Hemorrhoid Treatment Ingredients

NPR Ingredients

The unique combination of Horse Chestnut Seed (standardized - 20% Aescin), micronized purified Flavonoid Complex (from lemons and grape seeds containing OPCs, Diosmin and Hesperidin), and Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica), creates anti-inflammatory properties that are highly effective in the treatment of hemorrhoids, varicose and spider veins, and other forms of inflammation.

Nature's Perfect Remedy

Horse Chest-nut Seed (250 mg) standardized (20% Aescin)

The main therapeutic ingredient of the seeds is Aescin. It reduces inflammation, tones walls and allows blood to flow back to the heart more readily (by closing minute holes and microscopic leaks in the tiniest vessels, the venules, and the capillaries). In reinforcing the venous walls, Aescin promotes elasticity and prevent swelling and long-term damage.

Specifically, the seed extract may help to treat the discomforts of varicose veins and other problems. Symptoms and the closely related condition known as chronic insufficiency (CVI - swollen legs, pain, and heaviness in the legs, and calf cramps, especially at night) - may well subside. In parts of Europe, the herb has been intensively studied for this use in particular, with numerous clinical trials cited in medical literature.

Painful and inflamed hemorrhoids may subside for the same reasons. By strengthening and toning the body's veins, as well as actually lessening swelling and fluid retention in the body, the hemorrhoid (a swollen vein itself) will be more likely to recede. German health authority, Commission E, (equivalent to US FDA) approves Aescin for hemorrhoids and numerous leg conditions including nocturnal cramping of the calves, pruritis, and swelling or chronic insufficiency.

Micronized Purified Flavonoid Complex (500 mg)

Bioflavanoids, particularly diosmin, oligomeric proanthocyanidin complexes (OPCs), and hesperidin, have demonstrated efficacy in the healing of hemorrhoids. These bioflavanoids exhibit phlebotonic activity, vasculoprotective effects, and antagonism of the biochemical mediators of inflammation. OPCs, diosmin, and hesperidin have been the subject of numerous clinical trials.

In a 90-day, double-blind study, 100 with acutely internal hemorrhoids were randomly divided into two groups and treated with a micronized bioflavonoid product or a placebo. The primary endpoint on the third day. Acute bleeding stopped by the third day in 40 (80%) who received the bioflavonoids compared with 19 (38%) who took the placebo. The treated group had a cessation 2.1 days faster than those receiving placebo.

Centella Asiatica Standardized (60 mg - 10% Asiaticosides).

Centella helps to heal and strengthen vessels. Rigorous clinical investigation of has been conducted on chronic insufficiency. Centella has the potential to enhance connective tissue integrity, elevate antioxidant levels in wound healing, and improve capillary permeability.

Ninety-four received either Centella in two different doses (120 mg/day, 60 mg/day) or a placebo over a two-month period. Results were evaluated subjectively by the patients' symptoms and objectively by plethysmography.

The control groups resulted in significant improvements in symptoms of heaviness in the lower limbs, edema, and overall evaluation by the patient. distensability, measured by a mercury strain gauge plethysmograph at three occlusion pressures, was improved for the Centella groups but aggravated for the placebo group. The differences in the effect of the different doses were not significant, but did reveal a dose-effect relationship.

For those in Canada, NPR is not available. CA is only available by prescription in Canada and cannot be imported.

NPR Recommended Dosage: 2 caplets, two or three times daily, one hour after meals. Do not exceed recommended dosage or take more than six caplets a day.