What is Venagel used for?
Venagel – Horse chestnut gel for tired, aching legs. From freshly harvested horse chestnut seeds. Venagel contains the extract of fresh Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) seeds. Horse chestnut extracts are commonly associated with the treatment of varicose veins, such as with our Venaforce® Horse chestnut tablets.
Does horse chestnut cream get rid of spider veins?
Summary Horse chestnut seed extract may improve blood flow and help treat varicose veins, which are bulging veins in the legs.
Does horse chestnut thin your blood?
Horse chestnut contains significant amounts of a poison called esculin and can cause death if eaten raw. Horse chestnut also contains a substance that thins the blood. It makes it harder for fluid to leak out of veins and capillaries, which can help prevent water retention (edema).
What is Vogel Venagel?
A Vogel Venagel contains extract of fresh Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) seeds in a soothing gel. The Horse chestnut seeds used in Venagel are picked at their prime and used within 24 hours of harvesting to make this soothing gel.
How long does it take for horse chestnut to work?
It may take up to 4 weeks before your symptoms improve. Call your doctor if your symptoms do not improve, or if they get worse while using horse chestnut.
How poisonous are horse chestnuts?
While cultivated or wild sweet chestnuts are edible, horse chestnuts are toxic, and can cause digestive disorders such as abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, or throat irritation.
Is chestnut good for thyroid?
As water chestnut contains useful minerals like iodine and manganese, it helps in maintaining proper functioning of the thyroid gland.
Are conkers the same as chestnuts?
Both come in green shells, but horse chestnut cases have short, stumpy spikes all over. Inside, the conkers are round and glossy. Sweet chestnut cases have lots of fine spikes, giving them the appearance of small green hedgehogs. Each case contains two or three nuts and, unlike conkers, sweet chestnuts are edible.