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Witch Hazel
Witch hazel is an
old remedy for hemorrhoids that is tried and true. The product has been
used for its cooling touch and its ability to reduce swelling
associated with the painfully hot piles. This old-time remedy is also
useful in helping ease the discomfort that is experienced after giving
birth.
I have used witch hazel to clean cuts and scrapes. The product
immediately provides relief to minor scratches, burns and scrapes and
there have been few of these kinds of injuries that have gone untreated
with witch hazel in my experiences with bumps and bruises.
We always had witch hazel in the house and used it to sterilize cuts
and to help reduce swelling in acne flair ups. Few people use the
product on their faces, but I found that it worked wonders on
breakouts. It came in very handy during my teenage years.
I have heard that the product can be ingested in teas and hot liquids
that contain witch hazel. Of course, you don’t want to drink
it out of the bottle and it should not be ingested unless it is an
ingredient in one of those teas. In my opinion, it shouldn’t
be ingested at all.
However, I never really understood the benefits of witch hazel until
after I gave birth to my daughter. The labor process is very hard on a
woman’s body and though we are left with beautiful new little
lives, we are also left with an exorbitant amount of pain and
discomfort as well as swelling.
There is something so traditional about the product that I immediately
associate witch hazel with home remedies. It was this association that
made me very surprised to discover that the nurse was providing me with
prepackaged towels soaked in witch hazel to alleviate the swelling and
pain cause by the labor process.
Fortunately, I didn’t suffer the additional discomfort many
mothers face with having to deal with hemorrhoids in addition to the
stitches and swelling. I simply could not imagine the added soreness to
what I was already facing. Fortunately the witch hazel works on both
for those who are given the double whammy.
My sister did have the added discomfort after she went through labor.
She swears that nothing works better than witch hazel. We still look at
the product as a type of home remedy. Maybe it’s because it
has been used for so many generations.
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