Atherosclerosis affects the most important vital organs - heart and brain, often leads to premature death of people, especially in the developed world (Europe, North America).
There are about 250 theories of aging in the body. Scientists have proved that atherosclerosis can start early and develop gradually, but more often it occurs in older people due to excessive nutrition, sedentary lifestyle, prolonged or excessive psycho-emotional overstrain, endocrine disorders or hereditary factor.
Atherosclerosis is based on disorders of metabolism of fats, mainly cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia), proteins, carbohydrates; in tissues decreases the amount of macroergic phosphorus compounds, copper, manganese, iodine, cobalt, there is a deficiency of vitamins, decreased oxidative processes and changes in connective, glandular and muscle tissues. The reaction of the body to nerve stimuli weakens, the strength and mobility of cortical processes in the central nervous system is weakened, the speed of passage of nerve impulses slows down. Sclerosis of vessels violates their elasticity, ischemia, degenerative and atrophic processes occur in the vessels of the heart, aorta, brain, kidneys or general sclerosis occurs. Lipid metabolism occurs predominantly in the liver and, according to A. JI. Myasnikov, the possibility of impairment of the special function of the liver, an organ known to play a major role in lipid metabolism, cannot be ruled out.
Old age is cellular aging. Changes come in both muscle tissue and skeletal tissue. Atherosclerotic heart disease is manifested by various clinical syndromes: angina attacks, coronary thrombosis, myocardial infarction, coronarogenic cardiosclerosis, heart failure, and others. The complaints of the patients are varied. In the central lesion at the beginning of the symptoms of atherosclerosis may be absent, in the future there is irritability, depressed mood, decreased memory, disturbed sleep. Mental and physical fatigue progresses, performance decreases, there are headaches, dizziness, tinnitus in the ears and head, paresthesias, drowsiness during the day and insomnia at night. Functional and organic changes in the brain occur.
Damage to the walls of renal arteries by atherosclerosis leads to impaired kidney function, nitrogenous and other toxic substances are retained in the body, poisoning it.
In the initial period, the symptoms of atherosclerosis are manifested in the following way: cholesterol and beta lipoprotein levels in the blood increase, the coagulation properties of the blood increase. The biliary function of the liver is impaired.
It is not uncommon to find a combination of coronary, aortic, cerebral, renal forms of atherosclerosis and lesions of the arteries of the legs.
Symptoms of atherosclerosis can manifest very slowly (years), the coronary form has a worse prognosis.
Treatment of atherosclerosis should be carried out on the basis of etiopathogenetic factor; the main place should be occupied by the prevention of atherosclerosis. The therapeutic complex includes the obligatory settlement of the general regime of life with small physical loads, with obligatory daily labor. When mental or physical activity decreases, metabolic rate decreases. Overeating plays a detrimental role. It is necessary to reduce the introduction of exogenous cholesterol with food, limit the use of animal fats (replace them with vegetable fats), as well as table salt and carbohydrates - sugar and other sweet products; if possible, more fresh vitaminized foods. Alcohol and smoking are completely eliminated.
As for drug therapy, it should be noted that age-related changes require an individual approach, since reactions to the interaction of pharmacological substances with the body in the elderly manifest themselves very differently. The side effects of many medications should also be kept in mind.
Sleep disturbance and nervousness are almost constant symptoms of atherosclerosis, and combating it is usually accomplished by prescribing sleeping pills. Older people have hypersensitivity to barbiturates and also to analgesic agents. Aminazine, reserpine, and bromides, as many clinicians know, also produce sometimes unexpected complications. Even drugs such as cordiamine, caffeine, in some cases are completely intolerable to the elderly.
Taking into account the complexity and limited possibility to carry out prevention and timely treatment of atherosclerosis, lack of effective means to eliminate connective tissue overgrowths and their calcifications in vessel walls, we would like to share our modest experience of treatment and mainly prevention of atherosclerosis.
We had to observe patients of different ages with atherosclerosis phenomena. They are young people between 32 and 40 years old, predominantly male, engaged in mental labor. Many had impaired fat metabolism, early graying, sleep disturbance, irritability and rapid fatigue. Some of them had prevalent complaints of headaches, dizziness, and memory loss, while others (more often) had angina pains in the heart area, palpitations, and decreased efficiency. The next group - from 40 to 55 years old, more often women in whom atherosclerosis phenomena progressed due to menopause. And finally, patients from 60 to 75-85 years old with pronounced symptoms of atherosclerosis, decline in all vital functions of the body.
Most patients have the following symptoms of atherosclerosis: poor sleep, excessive nutrition, some had hepatotropic factor, and decreased intestinal motor function.
All patients assigned to phytotherapy for atherosclerosis were recommended, first of all, to regulate the way of life, labor and rest, to reduce excessive weight by eating regularly at least 4-5 times in small portions; limiting the intake of table salt, sugar, animal fat, extractive substances, etc. д. We recommended the consumption of products containing a complex of various vitamins, as well as fruits of sea buckthorn, black rowan, blueberries, black nightshade and compotes from apricots with seeds.
Against this background, at the beginning of the course of treatment, we prescribed an infusion of valerian root at the rate of 3-4 g of crushed root per 250 ml of boiling water, insist for 2 hours (do not boil), take 75 ml 3 times a day, the last dose - before bedtime in a hot form with honey. For sluggishness of the intestines in the morning half an hour before eating take half a teaspoon of kelp sugar (seaweed), wash down with 100 ml of cold water.
For vertigo and extrasystoles at normal blood pressure, an infusion of the following plants was recommended.
Medicinal collection for atherosclerosis #3
Scented ruta, herb 5 g
Budra ivy, herb 5 g
Forest strawberry, fruit 10 g
Melissa medicinal 5 g
Horsetail, shoots 10 g
St. John's wort, herb 10 g
Mother and stepmother, leaf 10 g
White rose, petals 20 g
Thyme, herb 20 g
Fennel, seeds 20 g
Forest wheatgrass, herb 30 g
Marshmallow, herb 30 g
Collection of atherosclerosis brew 5-6 g of the mixture in 500 ml of boiling water, stew for 30 minutes and take 150 ml 3 times a day for 10-15 minutes before meals. The flavor of the resulting infusion is slightly bitter.
If a patient with severe atherosclerosis and normal blood pressure have headaches and tinnitus, we recommend meadow clover inflorescences with leaves, infused for 10 days at 40 alcohol (20 g to 500 ml). Take 20 ml once a day before dinner or before bedtime.
This treatment we did for a month. If there were no positive results, then proceeded to treatment with an infusion of the following medicinal plants.
Medicinal collection for atherosclerosis #4
White birch, buds 5 g
White birch, leaf 10 g
White rose, petals 10 g
Donnik medicinal, herb 10 g
Mordovanum mordovum, fruit 10 g
Bare licorice, root 10 g
Sown flax, seeds 20 g
Common raspberry, fruit 20 g
Chestnut, herb 20 g
Mother and stepmother, leaf 20 g
Large Plantain, leaf 20 g
Field horsetail, shoots 30 g
Medicinal sage, herb 30 g
Forest wheatgrass, herb 30 g
Medicinal bouquet, herb 30 g
Gardener's dill, herb with seeds 30 g
Anise, fruit 30 g
Chiphip, fruit (crushed) 50 g
Bessmeritus sandy, herb 30 g
Collection of atherosclerosis (a tablespoon of 5-6 g )specified mixture brew 500 ml of boiling water, stew for 30 minutes and take 150 ml 3 times a day for 10 -15 minutes before meals. The taste of the infusion is pleasant, the smell is aromatic. The last evening dose can be drunk before going to bed without a snack.
In addition, to make the treatment of atherosclerosis more effective we recommend warm general baths of oregano, sage, birch (leaves with branches). Each ingredient 10 g per 2 liters of boiling water, steam for 2 hours, strain. Add enough warm water to the bathtub, take 7 to 15 minutes. Such baths have a calming effect, cause the relaxation of nervous tension, dilate blood vessels and improve sleep. They should be taken 2 times a week.
It should be noted that in atherosclerosis, if patients' blood pressure is within normal figures, such plants as marsh wheatgrass and hawthorn blood-red, we prescribe in reduced doses. For low blood pressure numbers, these plants and muzzlewort are excluded.
Infusion and collection from atherosclerosis from medicinal plants have an effect on the nervous system, on sleep, which I. П. Pavlov and I. М. Sechenov attached great importance to the fact that it protects nerve cells from exhaustion, and we know that nerve cells, like all other cells in the body, must be especially protected from harmful influences, for they cannot be completely renewed: during the whole period of their existence only a part of their protoplasm is capable of being restored.
Appointing phytotherapy from atherosclerosis, we always strive first of all to restore the sleep disturbed by the disease, as well as the regular work of the gastrointestinal tract.
As we have already noted, old age is accompanied by a progressive decline in all vital functions of the body, atrophy, sclerosing of blood vessels, dehydration of the body, which are the anatomo-physiological basis of aging.
Medicinal plants contain a group of active substances with a wide range of effects on the body, as we discussed in the relevant section of our book.
To cure a patient of any disease, it is necessary first of all to improve the general metabolism, to increase its intensity by improving the work of excretory systems and organs - liver, intestines, kidneys, lungs, skin. By improving the work of excretory organs, cells are freed from poisonous metabolic products, from metabolites, the action of cellular enzymes is improved, and the vitality of cells is restored.
All cellular products of metabolism enter the bloodstream and are excreted through the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, skin, and in case of insufficient work of these organs - into extracellular fluids. Regular bowel work promotes better absorption of nutrients, vitamins. Constipation destroys vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in the stomach contents, which is especially needed in atherosclerosis. This circumstance explains why we prescribe phytotherapy for atherosclerosis, which affects the function of the gastrointestinal tract.
If the kidneys are not functioning well enough, cellular breakdown products also accumulate in the extracellular fluids, lymph and blood plasma. To cleanse the blood and plasma, we introduce phytotherapy from atherosclerosis of mild diuretic action, which in combination with other plants and in appropriate dosage do not cause depletion of the renal tubular apparatus. By affecting the composition of extracellular fluids, we indirectly improve blood composition as well.
To restore gas exchange, strengthen the muscles of the chest and bronchi, and improve the intensity of breathing, we prescribe plants that affect these functions. By clearing the bronchioles and alveoli of metabolic products, gas exchange is restored.
Thanks to the use of plants diaphoretic action facilitates the work of the circulatory organs. All this complex of effects improves blood supply to the coronary vessels. The blood supply to the brain is also improved and intelligence is revitalized.
Thus, under the influence of infusions improve oxidative processes, blood circulation, movement of extracellular fluid, kidney, gastrointestinal tract, liver, absorption and excretion processes, regenerate cells and tissues.
Collection of atherosclerosis from medicinal plants helps patients additionally receive vitamins that enter the body in a complex, which in turn accelerates metabolic reactions, reduces vascular permeability, stimulates muscle activity, dilates capillaries and increases the effectiveness of the active substances found in medicinal plants that contain and substances of antisclerotic action (choline, folic acid, linoleic acid, saponins, etc.).). The body is enriched with antisclerotic substances.
The positive quality of phytotherapy is that it is carried out by liquid medicinal substances, and this in itself enhances metabolic processes in the body, because all chemical reactions in it are carried out in the state of solutions. Infusions promote the excretion of toxic substances, dissolve solid particles, improve flexibility and elasticity of tissues: impregnate, flush them, purify the body, continuously nourish and ensure the existence of protoplasm.
Phytotherapy helps the natural forces of the body, restoring vitality, increases energy balance and helps stop sclerosing processes in atherosclerosis and hypertension.
Treatment of atherosclerosis with phytotherapy helped patients to normalize sleep, gastrointestinal tract, improve biliary and biliary function of the liver, improve the work of the urinary organs. In addition, headaches, dizziness, tinnitus and head noise disappeared or decreased, heart pain and palpitations decreased or disappeared, performance increased sharply, fatigue decreased, and graying did not progress. In patients with excessive dieting, weight loss was reduced. Blood and urine tests improved, prothrombin time and blood cholesterol decreased, and ECG improved significantly.
In atherosclerosis, we also recommend periodic use of bitters (we repeat - intermittently, for long uninterrupted use of them can cause exhaustion of the body and a decrease in all its functions)..
