How to dilate the blood vessels of the brain

The circulatory system is an extremely complex mechanism that strives to maintain stable conditions in the body. Vessels are capable of contracting and expanding, depending on external and internal factors. For example, when the body cools, the peripheral vessels narrow in order to spend less heat on warming the extremities and, thereby, saving it for the internal organs. Nicotine, which enters the blood after smoking a cigarette, also constricts blood vessels. Any stress causes vasospasm to adapt the body to danger.

Several important rules when treating with traditional methods

Before starting treatment of the vessels of the head and neck using traditional methods, you need to take into account the nuances of the upcoming home therapy:

1. To begin, discuss potential prescriptions with your healthcare provider. He will give recommendations on dosages and the possibility of using one or another method.
2. Traditional methods are used only as an auxiliary method and cannot replace the basic principles of treatment.
3. You need to purchase medicinal plants only in specialized places. If you plan to collect them yourself, be sure to read the rules for preparation, storage and use.
4. Even the simplest recipes require careful preparation. It is especially worth paying attention to contraindications and possible side effects.
5. Herbal medicine does not imply an immediate effect, so you need to be patient and disciplined when applying it.
6. Under no circumstances should alternative medicine be used by children, nursing mothers and pregnant women without first consulting a doctor.

Be sure to take these rules into account and only then begin home treatment. You can learn more about folk methods from the video in this article.

Rules of traditional treatment

Treatment with medications

To alleviate the patient’s condition, and in some cases achieve complete recovery, a set of measures should be used aimed at the use of vasodilators, folk remedies and food. All this will help cope with vascular spasm, this is especially important for the head. So, how to dilate the blood vessels of the brain to obtain positive dynamics in the patient?

Medicines

Ginkgo biloba. Available in the form of dietary supplements, it can be used not only for medicinal but also for preventive purposes. Helps improve vascular tone and normalize cerebral circulation.

Spazmalgon and Spazgan. Both drugs are used to combat headaches, as well as relieve spasm of smooth muscles. Suitable as symptomatic treatment, the duration of administration is agreed with the attending physician.

Nitroglycerine. It will help cope with an attack of angina pectoris. An old drug that has proven its effectiveness in treating pain and spasms. Unfortunately, it is ineffective in the event of a heart attack or stroke.

Calcium channel blockers. These include Nifedipine, Anipamil, Amlodilin. These drugs block receptors that are responsible for the mechanism of vascular compression. They have many side effects and contraindications and are prescribed only by a doctor after examination.

Folk remedies

Hawthorn. To prepare a decoction, you can use both fruits and flowers. To do this, pour 20 grams of raw material into 250 ml of boiling water and simmer over low heat for no more than 5 minutes. After which the broth is allowed to cool and taken a tablespoon before each meal.

Butter with garlic. A head of garlic is passed through a press or chopped with a knife and placed in a glass container. After this, add 200 ml of unrefined sunflower oil. The resulting mixture is infused in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours.

Valerian tea. You can buy it at the pharmacy, the raw materials are already packaged in filter bags. Take according to instructions. The drink will help relieve tension and has a sedative effect on blood vessels and the body as a whole.

Dried hazel leaves and bark. Take a tablespoon of raw material per glass of boiling water, and let the resulting infusion brew for a couple of hours. After this, take no more than 4 times a day, a tablespoon.

Folk remedies have shown their high effectiveness in the fight against various ailments, and vasoconstriction is no exception. It is important to make sure that there are no allergic reactions to herbs, and also consult a doctor about the advisability of using them.

Nutrition

This is a fundamental point for improving the patient’s condition and fighting cholesterol plaques at home. You should strictly adhere to the rules described below, and the result will not be long in coming:

• Food products containing animal fats should be excluded or significantly reduced from the diet. Fatty meats, butter, and store-bought sausages are excluded from the diet. Instead, preference should be given to poultry meats such as chicken and turkey. The diet should include low-fat fermented milk products.
• You should eat fish dishes daily. They can be boiled, stewed, baked, pickled. But you should avoid fried and canned foods. Fish meat perfectly cleanses the circulatory system, reducing the amount of cholesterol in the blood and helping to fight plaque.
• Fruits, vegetables, herbs. For patients with atherosclerosis, they should be on the table all year round; it is recommended to consume about 200 grams of products per serving.
• Drinking alcohol is prohibited during treatment. Despite the fact that it is a vasodilator, after a while the blood vessels begin to experience severe spasm, and the patient’s condition becomes even worse.

These simple requirements will help to significantly improve the patient’s condition, as well as have a beneficial effect on other organs and systems of the body.

Drug treatment is prescribed only by a doctor and after a complete history collection. Therapy is mainly aimed at dilating and relieving vascular spasms and improving blood circulation. This is facilitated by drugs such as:

• Eufillin, validol, nitroglycerin - dilate the heart arteries;
• Cinnarizine – normalizes cerebral vessels;
• Phentolamine - to dilate blood vessels in the extremities.

Also, drugs such as:

• Papaverine
• Drotaverine
• Dibazol

If necessary, drugs that lower blood cholesterol levels are prescribed - statins (Lovastatin, Pravastatin, Lipanor). As well as drugs that strengthen the walls of blood vessels and vitamin complexes. If the narrowing occurs against the background of other diseases (hypertension, diabetes), therapy begins with eliminating the symptoms of these ailments.

Traditional methods for cleaning blood vessels

For normal functioning, the brain needs nutrition and oxygen. This function is performed by blood vessels, but how can they cope with this task if they are clogged with blood clots and atherosclerotic plaques (see Atherosclerosis of the vessels of the head: what are the dangers of cholesterol plaques in the arteries of the brain)?

Naturally, in such a situation, you need to know how to help the brain vessels using folk remedies:

1. Take chamomile, St. John's wort, birch buds, immortelle (2 tablespoons of each ingredient). Pour a couple of glasses of boiling water over them, divide the prepared mixture into 2 parts and consume twice every day, adding one teaspoon of honey first.
2. Make a collection by mixing 5 tbsp. l. pine needles and 2 tbsp. l. rose hips with husks, then dilute them in 1 liter. water. Bring to a boil over heat and leave for several hours. Then take 500 ml every day, dividing the volume into several parts. The treatment course is 3 months.
3. Wash the burdock rhizome, chop it, take 1 tbsp. l. and dissolve it in 500 ml. boiling water, then infuse the prepared product in a thermos. Drink 100 ml in the morning for 3 months.
4. Take 2 tbsp. l. flaxseeds and mix them with 200 ml of boiling water. Let the decoction sit and take every day before bed for 4 months.
5. Pour 300 ml of boiling water over viburnum flowers, leave for 60 minutes and drink 100 ml three times a day.
6. Mix St. John's wort, plantain and dandelion root in equal proportions. 2 or 3 tbsp. l. pour one liter of boiling water, let it brew and cool. Apply as compresses to the forehead.

The need to cleanse blood vessels using folk remedies

The list of useful products in this category is quite extensive; we will only note the following folk remedies for the treatment of cerebral vessels:

1. Lemon. The product contains a lot of vitamin C, which removes harmful substances and helps cleanse brain vessels. To prepare the healing remedy, you need to chop 2 lemons and the same amount of orange. Add 2 tbsp to the product. l. honey and mix thoroughly. Use 2 tsp. 3 times a day before meals. Store the composition in the refrigerator.
2. Garlic. Garlic not only perfectly cleanses, but also prevents the development of atherosclerosis and stroke. It contains phytoncides that prevent cholesterol from settling on the blood walls. At home, you can prepare the recipe by chopping 1 head of garlic mixed with 1 tbsp. l. lemon juice. Mix everything until smooth and use this medicine for 2 weeks.
3. Birch juice. It cleanses the body of waste, harmful substances and toxins. During the season, you can drink up to 5 liters of juice, after which headaches and dizziness will disappear.

Attention: to achieve maximum effect, treatment is complemented by gymnastics, massage, proper nutrition and other recommendations that the doctor will give you during your consultation.

Garlic, honey and lemon for blood vessels

Mechanisms of vasoconstriction

Any vessel is a hollow organ that consists of several layers. The outer layer provides its mechanical contraction and expansion. With its help, the body regulates body temperature, dilating blood vessels when overheated and constricting when cooling. But if this mechanism fails, chronic long-term vasospasm may develop.

One of the reasons for the disruption of the mechanism of constriction and dilation of blood vessels is age. The older a person is, the less elastic his blood vessels are.

But there is another mechanism for vasoconstriction - the growth of plaques on its inner surface. Cholesterol and atherosclerotic plaques are deposited on it, which narrows the lumen of the vessel.

In some cases, vasoconstriction may be caused by several reasons, for example, an increase in cholesterol plaques and loss of elasticity of the walls of blood vessels.

In such cases, it is necessary to follow a set of measures that will help slow down the process of plaque growth, as well as loss of elasticity.

Traditional recipes for expanding vascular walls

Vascular spasms cause headaches, dizziness, feelings of fatigue and physical strain (see Effective medicine for dizziness and cerebral vascular spasms). However, these symptoms are inherent only at the early stage of development of the pathology; the further the disorder progresses, the more complications appear. In such a situation, it is necessary to promptly eliminate spasms and dilate blood vessels.

So, how to cure cerebral vessels using folk remedies:

1. Make garlic butter. You just need to take a head of garlic, peel it and mash the cloves into a mushy state, then place the mixture in a glass jar and pour in 200 ml of vegetable oil. Leave in the refrigerator for 36 hours, and then take 1 teaspoon, mixing with the same amount of lemon juice 3 times a day. The treatment course is 3-4 months.
2. Take 1 cup of dill and 2 cups of crushed valerian root. Further preparation instructions involve mixing the ingredients with 500 ml of boiling water and infusing the solution for half a day. After the infusion, strain and take 1 tbsp. l. every day.
3. Pour boiling water (200 ml) over 15 fresh hawthorn fruits and cook for 5 minutes. Then strain the medicine and take 1 tbsp. l. before eating 2 times a day. The product should be stored on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.
4. You need to take 20 g of chamomile, brew it in a glass of boiling water, leave for half an hour and drink half the prepared amount after meals.
5. To get rid of cramps and headaches, you can make a tincture of hazel bark. To do this, you need to grind the component, take 2 tbsp. l. and brew them in 200 ml of boiling water, let it brew for an hour, strain and store in a place inaccessible to light. For treatment, take a large spoon up to 4 times a day.

What does an ischemic stroke look like?

Folk remedies for dizziness due to vascular disease can be divided into 3 types, each of which can use its own medicinal herbs.

Table 1: Medicinal herbs:

Calming	chamomile; motherwort; Linden; Melissa; valerian herb.
Expanding	clover; mint; dandelion; rose; fennel; parsley.
Antispasmodic	immortelle; hawthorn; hazel bark

Medicinal herbs

Drug vasodilation

Today, the choice of drugs for vasodilation is quite wide.

Today there are many medications that can dilate blood vessels. Some of them are used urgently if it is necessary to relieve a spasm, while others are suitable for permanent use, but provide a long-term effect. The most commonly used are the following:

1. Nitroglycerine. This simple and affordable drug should be in the first aid kit of every “heart” patient, and people prone to angina attacks should have it with them at all times. It must be used for attacks of angina pectoris - pain in the heart due to physical or mental stress. One nitroglycerin tablet quickly relieves spasm and pain. But this drug is not effective for many diseases and conditions, such as heart attack and stroke.
2. Spasmalgon. Another short-acting drug. It cannot be taken on an ongoing basis, but if you need to relieve an attack of headache caused by vasoconstriction, then Spazmalgon is the optimal remedy.
3. Papaverine. An effective remedy against vasospasm, but it should only be taken under the guidance of a doctor.
4. Calcium channel blockers. This is one of the most common means of combating hypertension. Drugs in this group block receptors that are responsible for vasoconstriction, making the drug effective for the treatment of arterial hypertension.
5. Ginko Biloba. Preparations based on this plant are used to combat age-related changes in blood vessels, as well as improve cerebral circulation.

This is only a part of the drugs to eliminate vascular spasms.

To combat the narrowing of blood vessels due to the deposition of cholesterol and atherosclerotic plaques, other drugs are used. There are many commercial forms and names, which the doctor must select in accordance with the diagnostic results.

Folk remedies for strengthening blood vessels and increasing the elasticity of the walls

With age, blood vessels wear out, lose elasticity and become brittle. If you do nothing about this condition, you can “earn” a lot of sores, some of which will threaten not only a person’s health, but also his life (see Vitamins for strengthening cerebral blood vessels).

In order to prevent the development of pathological conditions, you can use the following folk remedies for the elasticity of cerebral vessels:

1. Mix garlic, lemon with peel and chopped horseradish root in equal proportions. Mix the mixture well and put it in a liter jar. Fill with boiled water to the brim and leave in the refrigerator for a day. Next, use 1 tbsp. l. before meals.
2. Mix motherwort, meadowsweet, rose hips and dried cucumbers in equal proportions. From the prepared mixture, take 4 tbsp. l. and brew them in a liter of boiling water. Next, you need to let it brew for 8 hours and take half a glass of the decoction 3 times a day.
3. Add 100 g of sage to 800 ml of vodka, then add 400 ml of water and let it brew in a sealed container for 40 days. Then strain and drink 1 tbsp. l. before breakfast once a day. Treatment should be continued until the tincture runs out. The number of treatment courses is 1 time per year.
4. Grind the hawthorn fruits, take 1 tbsp from the mass. l. and mix it with vodka (250 ml). Leave for 2 weeks, strain and take 20 drops, previously dissolved in 1 tbsp. l. water, 3-4 times a day before eating.

Hawthorn is an effective beneficial remedy for blood vessels

In addition to the question of how to treat cerebral vessels with folk remedies, you can adhere to these simple rules:

1. One bowl of oatmeal in water with the addition of fruit as a morning breakfast will be an excellent friend in improving the health of blood vessels.
2. Olive oil is a good remedy that strengthens vascular walls. It is enough to drink 1 tsp. 2 times a day. You can also introduce it into your daily diet by adding it to salads and other healthy dishes.
3. Mix beet, carrot and potato juice in equal parts. Drink 50 ml 3 times a day.
4. Pomegranate juice is very useful. In diluted form, it can be taken 1 sip once a day.

You can also recommend boiled beets, prunes, lemon and rowan berries.

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Nutrition for vasodilation

Cleaning vessels with bay leaves

Proper nutrition is one of the main factors for those who want to know how to dilate blood vessels at home. Without strict adherence to a number of rules, success will not be achieved. The following recommendations must be followed:

1. First of all, you need to reduce the amount of animal fats in your diet. You will have to give up butter, pork and lamb, sausages, fatty cheeses, and so on. Fermented milk products should have a minimum amount of fat. You shouldn’t give up meat completely, but preference should be given to chicken, turkey, and lean veal.
2. Fish should be included in your daily diet. Fish oil not only does not cause the formation of “bad” cholesterol, which forms plaques, but also reduces its amount in the blood and “cleanses” the circulatory system. Fish can be boiled, baked, stewed, marinated. It is not advisable to fry it or use it in the form of canned food or preserves.
3. Fresh fruits, vegetables, leafy salads and greens should be in the daily diet, regardless of the time of year. It is believed that you need to eat at least 5 servings per day, each approximately 200 grams.
4. It is best to exclude alcohol from the diet. It does dilate the blood vessels, but its effect is short-lived, after which they can narrow even more.

It is allowed to use cognac as a vasodilator, but only in exceptional cases, for example, with severe stress or hypothermia, and no more than 40-50 milligrams.

Following these simple tips will help reduce the rate of vascular overgrowth. But besides this, it will be useful to use numerous folk recipes for dilating blood vessels at home.

Folk remedies for blood thinning

Increased blood clotting causes the formation of blood clots, which slow down normal blood circulation through the vessels. In addition, over time they can increase, break away from the wall and “travel” through the circulatory system. The worst thing is that they can clog vital vessels, which will subsequently lead to death.

To prevent this, you can use effective folk remedies for cerebrovascular disease:

1. Take ginger root, 1 tsp. green tea and a pinch of cinnamon. Pour 500 ml of boiling water over the ingredients, leave for half an hour, strain, add honey and lemon to taste. Drink the solution 1 day before.
2. Mix 50 g of dry gingko biloma leaves with 250 ml of vodka, leave for 2 weeks in a dark place, shaking the mixture occasionally. Drink 1 tsp. 3 times a day half an hour before meals. The treatment course lasts a month.
3. Mix sweet clover, wormwood, meadowsweet and mountain arnica herbs in equal proportions. From the prepared product, take 1 tbsp. l., pour 250 ml of boiling water and leave for 8 hours. Strain and take a third of a glass three times a day.
4. Mulberry roots in the amount of 200 g, rinse, peel and finely chop. Place in a container, add 3 liters of cold water and leave for 1 hour. Place on low heat and bring to a boil, wait 15 minutes, turn off the stove, cool, strain and refrigerate. You need to drink the decoction for 5 days in a row, taking 200 ml 3 times a day before meals.
5. For six months, consume 5-7 tbsp every day. l. raspberries It contains salicylic acid, which makes the blood more fluid and strengthens blood vessels.

You can also use folk remedies to treat cerebral vessels; to do this, you just need to include the following products in your diet:

• White cabbage;
• beet;
• garlic;
• oranges;
• olive oil;
• fresh cucumbers;
• mint;
• cocoa;
• Apple vinegar;
• blueberry;
• lemons;
• raspberries;
• cherry;
• walnuts;
• bitter dark chocolate;
• natural juices (cranberry, cherry, grape, orange).

Attention: seafood also has an excellent liquefying effect. For greater effectiveness, you can include seaweed in your diet, which reduces cholesterol levels and thereby helps reduce blood viscosity. This treatment is very effective, especially since the price of the product is low.

Why is vasoconstriction dangerous?

Reducing the diameter of blood vessels is a dangerous condition

But the factors listed above lead to a temporary narrowing of blood vessels, and after a short time they return to normal. But there are a number of conditions that can cause long-term vasoconstriction. This can lead to a number of serious consequences.

With normal pressure created by the heart muscle, with narrowed blood vessels, the tissues receive too little oxygen and nutrients. To compensate for this, the heart is forced to work harder. Because of this, blood pressure increases, and the walls of blood vessels experience increased stress.

Constant vascular spasm is a prerequisite for the development of a huge number of diseases: severe headaches, high blood pressure, heart failure, heart attack and stroke.

Damage to the blood vessels of the brain is especially dangerous in this regard, since constantly narrowed blood vessels reduce the quality of its nutrition and impair its functioning, leading to impaired memory, attention, decreased performance, and so on.