The preparations based on HORSE CHESTNUT (Aesculus hippocastanum) have long been used in the treatment of vascular diseases (decrease in permeability and capillary fragility), in fact it activates blood circulation and promotes venous return. If horse chestnut is taken daily, there is a reduction in the activity of the enzymes responsible for the degradation of proteoglycans, thus ensuring the cohesion of the vascular wall. In subjects with varicose veins, the concentration of these enzymes, of lysosomal origin, increases considerably (Rombi M., 100 Plantes Médicinales, Ed. Romart, Nice, 1991, p. 169). Horse chestnut is the main remedy, as it has a phlebotonic action, in venous congestion and in hemorrhoidal stasis. CENTELLA (Asian Hydrocotyl) is indicated in circulatory diseases as it is able to improve vascular-connective trophism, restoring over time the hemodynamic balance at the level of the micro-vasculo-tissue system. The plant contains triterpene derivatives (asiaticoside) with modulating properties on the development of connective tissue, the plant regulates the growth of fibroblasts avoiding excessive proliferation with the consequent formation of keloids, hypertrophic scars, increases the amount of new synthesized collagen. Its use is useful in all the healing processes of the dermis, because it is able to regulate the quantity and quality of the newly formed connective tissue and this means that soft and non-hypertrophic tissues are obtained. The plant is used in the treatment of surgical sores, light burns, varicose ulcers and in cellulite, since it seems to be due to a probable alteration of the vascular-connective trophism that occurs. Centella is useful for improving symptoms related to venolymphatic insufficiency. Some studies have reported the effectiveness of the plant also in reducing striae gravidarum. WITCH HAZEL (Hamamelis virginiana) is used in venous insufficiency and hemorrhoidal symptoms as it has a tonic-astringent, vasoregulatory action similar to that of vitamin P. The presence of flavonoids and triterpene compounds contributes to the regulation of the muscle tone of the vein walls, this property makes the plant useful in some disorders where an astringent action is required such as in phlebitis, varicose veins and hemorrhoids. With the gaseous plethysmography technique it is observed that a compound containing Witch Hazel, Horse Chestnut and Hydraste causes an increase in venous tone in subjects with varicose veins [Rohyer R., Schmidt C.L., Semaine des Hôpitaux, Paris 57, 2009-2013 (1981 ) ]. The BLUEBERRY (Vaccinium myrtillus) contains an anthocyanin glucoside (blueberry) which gives it a vasoprotective and anti-edematous action, the activity of these principles is manifested above all at the level of the microcirculation, increasing the resistance of the capillaries, strengthening their walls, and decreasing their permeability (antipearmeabilizing activity), from which we can also see its action similar to that of vitamin P. Blueberry is therefore useful in the treatment of capillary fragility, capillary permeability disorders and vascular disorders. There are many clinical studies on anthocyanin-based preparations that demonstrate their efficacy at the level of the microcirculation, even the pharmaceutical industry has drawn from the plant world to produce preparations based on anthocyanins and blueberries to treat capillary fragility, venous circulation disorders, phlebopathies and hemorrhoids (in particular pre and postpartum). Butcher’s Broom (Ruscus aculeatus) contains an active ingredient called ruscogenin which has anti-edema, anti-inflammatory, vasoconstrictor properties on microcirculation and is able to modulate permeability and capillary resistance with an action similar to that of vitamin P (M. Pedretti, Chemistry and pharmacology of medicinal plants). Due to its venotonic, anti-inflammatory and astringent properties, butcher’s broom is used as a remedy of excellence in the treatment of hemorrhoids and varicose veins. Weiss points out that butcher’s broom is effective in anorectal syndromes, especially in hemorrhoids, where there is a decongestion of the inflamed hemorrhoidal nodules which deflate thus giving the patient a sense of relief. Leclerc also reported the use of butcher’s broom in hemorrhoids reporting the experience of Caujolle and collaborators (Toulouse médical, 1952) which have proved that there are considerable, rapid and lasting improvements, in some cases they have the value of a true cure, with the administration of 30-50 drops of a 10% hydroalcoholic solution, or with a RE. 1:10 (R.E. of TSA 1:5 = double concentration of active ingredients compared to R.E 1:10) of Rusco roots. There are now numerous clinical observations that highlight the vascular-protective and venotonic properties of butcher’s broom which demonstrate the effectiveness of the phytocomplex in improving the symptoms linked to venous insufficiency and hemorrhoidal crisis (Bruneton, 1993).
From the plants described above it is possible to obtain MSA (Spagyric-Alchemic Macerates) with extraction ratio 1 to 50 (R.E. 1/50) or TSA (Spagyric-Alchemic Tinctures) with extraction ratio 1 to 5 (R.E. 1/5) if you follow the indications given by Solanimus in his book “ALCHEMY and SPAGYRIA: admirabiles et inseparabiles Artes!”, where some practical notions of Spagyria or Spagyrya and Alchemy are described very well.

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