If blue veins are bulging on your legs and you have varicose veins, don’t panic. I’ll share a tip: just four inexpensive herbs boiled into a decoction — anyone can afford it.

Look at your calves — are the veins all protruding, like little earthworms? That’s varicose veins: the vessels turn purple, become twisted and curved, and the legs feel achy and swollen.

In traditional Chinese medicine, varicose veins are regarded as a tendon tumor, mostly due to Qi stagnation and blood stasis. Here, remember this little remedy: Qin Jiao, Myrrh, Niu Xi, and Cang Zhu, 6 g each, boiled together to make a decoction to drink.

Qin Jiao can dispel wind and eliminate dampness, smooth the meridians, and is also effective for pain relief; Myrrh disperses blood and removes stasis, a good agent for activating blood and relieving pain; Niu Xi promotes blood circulation and resolves stasis; Cang Zhu expels wind and dispels cold. These four herbs combined activate blood and resolve stasis, unblock the meridians and promote circulation — the effect is excellent! Have you learned it?