The Varicocele - Topic

[Excellator]

Update 7-4-2019: Varicocele is not caused by defective valves, the urologists are wrong. This has been proven with scientific evidence. Varicocele and Pelvic congestion syndrome are the exact same conditions with no differences, this has been confirmed by medical professionals. See my latest detailed article that I wrote about this in my latest post on page 25 of this topic. It also contains a serious and simple breathing test for checking if your varicocele is caused by your pelvic floor muscles.

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Update 27-8-2018: Please read my latest post in this topic.

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Update 5-6-2018: DO NOT USE IODINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF VARICOCELE. SEE MY LATEST POST IN THIS TOPIC.



What has helped me so far significantly: (1-9-2017)


All of the exercises done correctly twice for 30 seconds each in this video. Especially the one at 11:19. The keyword to fix this is STRETCH! You got to stretch that particular spot on the left to free the vein!!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6tueuGlo1Q (Skip to 2:30 to skip the talking and start the rest of the video where the exercises begin)

Do listen to the guy's instructions, and always do both the left and right part of your body to get the best results!

What has helped me so far significantly: (20-6-2017)

- scrotal nascent iodine application (be wary with this due to risk of mild hypo- and hyperthyroidism and associated dangers including life threatening risk of thrombosis due to alterations to coagulation of the blood) (this one helped me tremendously though)

- manual detorsion of mild testicular detorsion (this one was very important)

- Big doses of Ascorbic acid powder (vitamin C) daily to strengthen the veins

- MSM because it is sometimes associated in literature with dissapearance of varicose veins, strengthening the vein walls and lowers inflammation

- Short period of big doses of magnesium Glycinate Chelate powder (1g a day) which aids in alot of healing functions in the body in general, and lowered inflammation. Didn't use this all the time, just for some days in the process so far. This is more of a general healing agent for the body. Also is good for circulation. Circulation is good for varicocele healing, as long as it does not involve unnatural Nitric oxide boosting

- Vitamin D 5000 IU a day, same reasons as magnesium, also is known to tone the veins (strengthening them).

- Avoiding herbal supplements (does not include vitamins, minerals, amino acids) which boost nitric oxide in the body (worsens the varicocele)

- testicular massage

- Not squeezing, straining forcing or pushing in any way when having a stool, or passing gas. This puts unnecessarily pressure on the varicocele. There is even a scientific report which reports about a man which had his varicocele burst when squeezing while having a stool. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3564216
There is also a relation between unhealthy function of the intestines and development of varicocele: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17182703

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Hey there everyone, regular member here. Been here for a while now for multiple topics but what my main concern has been is a varicocele I have noticed for around 2 years now, which is also when the accompanying pain in the left testicle started. I've visited my GP before, went to a radiologist who did an ultrasound while I was lying down which confirmed a varicocele on the left side of the scrotum, and later an urologist who confirmed it is a varicocele and said that I just had to wait till the pain would go away. He insisted he would not do a surgery on me, except if I was laying in my bed at night with terribly excerbating pain. He even said "Atleast it's not cancer", trying to make a point to me as if that would make me feel better having this depressing condition. Now I have pain for days in my left testicle while sporadically some days I notice less pain. The docs never gave me a grade, but to give you a description of my varicocele, it can be seen through the scrotal skin if I move my balls a little, which makes the varicosal veins push against the scrotal skin from the inside, showing its ugly print. It can be felt by hand, sometimes more inflated then other times.

I have spoken to some very smart individuals on this forum who have given me a lot of insight into this complication. I made this topic to keep track of my progress on curing/fixing/healing whatever word is the right one my varicocele.

Also I have made this topic for others to discuss their own problems if it is associates with a varicocele, and as well as share information, thoughts and advice on the subject. So everyone can hopefully be helped with this terribly harsh complication.

I have presumably some more detailed information to share to from a guide I bought which I want to share with you all for free because I think it's just moronic to keep any information hidden from the public and it's unjust to make money of people that have this complication imho.

I am waiting for approval of forum moderators first to see if this is allowed, and if not then I will just see and look how much information I can provide in this topic that comes from the guide, which is a quite lengthy (100+pages) guide.

Also feel free to enter your own experiences, stories here, or make a post just because you need support.

To victory my fellow Varicocele sufferers!

 

[Excellator]

The scrotum has 2 testicles with a bundle of knit-together veins running to each testicle. If one of these vein bundles dilate, and stay that way, you have what is called a varicocele. This varicocele can hurt, and also make your testicle hurt. It is unhealthy for your testosterone production because blood cannot properly leave the area, potentially damaging the Leydig cells in your testicle which are responsible for testosterone production. This is because blood that pools is toxic. Your testicle can ache to in this progress, and can in some actually start shrinking, which is a sign testosterone production will lower to.

Doctors can only do 1 thing to resolve it, which is a surgery to remove the vein. And use an embolism treatment to, which uses a metal coil or multiple metal coils to shut off the vein that is the varicocele. From what I've read, microsurgical varicocelectomy, so actual removal of the varicocele vein, is the best treatment of all treatments the doctors can offer and is actually better then an embolism treatment.

The latest information on healing a varicocele however, is the theory that the varicocele is caused by muscles in the pelvic floor muscles which clamp the vein that ultimately ends at the testicle, which becomes a varicocele in the progress of being clamped by these muscles. So theoretically untightening these pelvic floor muscles could resolve the problem completely, removing the constriction of the vein caused by the muscles.

There is an exercise which could suggestively confirm if in your case this constriction is caused by the pelvic floor muscles, which is called the hindi squat. You can find a hindi squat tutorial here (click).

If this exercise relieves the varicocele vein, chance is your varicocele might be caused by tightened pelvic floor muscles. Treating these pelvic floor muscles to become more relaxed would heal your varicocele.

Varicocele can cause erectile dysfunction, because it causes impaired testosterone production, impaired blood flow in the area and a dull and painful feeling which can be distracting during the achievement and maintaining of an erection.

There have been multiple reports on this forum that men have healed their varicocele completely by using exercises which involved their pelvic floor muscles.

Do not waste your money on any supplements, there is no supplement or medicine that fixes this complication. Certain anti-varicose supplements could help in relieving pain as it did with me, but so far for me it has not cured the complication at all, and a certain degree of pain remains to.

A link to a couple of other stretches implicated in presumably relaxing the pelvic floor muscles and aiding in healing a varicocele here.

Also a technique which has been named on this forum alot concerning healing a varicocele is called Reverse Kegel (RK in short) which a tutorial can be found for here.

Also this topic by HansTwilight (Thank you!) is a great read on solving this issue.


- Update 16-6-2017 -

In what seems to be a pure miracle, I have managed to reduce my varicocele to about 95% using a topical nascent iodine solution on my scrotum for 2 nights. The pain has alleviated and the vein is almost completely drained! More info later on. I'm too tired (It's 5:55 AM in the morning ) to write down much right now. I'd thought I share this already though!

- Reserved for information in the future -

The proper way of diagnosing what kind of varicocele you have, in the only order that is safe:

Muscle compression -
Iliopsoas muscles
Pelvic floor
Abdomen muscles
Any other muscle or group of muscle that the spermatic and the gonadal vein crosses, I could use some more research on this.

Circulation -
improper blood flow
Chinese Traditional Medicine Kidney deficiency - Gui Zhi Fu Lin Wan

Other -
Nutcracker syndrome
Enlarged colon
Renal Tumor
Blown valves

In that order

With blown valves being the end point. When everything else is ruled out, and we're certain it's blown valves, either by fixing the valves or creating some sort of continuation of circulation through supplements, eitheer way will be experimental and surgery won't be a sin at this point.

Diagnosing will require the help of certain nutrients and supplements which will cost you money. Diagnosing in this particular order is the only way of avoiding harm as far as possible.

 

[PSP80]

Usually happens in left testicle I guess. I had the opposite happen to me. I had a spermatocele or a cyst next to testicle and when they did ultrasound they found a slight vericocele. I thought it could be causing abnormal sperm so I had surgery to remove the cyst and fix the vericocele. Needless to say although I assume it's fixed it causes me trouble sometimes still to this day. I can feel that damn vein and if I use a pump, if not placed just right it usually causes that vein discomfort. Part of me wonders if I didn't cause it through pumping. But anyway, saw this and wanted to reply. Usually they dont remove them unless your involved in fertility attempts or in alot of pain.

 

[mastermatrix44]

I know why you have a varicocele. I have a small varicocele and my urologist said they couldn't operate it as it is too small. So I went home and I have found the exercises that you can get rid of the problem. But you have not answered my PMs so I cannot share it unless you answer it mine.

 

[Excellator]

@mastermatrix44

My apologies for not replying, at the time I had lots of problems personally that needed my attention, so I couldn't give PEgym any attention at all. I am back now, and I have sent you a PM to.

I am very interested in hearing your information concerning varicocele. If you have information regarding healing/curing/fixing a varicocele, feel free to share it in this topic to, for others to read and use!

@PSP80 That's really bad man, do you have a sensation of pain because of it in the area?


On my current situation: I am feeling tired, every day. It has become worse over the past couple of months. Also because of my perfectionist thinking, I have not exercised for months either, because I knew testosterone production (which is required for muscle growth to) was impaired, rendering exercise useless. Also I feel depressed, I just can't place why. Also appetite has been bad for months and now sometimes a day go by with me not eating anything besides a couple of snacks. I'm attributing this to depression and impaired testosterone production. Also I feel I'm becoming forgetful alot, and my english spelling which is normally splendid, is now somehow becoming worse.

Today is the first day I have tried doing Reverse Kegels in my seat, and I notice it makes me feel good, and somewhat sexually excited, with regards to a certain sensation in my penis which develops when I do the Reverse Kegel. It somehow feels healthy, in a way. It also makes my varicocele feel really sensitive though. I am not sure what to do further on, I will look into Hindi squats, and try those out.

 

[Excellator]

I tried some hindi squats today, but I keep falling backwards when doing them so I can't hold one! Also if I manage to not fall back, The stretch feels so tough on my tendons beneath my knees I just can't maintain it without falling out of position after a couple of seconds.

I do however feel my varicocele and testicle being sensitive for a moment, indicating there is a connection and interaction with my varicocele while doing this exercise! Which is really making me feel optimistic!

Does anyone have any tips from this point on what to do? I'm kind of at a loss right now. I've also tried the pillow exercise involving laying a pillow beneath your bottocks then laying down for a couple of minutes straight, I did feel a sensation in my varicocele when doing this exercise to. To me, these sensations are proof my varicocele is caused by an issue with my pelvic floor muscles!

 

[CUSP82]

There is no medical reason at all for you to not have it removed if it is large enough to cause you pain. Is this what you get with that great European healthcare system that some want here? If so you can keep it.

 

[Excellator]

Haha I am not a fan of the seemingly overrated European healthcare system, since it is really underdeveloped and underresearched in certain areas, like varicocele. I have read on the internet however removing a varicocele isn't a logical solution if it is caused just by tense pelvic floor muscles. You are removing a part of your body you won't ever get back, and completely removing a vein because blood flow is inhibited is questionable to say the least. Also the small chance you will become impotent for life if they accidently hit the artery is demotivating to say the least. It is sad that doctors never researched further into the topic and then namely the involvement of the pelvic floor muscles.

I was thinking of maybe doing an ultrasound of the pelvic floor muscles and see if they are constricting the vein, but I'm not sure if technically this is possible.

I still have decided that if all else fails I will push my doctor for a surgery, and it is a possibility in my country (the Netherlands) to get it, as long as you nag enough ofcourse. It is just a protocol for doctors to discourage this treatment as a first option because their beliefs are that a varicocele aren't mandatory to be treated; the patient can live with it and be healthy they believe, and because testosterone levels are always declared healthy even though they are still too low in practice.

 

[Excellator]

I am really on the fence regarding surgery and trying out pelvic floor muscle techniques.

 

[Excellator]

Seen my GP and got a referral to a physio for pelvic floor therapy. I'm excited! I looked up some simple exercises on YouTube to relax the pelvic floor muscle and tried them out. Found some release of pain in my varicocele because of it for around 2 days now. Also cooled off my testicle with a cold blanket which helped alot with the pain to! I notice when showering, my varicocele turns really big. Also, I'm starting to feel this weird pain in my right testicle for a while now, which got me worried. This might be inflammation caused by the varicocele. It goes away when I do the PF exercises though.

Keeping progress updated.

 

[Excellator]

Quick update: I notice right now, I have been having hard flaccid all along to. Clear case of tight pelvic floor muscles I am guessing! I edited these 2 pics quickly, to show you all where the problem is to my understanding, and what in a lot of cases mainstream doctors might be getting wrong!



Which results in this:



Here are the links to the high definition versions of the pics so you can read what I wrote:

https://s9.postimg.org/9cck0h71r/varicocele.png
https://s23.postimg.org/6otllej0b/varicocele2.png

 

[Excellator]

Update: Alright having done quite some exercises seen on Youtube and doing hindi squats afterwards I can conclude hindi squats are really great compared to the usual ones I've done so far (just 3 or so) from youtube. Out of frustration, I pinched the varicocele vein thinking it would improve blood flow and now I'm just being paranoid it could have potentially damaged the valves (if they are inside there at all!) and ugh I realize what a mess I am currently am, emotionally and bodily, I just feel so non-horny for days, and everything down there feels so bloated and not a part of my body. As if the area including my penis were injected with straight estrogen. Orgasm doesn't feel as tense when masturbating at all either.

And weirdly if someone could elaborate on this, when I do reverse kegels, I suddenly get really horny, and a big urge to masturbate. What could this mean?

I really need some of you guys help here really. This varicocele is such a bitch, I lay down or stretch doing the hindi squat and it goes away, I get up or stop stretching and it comes back full effect, inflating the damn vein to the maximum. God this is so depressing knowing I haven't had these problems before.. Why me?!

 

[Excellator]

BREAKTHROUGH

In a weird twist of events, I decided to massage both my testicles as I had read on a dutch medical board an urologist adviced that to someone with a varicocele. And I'll be damned. As I massaged both testicles it induced a relaxing sensation in the muscles in my lower belly, beneath my belly button in the area between the red lines in the following image:



This relaxing sensation in what appears to be tight muscles in the bowel movement area caused my varicocele vein to drain atleast 90%!!

I will be experimenting more with this massaging, but this is short of a miracle. I might just have cured varicocele, atleast for me. It releases a lot of pain to, and even under the shower when my varicocele literally balloons, it is able to reduce the size to only 10% inflation as I tested it out!

Bowel movement is what was described as one of the main causes of varicocele according to the guide I bought.. The writer was apparently not far off on the money. Really odd that massaging my balls induces this relaxation though. My varicocele hurts like a nagging bitch again now though as I am sitting, but it is not inflated. Might be because I decided to give my fleshlight a ride again in the showers to, might all been to soon for my balls.. Had to force myself a bit into getting my penis up, so it might have been all a bit forced.. Premature ejaculation was alright to. But not relevant to make conclusions in that department for now. Lets fix this varicocele first.

 

[wellshii]

I myself have one.
Have so since 2013 or so.
What caused mine?
I believe a hit,yes a hit. One of my dipshit immature friends just went for nuts,lighty but regardless hit them.
Ever since then, it has been on and off since then.
Then one day, I was doing deadlifts, and I guess I did a wrong movement,and bam came back. Bothersome,
but not killing me.
Ended up only coming back when I did deadlifts,so I completely cut out Deadlifts since 2014.
Then recently did some jelqing again,and seemed the pain moved towards my internals,under my pelvis.
seems though,when I work out,the heavier the weight,the pain goes away. Which is fine by me.
Last time I did deadlifts was a few months ago(went light with only 180 lbs) and the pain got worse again.

I tried some supps(jarrows venous optimzer) which did help to an extent.
Jarrow Formulas : Venous Optimizer

But of course its still there. Like I said the jelqing made it worse,and yes my bathmate tugs on it too,regardless if placed on it or not. Remember now,all the veins are connected. All the way to the heart.

As far as test levels go,mine has been in the 700s now ,and I have been fine regarding that .
I eat clean,take my essentials and workout hard.
Could my test be h,perhaps so.

I thought about getting the embolization coils,but have read stories of the body developing auto immune problems,which makes sense as this has also been reported on implants .

So what do?

Well now,I thought about trying a peptide called tb500,which promotes healing in every tissue in the body,including veins. Remember now,a variococele consist of damaged veins. Until those veins have time to heal or are notified to heal, it will exist. The exercises might help,but regardless those veins are still damaged.
Thats like working out shoulders with a damaged rotator cuff.

My theory,
get the coils,take the tb500 so those veins can heal, then take the coils out.

Here are some horror stories regarding the coils(hence why I say take them out within a time frame)
AGAINST VARICOCELE EMBOLIZATION | Lessons from personal experience

Note: supps that help with blood flow(vasodilators)help relieve pain temporary,caffeine tends to worsen it.


Questions(I might have forgot some things) ask away.


And when I do do this,I will surely post results. Might be in a few more months before I decide to spend the money. (TB 500 is expensive)

 

[MrsLooking4more]

Interesting thread, good info.

 

[Pegasus]

Yes a number of guys onsite have got over V by doing pelvic floor relaxation.

 

[Excellator]

Ugh do you guys n gals know that feeling when you type a whole post of multiple segments only to press one wrong button and have it all removed? Yeah, that happened to me a minute ago.

In short: Thank you wellshii for your contribution, I think your insight poses some brilliant ideas concerning the tb500 idea, and the concept of shutting the varicocele vein off from the blood network, treating it with a healing substance and then connection it to the blood network again is a methodology I haven't read anywhere in any medical journal or board or whatsoever before yet similar ideas have crossed my mind before, and is a great contribution! I and lots of others would really like to hear from your findings and I hope you will report here on them!! best of luck and I hope we stumble on a brilliant new treatment to fix a varicocele!

Thank you MrsLooking4more for the compliment, I appreciate it!

And yes Pegasus I have kept track of our conversations and hope to build upon the pelvic floor theory, also thanks to you for helping me out so far

I've been a slacker with the varicocele because of alot of crap I had to deal with, you guys n gals probably know what I mean. The usual life stuff and then some more.

The massaging of the balls either induced a constriction of the muscles of the varicocele vein, or a relaxing of some muscles, presumably belly or pelvic floor which loosened the varicocele. The sensation was felt below the belly button so the verdict is probably going that way, but I've just read the varicocele vein itself possesses muscles in it to (ofcourse, biology class comes up in my mind) and sadly these muscles can dissapear depending on which grade the varicocele is. I will post the source for that later on.

I will also add new information soon including some presumable anecdotal remedies/cures/whatever that I found on the internet, which will be nice to have all stored in 1 location for everyone to talk about and discuss. I'm currently experimenting with copper Bisglycinate 2mg a pill by Thorne Research which I still had laying around in my home. I take a pill a day and the first day I felt a real sensation of tightening and somewhat easening of the loose and leaky and painful and sensitive feeling down at the varicocele. Second day I didn't feel much. Beware!! Copper causes angiogenesis which is dangerous in cancer or potential cancer!! Also copper is named in several studies to cause Alzheimer!!

All known folk remedy/dyi treatments on the internet will be collectes in this topic shortly for all to enjoy and discuss!

 

[Excellator]

Quick update. Haven't visited the physio therapist for pelvic floor problems yet, will soon. Parents' family pharmacy business is on the brink of bankruptcy, risk of losing their house. So been busy with that alot. However, I have come across this piece of information while searching for new information on varicocele, and it compliments my theory on the vein or spermatic cord in this case which runs right next to the scrotal vein (if someone can confirm this). It is about the colon being enlarged and obstructing the spermatic cord which causes the varicocele. It also offers a treatment for the varicocele which in short is in the following order:

- Complete colon cleanse
- Take herbal calcium formula by Dr. Christopher which is the only compatible calcium donor for varicosities because grinded stone/rock versions can't be absorbed
- Make an ultra strong tea of White oak bark, let it become as thick as elmer's glue, then paint the area of the varicocele with a couple of coats of the substance, cover it fairly snugly with natural fiber cloth and secure it with a jockstrap and leave the area dry for a couple of days so the substance can enter through the skin and use its healing properties
- Optional, use castor oil packs on the varicocele area, because castor oil packs are known to ''decongest'', you could do this during the colon cleanse to temporarily put the pressure off the area.

The post:

Greetings all -

It seems like (maybe perhaps?) some don't realize this is a 'private' (dedicated to specific methodologies/concepts) support forum...and I've dedicated this forum to truly natural healing, mostly as taught & practiced by Dr. Schulze, Christopher & Gerson (and similar healers...throwing out some of their use of supplements since they can be substituted with natural herbs or plants). Basically, we never use "isolated anythings" (no plants or minerals processed in a laboratory with all their natural co-factors and phytochemicals removed, and certainly not "synthetics). All of these things (along with ground rocks, fossils, shells, metals, etc...no matter how small they're "ground") are not something we'd ever eat naturally, and they all have the potential to cause harm and imbalance. Here's a good example of what things like rock-based mineral supplements and coral calcium can do: Rock-based Calcium (and other rock-based minerals)

I don't EVER want to prevent the open sharing of information, but I do want to keep this forum "on topic". And since there's over 1000 forums on CZ where everyone can discuss virtually anything, asking everyone to respect the type of healing that this forum is dedicated to sharing, learning and using to heal (natural) and keep their postings about using supplements and 'other' on other forums, takes care of two things with one request 'Just wanted to explain (I realize very few people know there's a MAJOR difference between truly natural healing and "alternative" medicine - no harm no foul!

On to the varicocele and other varicosities:

There are two basic causes of varicosities - vein/arteries (or other 'tubes' within the body) with too much pressure on or in them, or tubes with lack of strength/integrity (or, of course, both causes together).
The very first thing we do when learning to be our own doctors is to make sure we know what we're dealing with. What IS the spermatic cord?
Definitions of spermatic cord on the Web:

• a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves
  wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• The spermatic cord is the name given to the cord-like structure in males formed by the vas deferens and surrounding tissue that run from the abdomen down to each testicle.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermatic_cord
• The spermatic cord is a tube that runs from the testicle towards the penis. It contains blood vessels, nerves and lymph vessels and the small tube which carries sperm.
  www.cancerhelp.org.uk/utilities/glossary/index.htm

That's not nearly enough information for most to be able to get a clear enough picture to make decisions on how to treat & heal it oneself so let's see if a clear picture can be found (Googling "spermatic cord" and clicked on "images"). Okay, I found a couple (it looks like the spermatic cord is red in the first and blue in the second)




Since we know this: --"the entire colon is so big that it is connected to, touches, sits next to or is in the vicinity of every major organ in the human body except the brain. It also touches most of your major blood vessels and nerves." (Schulze) . And since we can clearly see that even the slightest enlargement or engorgement of the colon would result in pressure on the spermatic cord (and that is it truly rare to find ANY adult that has done a thorough colon cleanse and kept up with 2-4X maintenance cleanses yearly, or has evidence of not needing to cleanse by exhibiting the 3-5 'custard like' bms daily that are natural & healthy for us)...this is likely to be a major part of the root cause. And since knut87 is using triphala (an herbal combination with laxative effects), if he's having 3-5 bms daily, the triphala has some involvement (and that means, like most of adults, there is likely a substantial build-up of various types of putrefying debris plastered to the walls of the colon).
Onward - has "science" (for those who need that kind of confirmation), ever found or noted anything similar (colon congestion causing a varicocele. Back to Google (searching on colon, varicocele). Wow, first link?! Chronic Constipation as a Causative Factor for Development of Varicocele in Men: A Prospective Ultrasonographic Study -- Turgut et al. 26 (1): 5 -- Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine Of COURSE, we know that "their" idea of chronic constipation is likely crazy (something like 1-2 natural bms a week, or less :::sigh::, because they think 3-4 bms weekly is "healthy" (omg, no wonder we have SO much colon cancer and disease). And we also know (from the diagram above) that the right side looks just as close to the ascending colon as the left side looks to the sigmoid...so a varicocele on either side could be caused by pressure on the spermatic cord by the colon.
It sounds like knut87 is fairly young, and it's pretty uncommon to see nutritional deficiencies severe enough to cause such a strong loss of 'cord integrity' (but it is possible). It seems to me like the first order of business (which is something we all need to do anyway) is a good colon cleanse (30 days minimum).
If there is a deficiency resulting in any varicosity, it would likely be calcium (and yes, calcium deficiencies ARE common in those taking rock/shell based supplements). Dr. Christopher's recommendation would be to use his Herbal Calcium formula internally, and then he had a WONDERFUL addition for topical treatment. One takes White Oak bark (ultra high in calcium at around 37,000 ppm and one of the strongest astringents in the plant kingdo!) and uses it to make an ultra strong tea (say, 1-2 cups of White Oak bark to a 1/2 gallon of water) - bring it to a boil, cover it and let it simmer for a few hours. Then strain out the bark, uncover the pot, and let it simmer until one has the consistency of say, Elmer's Glue. Let that cool. Then take a small paintbrush and "paint" the varicocele and surrounding area with several (I think it was eight?) coats of the 'white oak bark glue'...allowing each coat to dry completely before adding the next coat. When completely dry, cover it fairly snugly with a natural fiber cloth and secure it (a jock strap should be enough) and keep it dry for several days until the 'herbal glue' absorbs through the skin thoroughly to work it's healing. (And yes folks, this will work on small varicose veins in the legs, etc. And White Oak bark tea is a fantastic enema for hemorrhoids, as well).
knut87, run all this past your 'doctor within' and if you decide to do either or both, another thing I suggest is to do a castor oil pack on the area nightly. Castor oil packs are known to "decongest", and even though I doubt that this would lead to a permament resolution, I do think it might be something that would 'relieve symptoms' while you're doing the cleanse...and take some pressure of that cord. Castor oil is sometimes 'crazy miraculous' - it might 'do the trick' all by itself (but it might be a temporary fix).
Still, everyone needs to do a complete and thorough colon cleanse (and keep up on maintenance cleansing). If you're thinking about doing some liver cleansing, it's ESSENTIAL to colon cleanse first (here's a quick overview of "why that is: + colon cleansing before/during liver flushing info Re: Intestinal Formu... )

'Hope this information has provided you with good healing information. And my apologies for the long delay in response-time (I'm slammed!).

Healthiest of blessings,

Unyquity



Source: Forum guidelines & healing 'thinks & thoughts'... Re: varicocele-please help! (Natural Healing & Herbal Solutions w/Unyquity) 1/13/2011 1751873


I'm visiting a licensed orthomolecular therapist to which also has infrared thermography technology in her practice which could show vein abnormalities, even 5 years before they fully occur according to her website. Some fancy new scanning technology. I will ask her what I can do for my problem. She is also specialized in hormone imbalances in the body. I might also try out the treatment above. ALSO, for those who know this guy, Dr. Sircus, I have sent him an e-mail asking for his opinion. I'm putting everything in work to tackle this problem for all of those suffering it!

In the meantime, what are your thoughts on this?

 

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Oh I forgot, I also used copper supplements which decreased the pain alot and felt stabilizing the varicocele a bit. But it also made me very forgetful and reading about the link between copper and Alzheimer, I quitted it. I wanted to get rid of the forgetfulness and brain fog that I suffered since using it, so I used zinc picolinate 30mg 3x per day for about 3 days now, together with taurine the first 2 days, and low dose vitamin C and to my surprise the varicocele is sometimes shrunk! This might also have to do with the effect of zinc on the intestines, as it is said it can heal leaky gut syndrome. Also I took N-acetyl cysteine for 2 days for the copper toxicity in the brain and it cleared the brain fog.

Still taking the zinc 30mg 3x daily, and it improved my EQ to, to my surprise! Even gave me my morning wood back. The varicocele is sometimes shrunk throughout the day! It also lessened sudden cramps I had when I went snacking some unhealthy snack, which normally got me really bad in the morning if I went out and grabbed a snack. Still thinking of the pinch/obstruction theory!

 

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Someone's wife reported that her husband suffered varicocele and was healed after making just one change, taking probiotics daily. The report is in the comments of this article:

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I happened to have a full Jarrow Formulas probiotics bottle in my fridge left inside so I decided to take one at night, and it seems that after an hour taking it the pain in my varicocele lowered alot. I went to sleep afterwards and the next day I noticed the vein was still inflating when standing up, but it did not felt like it had pressure on the walls as if it was being obstructed somewhere else. It actually felt squishy and soft. On some occasions it was deflated to a minimum to, as it has been since I did the testicles massage and focused on that relaxing sensation in the lower abdomen ever since. And also, I supplemented copper and zinc back then, which could have also contributed. I have been taking the probiotics for 2 days now and I must say I enjoy this decompression, things feel way less tense down there now. This could compliment the colon blockage theory posted above. Improving digestion and colon health could be a healing factor I assume, making things less tense in that physical area. I will continue to use probiotics daily and will report on the effects.