How to Treat Hemorrhoids Using Home Remedies

Hemorrhoids can be a pain in the butt, literally. Hemorrhoids are caused by inflammation of the veins near the rectal area. There are many things that can cause hemorrhoids such as prolonged constipation, sitting on the toilet and trying to force a bowl movement, obesity, prolonged coughing or sneezing and pregnancy. Hemorrhoids can stay dry or start bleeding and if they start bleeding they are even more painful. There are many things you can do at home to treat and ease the pain from hemorrhoids.

Things You'll Need

• Black mustard
• Yogurt
• Buttermilk
• Pomegranate
• Water
• Peppercorns
• Ginger
• Rock salt
• Sugar
• Petroleum jelly
• Witch hazel
• Aloe vera gel
• Cotton balls

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Instructions

• 1

  Grind some black mustard into a powder and add it to a bowl of yogurt. Blend the black mustard and yogurt mixture very well and eat by chewing the black mustard very carefully. Drink a glass of buttermilk after eating the black mustard and yogurt mixture. This remedy can treat hemorrhoids fast.

• 2

  Peel a pomegranate and put the peelings in a pot of water and bring the water to a boil. Drink a glass of the pomegranate water every morning and every evening to help ease the hemorrhoids and get rid of them.

• 3

  Pour a glass of buttermilk and add some peppercorns, ginger and rock salt. Drink this mixture twice a day to reduce the pain from hemorrhoids and get rid of them eventually.

• 4

  Grind 10 grams of black mustard into a very fine powder. Put the powder in a glass of milk and add 5 grams of sugar. Mix this well and drink it early in the morning. This mixture is good to treat bleeding hemorrhoids.

• 5

  Lubricate your anal area with petroleum jelly or aloe vera gel when trying to have a bowel movement. One cause of hemorrhoids is trying to force a bowl movement. Trying to force a bowel movement can also make the hemorrhoids worse and cause them to bleed.

• 6

  Apply some witch hazel to the rectum with a cotton ball to treat and ease the hemorrhoids. Witch hazel is one of the best treatments for easing hemorrhoids.