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The usual recommendations for oil treatments for hemorrhoids require complicated blends of essential and soothing oils, some of which can only be found in specific health stores.<\/p>\nThe usual recommendations for oil treatments for hemorrhoids require complicated blends of essential and soothing oils, some of which can only be found in specific health stores.<\/p>\n
But a new study in the Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Infertility<\/em> reveals how applying a common supermarket oil can eliminate the #1 cause of hemorrhoids.<\/p>\n The research team started from the fact that pregnant women are especially vulnerable to hemorrhoids (but this oil should work just as well for anyone suffering from hemorrhoids).<\/p>\n Part of the reason for this is that the pressure from an enlarged uterus causes the veins in the anus to swell.<\/p>\n Another reason is constipation. Existing studies have established that constipation is one of the most common digestive complaints in pregnant women.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, lifestyle advice to combat constipation tends not to work, because people simply don’t follow this advice. <\/p>\n As a result, the team decided to investigate whether a coconut oil ointment could reduce constipation and the resulting hemorrhoids in pregnant women.<\/p>\n They recruited 60 pregnant women with hemorrhoids who were patients at Mashhad Comprehensive Health Service Centers between 2018 and 2019. <\/p>\n These women were divided into two groups: one group received only lifestyle advice, while the second group received a coconut oil ointment to apply inside and around their anal areas twice a day for two weeks. <\/p>\n Because this was a short study, the scientists did not examine the hemorrhoids directly\u2014only the symptoms of constipation that contribute significantly to the occurrence of hemorrhoids, as measured by the Constipation Questionnaire in Pregnancy.<\/p>\n After the two weeks, they found no changes at all in the lifestyle advice group, as they expected. <\/p>\n But the coconut oil group showed significant improvement in the need for straining during defecation and in the presence of hard stools.<\/p>\n This means that a coconut oil ointment can reduce the straining and hard stools that are most responsible for the appearance of hemorrhoids.<\/p>\n