Piles Home Remedy - How to Treat Piles Without Surgery

Home remedy for any disease sounds to us inferior to those we purchase from pharmacy. So it is true for piles home remedy as well. With piles when you apply those costly cream or potion for treating it, of course you get temporary relief. Some of them have anesthetic and numb the affected area, you get immediate relief. Some other may have comforting substance or ingredients shrinking the blood vessels for time being. These all remedies are applied directly to the affected area, it is logical too. But mind you with them you treat the symptoms not the disease. This means they bring only temporary relief but never the cure. The pile keeps growing, if nothing is done to stop the growth.


Many factors may cause piles but the main reason is the pressure on area surrounding anal region. It may be due to lifting heavy weight, diarrhea, constipation, childbirth or staining while on toilet. Whatever the cause may be, once you get the piles, it is very difficult to cure it. Piles drive many people to live a painful, embarrassing and inconvenient life.

Once you take decision to use home remedy for piles, keep it in your mind that there are many better self-help type of tips are available, they may bring temporary relief. But unless you have a planned and methodical approach you will not be completely cured. There are some tips listed below, surely they will bring fast relief, try them.

+ Have a sit in warm bath for four times a day for 10 minutes.
+ Soaked cotton wool padding with witch hazel (diluted) may be applied to the area for few minutes.
+ Make sure you do not rub dry the affected area, better you go for air-dry after toilet.
+ Apply ice pack wrapped in a clean towel to piles directly, it will offer instant relief and the blood vessels will shrink instantly.
+ Try to keep the anal area thoroughly clean.
+ For softening stools take plenty of fluids, it is helpful for that.
+ Apply petroleum or Zinc cream to piles. This work many times far better than those you buy from pharmacy at a much higher price.

Most of the people consider that surgery is the only available option available to treat piles. On the other hand it is a painful option with no guaranteed permanent cure. Unless you get cured of the cause of piles, it may return even after surgery.