2000 year old hemorrhoid cream found to cure hemorrhoids

2000 year old hemorrhoid cream found to cure hemorrhoids

It looks like a good hemorrhoid cream has been in demand for over 2000 years. The Greek pharmacologist Pedanius Dioscorides wrote about a hemorrhoid treatment sometime between 40 and 90 AD.

This treatment involved the use of an herb called pilewort. It grows like a weed throughout Europe and western Asia and was recently imported into the United States. Pilewort is a low-growing, hairless plant with fleshy, dark, heart-shaped leaves with beautiful yellow flowers that turn white with age. The stem has a gnarled appearance. This gnarled appearance led people to believe that it could be useful for curing hemorrhoids, according to the doctrine of signatures.

The doctrine of signatures is an ancient philosophy that believes God marks objects with a mark or “signature” that indicates their purpose. For example, if a plant has markings that resemble a certain part of the human body, it would have an impact on that part of the body. Pilewort's gnarled appearance is similar to the appearance of prolapsed hemorrhoids. According to the doctrine of signatures, this would suggest that Pilewort would be useful in the treatment of hemorrhoids.

Pedanius Dioscorides recommended that the plum juice from roots, leaves and fruits be taken at the beginning of summer, dried in the shade and “formed” (fermented) before using it for medicinal purposes.

Hemorrhoids are a painful condition that causes swelling of the veins around the anus. The blood vessels become overfilled with blood and the skin stretches, making the area constantly itchy. If the problem persists, the condition will prolapse and bleeding may occur.

Applying Pilewort in a poultice with ice directly to the affected area provides hemorrhoid relief. You can also mix Pilewort juice or powder with aloe vera gel and apply it to the affected area as a hemorrhoid cream. You can also take Pilewort orally as part of a hemorrhoid treatment. Taking Pilewort internally enhances the healing effects of the hemorrhoid cream and poultice.

Using Pilewort in this way helps tighten your blood vessels and may help stop your hemorrhoids from bleeding.

If you don't have access to shade-dried and "formed" prune juice, you can always get dry prune juice and grind it into powder in a blender, or even purchase tapweed powder at your local health food store.

Pilewort is also available as a ready-made hemorrhoid cream if you want someone else to do all the work for you. However, making hemorrhoid cream is so easy that you might just want to do it yourself.

A natural tapweed hemorrhoid cream can give you more hemorrhoid relief than some of the best hemorrhoid creams invented by “modern” medicine.

Inspired by Daniel Griffiths