Why is sea buckthorn useful?
The berry, which is the basis for the preparation, has a number of healing properties. Due to this, it is able to exert the following effects on the body:
- Antimicrobial action. Preventing the penetration of microbes into the body, the preparation can perfectly be used as a preventive agent, as well as for the treatment of chronic disorders.
- Has a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect.
- Excellent repair of damaged areas, contributing to regeneration processes.
- Has an anesthetic effect.
- It is a good antioxidant, preventing the formation of tumors.
- Reduces spasms.
These beneficial properties of the berries are due, in the first place, to its composition. It contains a lot of vitamins, nutrients. Among them are: A, K, C, trace elements, iron, magnesium.
How are sea buckthorn candles used during pregnancy?
It is worth noting that any kind of medications during the waiting period of the baby should be prescribed exclusively by the doctor who is watching the pregnancy. It is he who decides whether in this case it is possible to use sea-buckthorn candles in the current pregnancy. So the future mother will manage to avoid complications of gestation.
During pregnancy, sea buckthorn candles are often used for constipation. Due to the softening laxative effect, the drug perfectly helps to cope with this ailment. However, I must say that the medication should not be a single dose, but for 3-4 days. A woman enters the anus in 1 candle at night.
It is worth noting that from hemorrhoids, which occurred during pregnancy, sea buckthorn candles according to the instructions can also be appointed. At the same time the course of admission is 10-14 days (set individually). Most often the doctor appoints a double entry into the direct passage of the suppository for a day. In this case, within 5-10 minutes after the manipulation must be in a horizontal position.
It should be recalled that the drug can be used after the toilet, using clean running water, neutral hygiene products.
What are the contraindications?
According to the instructions, sea buckthorn candles are used in pregnancy after consultation with a doctor. Like any drug, suppositories with sea-buckthorn oil have contraindications. These include individual intolerance. In this case, when the condition of a woman worsened after use of the drug, rashes, redness of the skin appeared, it should be canceled and the doctor must be informed without fail.
Also it is necessary to say that the use of suppositories with sea-buckthorn can be accompanied by some side effects. These include:
- easy tingling;
- burning;
- painful sensations (long-term use of the drug).
Unpleasant sensations observed almost immediately after the introduction of the suppository are associated with the bactericidal property of the sea buckthorn oil, which gradually begins to penetrate into the microcracks of the anus.
Thus, as can be seen from the article, sea-buckthorn candles are an excellent medicinal product used in pregnancy, both for the treatment of hemorrhoids, and as a tool that helps with constipation.