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Leg Edema and the Horse Chestnut cure

Reference #: 657
Submit Date: 20 May 2006
Browse Category: leg edema
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Treatment used: horse chestnut
You can buy this remedy at: health food store
Remedy will cost you: unknown
Country of Remedy: USA
Remedy Source: http://www.nutrasanus.com/chronic-venous-insufficiency.html
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Remedy Description

"Horse chestnut seed extract is widely used in Europe for chronic venous

insufficiency (CVI). Although traditionally recommended for a variety of

medical conditions, CVI is the only condition for which there is strong

supportive scientific evidence for the benefit of horse chestnut seed

extract. More than 800 individuals have bee involved in double-blind,

placebo-controlled studies of horse chestnut for treating venous

insufficiency. In one study, using a crossover design, 212 participants

were given either horse chestnut or a placebo. Results of the 60 day study

showed that horse chestnut significantly reduced leg edema, pain, and

heaviness when compared to the placebo.



Analysis of the results of other double-blind and controlled trials show

that standardized horse chestnut seed extract, which contains aescin, is

effective for CVI. Most trials used capsules of horse chestnut extract

containing 50 mg of aescin and were administered 2 to 3 times a day. The

primary effect observed in these trials was a strengthening of

capillaries, which lead to a reduction in swelling.



While the exact mechanism responsible for horse chestnut's beneficial

effects with CVI is unknown it is believed that the herb's primary active

ingredient, aescin, plays a key role. The prominent theory is that aescin

reduces the rate of fluid leakage from stressed and irritated vessel walls

by preventing the release of enzymes that break down collage and open

holes in capillary walls, and by forestalling other forms of vein damage. "



Dosage:

A suggested dosage of standardized* horse chestnut is 300 milligrams every

12 hours, for up to 12 weeks (containing 50 to 75 milligrams of escin per

dose). A dose of 600mg of chestnut seed extract per day has also been

studied.







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