat from 4 to 5 tea spoons of honey, as honey keeps in an organism of calcium.
Simple exercises for the prevention of seizures in gastrocnemius muscles
Exercise should be done barefoot and standing.
- We stand on the heels, bend the raised fingers and maintain this balance for 10 seconds - we do it 7 times.
- We cross the legs, transfer the weight to the outer edges of the feet. Let's be quiet for a few minutes, change your legs - 5 times.
- We will rise on the toes, so that the heels come off the floor and sharply lower the heels to the floor,
10 times.
- On the floor we put a bar one meter in length and a height of 5 to 7 centimeters. We put the feet of the feet, so that the fingers were on the bar, and the heels were on the floor. Slowly move along the board to the left and to the right 5 times.
Treating leg cramps with folk remedies
Lemon juiceThis folk remedy will help those who have cramps in their legs. Twice a day, in the morning and in the evening, we treat the feet with lemon juice, then let them dry. Then you can put on shoes. We repeat this procedure daily for two weeks.
Laurus
From the cramps of legs and hands rubbed with bay oil: for this we take 50 grams of laurel dry leaves, break the leaves and fill with 250 ml unrefined sunflower oil. We close the bank and put it in a dark place for 12 days. Then we strain. If you brought your hand or foot, we will rub this oil.
Cramping in calf muscles
- With cramps in the calves of the legs, you need to change the position, for this we straighten the leg, then pull the pads of the soles and fingers towards the knee.
"We'll sit down and pinch a sore spot a few times."
"Let's get up and transfer the weight of the body to the jointed leg." After a while, blood circulation will resume, and the sensitivity of the leg will recover.
- Take any warming ointment and rub your foot.
- Massage the legs, moving from the fingers to the heel, then massage the calves from the heel to the knee.
- In order to prevent gastrointestinal convulsions, we massage the muscles under the knees. If the convulsions occur in the hands, then we will rub the hands from the fingertips, moving up to the shoulder.
After the massage you need to lie down, put a thick blanket under your feet. This pose will prevent repeated seizures and ensure the outflow of blood.
Advice on how to get rid of leg cramps
Take hold of the heel and begin to forcefully squeeze it.
The Japanese method
If at night the legs are often cramped, then you can try to do so. Take an even round stick with a length of 25 to 30 centimeters and a diameter of two and a half centimeters. With this stick, 1 to 2 times a day, we apply 100 strokes at the base of the fingers on the foot pads. Over time, you will forget about the cramps.
Celandine
We will remove the juice from the celandine and mix it with petroleum jelly. We take one part of the juice and two parts of Vaseline and mix it and we will rub our hands and feet every evening with a received ointment. It is those places where there are cramps, a little mass, to get a better effect. We do before bed every day. Thanks to this folk remedy, after two weeks, two cramps will stop.
Tincture of yarrow and thyme (thyme) from neuralgia
This tincture does not act instantaneously, but brings relief. Take 10 grams of thyme and 20 grams of dry herb yarrow, pour 200 ml of vodka, if you have alcohol, it is better to use it. We insist for ten days, periodically shaking. This tincture is well kept. It calms the pain, relaxes the muscles, which are cramped. Several times a day, we rub the sore spot, then we need to warm the sore spot.
Yeast
If you have seizures because of a lack of potassium, then yeast contains a lot of potassium, then yeast will be your salvation. To do this, prepare a yeast drink: take the rusks from rye bread and fill it with boiling water, insist 4 hours, strain and add a little yeast. We leave the drink for 6 or 8 hours to wander in a warm place, then put it in the refrigerator. Before use, add honey and sugar to taste. We drink before meals 100 ml. So, for the whole month.
Onion husks as a folk remedy for seizures
Take a teaspoon of chopped onion husks, pour a glass of boiling water, and let us brew for 10 minutes. We drink at night. After the first glass of a spasm, you will not be disturbed at night. Doing so constantly and you can forget about cramps and headaches.
Adonis
Zalem a tablespoon adonis one and a half glasses of boiling water, we insist in a dark place for two hours, then we filter. We take infusion three times a day on a tablespoon. The course of treatment with this folk remedy is 10 days.
Chamomile
Take a tablespoon of chamomile in two glasses of boiling water. We insist 40 minutes. We drink between meals during the day. You also need to eat baked potatoes. Next day we will make the following remedy: take 2 tablespoons of raisins without pits, we will fill them with boiling water from the evening, and the next day this infusion will be drunk on a glass instead of tea, raisins will be eaten. Thus, alternating raisins with chamomile, you can forget about cramps.
Magnet
Convulsions, as well as numbness, will help to remove the most common magnets. On the area of ​​convulsions, put a magnet. One minute and a cramp will pass.
Salt as a folk remedy for leg cramps
When cramps begin, put a little salt on the tip of the tongue and hold it with your mouth open. Convulsions last from 3 to 5 minutes, and then we remove the salt from the tongue.
Rye bread rusks
From cramps, the following recipe will help you: dry the rusks from the rye bread, fill it with boiling water, insist 4 hours, strain and add a little yeast. Leave in a warm place to wander for 6 or 8 hours, then pour the drink into bottles and put in the refrigerator. Before the reception we will add honey to taste. In a day you need to drink 2 glasses.
Horseradish from neuralgia and seizures
To cure leg cramps, neuralgia will help horseradish. Need for treatment of fresh roots of horse radish (200 grams). Horseradish thistles on a small grater, to get a gruel. Mix half a liter of olive oil and half a kilogram of natural honey. Well stir and put the mixture in the refrigerator, and there you need to store this mixture. We take 20 minutes before meals on a tablespoon three times a day.
In a sore spot, you need to do compresses too with horseradish, except for ingesting the medication. Take a large fresh sheet of horseradish, it is smeared with honey, and on top we will sprinkle salt. To the sore spot, attach a sheet, put parchment paper on top and tie it with a handkerchief. We remove the morning compress, the remnants of the compress smoem from the skin with warm water. So you need to be treated for a week and then neuralgia will recede.
Herbs
In order not to disturb the cramps, we will prepare a collection of herbs: for the preparation we need grass: shepherd's bag, wheatgrass, yarrow, mint, sponge, nettle, goose paw. We take all the herbs in equal quantities, mix them. Take 100 grams of collection and pour 200 ml of water, bring to a boil and cook for 15 minutes. Then leave for half an hour to insist. The broth will turn out very rich. We take a high bucket, pour warm water there, the temperature should not be above 40 degrees. In a bucket we pour out the broth and put our feet into it. It is necessary that the water covers the calves of the feet, those places in which convulsions usually occur. The duration of the procedure should be 20 minutes, such procedures - ten, the procedure must be done daily. And then the cramps will necessarily go away.
To avoid cramps in the legs:
- get rid of excess weight,
- wear comfortable shoes,
- Avoid prolonged loads,
- make foot baths with mustard in a day: for 3 liters of water - a tablespoon of mustard.
If you regularly massage your feet with ginger ethereal or camomile oil, then this prevents seizures. Every day should eat - vegetables, fruits, beans, cottage cheese, hard cheeses.
For the prevention of leg cramps we take drugs that contain magnesium and calcium. The daily dose: from 500 to 1000 mg of magnesium and from 1000 to 2000 mg of calcium. And you have to drink a glass of warm water every day with a teaspoon of honey and apple cider vinegar or lemon juice. You can eliminate the deficit of potassium, if more often there are bananas and oranges.
Before going to bed, do foot contrast baths and take a contrast shower. If you have varicose veins, the contrast should not be strong. In the water, you can add grass, which has an anticonvulsant effect - it is peppermint, valerian, elderberry, raspberry leaves, alfalfa, horsetail.
When seizures help mustard oil
At cramps we rub for the night feet mustard oil. It helps by the way.
From seizures
For the treatment of leg cramps with folk remedies, we prepare the mixture, we take in equal proportions the grass: mistletoe white, marigold flowers, stems and leaves of rhubarb, golden sweet clover, red clover. We mix the mixture and take a tablespoon of the mixture, brew with a liter of boiling water and for 10 minutes we will hold it in a water bath. Within 30 minutes we will insist, and then we will filter. We moisten the bandage, folded in several layers in this infusion and we will compress it on the sore spot, hold it for at least five hours.
Now you know how to treat convulsions in legs with folk remedies. By following these simple tips, you will be healthy!