Capillaries on the legs: How to eliminate them with natural remedies

If capillary fragility is not linked to pathology, we can reduce the imperfection by improving circulation with natural remedies. In this article, we see the causes of fragile capillaries and how to intervene to prevent the appearance of visible capillaries.

Capillaries on the legs: The causes

The fragility of the capillaries affects women but can also affect men. The areas of the body most affected by capillary rupture are generally the legs, ankles, and thighs. Still, it is not uncommon for visible capillaries to form in other parts of the body.

Among the causes of capillary fragility, we certainly find problems related to blood circulation that can derive from a subjective predisposition and be accentuated by an incorrect lifestyle. For example, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and an overly sedentary lifestyle certainly do not help fight capillary fragility.

In some periods of life or under certain conditions, the fragility of the capillaries can worsen: it happens, for example, during pregnancy, if you are overweight or when you are taking some drugs or hormones, including the birth control pill.

The aging of the organism leads to accentuating visible capillaries’ problems. Over the years, the blood vessels become more fragile and tend to break; the skin tends to be thin, making the capillaries more visible.

Those suffering from weak capillaries can incur the appearance of varicose veins, another imperfection even more evident than the capillaries. If pathologies cause a capillary rupture, it is possible to treat this problem with natural remedies that improve or resolve the imperfection.

Natural remedies to eliminate capillaries

The most effective plants against capillary fragility

If you suffer from capillary fragility and in the absence of specific pathologies, you can combat the natural remedies problem. To improve blood circulation and prevent the appearance of capillaries on the legs, it can be useful to intervene with an ointment or a refreshing gel that contains specific natural ingredients for capillary fragility.

We find the vegetable ingredients, such as butcher’s broom extract, red vine extract, and other flavonoid-rich drugs that protect blood vessels: Blueberry, Ginkgo biloba, Gotu kola, and Milk thistle.

Useful essential oils

The most useful essential oils to combat capillaries on the legs are cypress essential oil, cedar oil, juniper essential oil, and mint essential oil.

You can prepare a massage oil by adding ten drops of the essential oils just mentioned in 50 milliliters of sweet almond oil: keep it in the dark glass bottle and use it once a day, massaging the skin with circular movements.

To eliminate heaviness in the lower limbs caused by poor circulation, it is useful to choose an Aloe vera-based gel containing the extracts just seen and menthol or essential oil, with a refreshing action.

Good habits and lifestyle

If you have a lifestyle based in Ontario, try to walk for at least an hour a day, avoid the car to travel to short stretches of the road, and stand on tiptoe about ten times every two hours. To tone blood vessels and capillaries, you can also take foot baths or short showers on the lower limbs with jets of cold water during the day: during the summer months, it is an effective remedy also to combat the heat.

Recommended nutrition and supplements

Nutrition also plays an important role in the prevention of fragile capillaries: eating a lot of fruits and vegetables containing Vitamin C and red fruits rich in flavonoids is of great help in improving the health of blood vessels.

Also, supplements can be taken after consulting your doctor or herbalist: very effective to combat capillaries are the supplements based on red fruits (berries, purple plums, and cherries) and Vitamin C for the antioxidant effect.

The intake of supplements is often associated with the consumption of green tea, grape juice, and citrus juices for the preventive effect against the damage of aging.

If the sense of swollen legs accompanies the capillaries on the legs, we invite you to deepen the causes and remedies by reading: Swollen legs: natural remedies.