In terms of blood circulation , women are worse off than men because their blood system is the toy of their hormones . This explains in part the overwhelming majority of women in the camp of heavy legs and other manifestations of venous insufficiency .
Our friends the plants
Plants such as red vine and horse chestnut have been known since ancient times for their decongestant properties . But it was not until the 1950s that the concept of phlebotonic plant developed . Since then, most of the active ingredients of anti-heavy leg medications have come from plants such as witch hazel, cypress, ruscus (or petit-houx) and flavonoids from citrus fruits and red fruits (black currants, blueberries).
The best way to consume them
Efficiency issue, the tea breaks all records: 15 g to 30 g per liter equivalent to 75 industrial capsules. The ampoules contain fluid extracts to dilute in a bottle of water that is drunk during the day, except during meals.
Proof by 7
- Cypress: Venous vasoconstrictor, decongestant tonic.
- Sandalwood: lymphatic decongestant.
- Lemon: capillary protector, blood thinner.
- Bitter orange: circulatory activator.
- Ginkgo biloba: venous tone.
- Red vine: capillary protector.
- Horse chestnut: venous vasoconstrictor.
We did it :
Mix 5 drops of essential oil (HE) of cypress and 5 of pistachio lentisk with 20 drops of neutral vegetable oil. Massage the lower legs up and down from the foot to the calves. The most courageous will pour 2 drops of cypress HE in 1 spoonful of honey, to swallow twice a day.
We try :
? Circulation spray with 17 essential oils of Puressentiel Aroma Théra, 24,90 €. In pharmacy. Spray directly on the legs.
? Fresh Leg Express Mousse with organic verbena extract , L'Occitane, € 22. 0810 195 195.
? Herbal tea Heavy Legs (cypress, red vine, nettle, petit-houx) Herbalist of the Palais-Royal, 14 €. 01 42 97 54 68.
? Tonic Circulation bulbs (blackcurrant, red vine, blueberry), Natura Médica, 15 €. In pharmacy.
