Children are usually more prone to nosebleeds than adults, but what treatment options are there? I’m not referring to nosebleeds caused by a violent blow to the nose – we all know why they happen. I’m talking about a nosebleed, which occurs when you haven’t suffered an injury to your nose or perhaps just suffered a minor blow or bump. Or maybe you were just walking around. They may occur during sleep.
Whatever the circumstances, if you or your child gets recurring or chronic nosebleeds, there are a few things you can do about it. And believe me, I know what I’m talking about because my daughter had the exact same problem!
1. Supplement with bioflavonoids
One treatment for nosebleeds is supplementation with bioflavonoids. Bioflavonoids (including rutin, hesperidin, and quercetin) are plant compounds that work synergistically with vitamin C to strengthen the walls of veins and capillaries so they do not tear and bleed as easily. They are produced by plants to protect themselves from bacteria, parasites and cell damage.
If your gums bleed when brushing your teeth, your nose bleeds when it is dry or you blow your nose forcefully, or you are prone to anal or rectal fissures or varicose veins, then bioflavonoid supplementation is essential.
Bioflavonoids have also been proven to relieve back and leg pain, promote blood circulation, treat and prevent cataracts, stimulate bile production and lower cholesterol levels – so you also benefit from many side effects! Get a brand that contains at least 50 mg each of rutin, hesperidin, and quercetin. If you also suffer from hay fever, take 400 mg of quercetin per day as quercetin regulates histamine release from cells and you will notice a significant improvement (if not elimination) of your allergies.
2. Supplement with Vitamin C
As mentioned above, vitamin C works synergistically with bioflavonoids to prevent bleeding in all mucous membranes (and accelerate blood clotting). Mucous membranes are the type of tissue on your lips, nose, genitals, and intestinal tract. Vitamin C is an antioxidant required for at least 300 different metabolic functions in the body, including adrenal gland function, tissue growth and repair, protection against infection, and cancer prevention.
Vitamin C in its usual ascorbic acid form can cause diarrhea in higher doses. Therefore, you may want to take vitamin C in the form of mineral ascorbate (e.g. calcium ascorbate). High doses of magnesium can also cause diarrhea. Therefore, avoid vitamin C in magnesium ascorbate form if you are prone to diarrhea. The mineral ascorbate form is also preferable because it is more easily absorbed – ascorbic acid must first be converted by the body into mineral ascorbates before absorption.
Another delicious way to get your daily vitamin C in the form of mineral ascorbate (for continuous use) is to use Emergen-C – convenient single-serve packs with natural flavor and a variety of delicious flavors. These are particularly useful for children as they are like drinking a “carbonated juice” and children love them. Raspberry, lemon-lime and super orange are our family’s favorite flavors.
3. Apply comfrey ointment into the nose
Comfrey root in an herbal ointment is the fastest wound healer I have ever tried. I keep a can of Herb Pharm Original Salve (comfrey ointment) in my purse, one in the kitchen, and one by my bed that I apply to my lips every night. At the same time, my daughter coats the inside of each of her nostrils with a thick layer of comfrey ointment. Not only does comfrey ointment keep the nasal lining moist (reducing the risk of tears), but it also heals microtears or abrasions while you sleep.
Once the heavy flow of blood from a nosebleed has subsided, I will “plug” my daughter’s nostrils with comfrey, which causes the blood to clot much more quickly. After the bleeding has completely subsided, we wait a few hours and then apply another generous layer (gently) into the nostrils.
4. How high is your WiFi load?
Here’s what most people don’t know: Nosebleeds are one of the most common symptoms caused by microwave radiation. Cell phones, wireless internet, cordless phones, Wii, Playstation, iPads, etc. etc. A friend of mine’s daughter had hemorrhagic nosebleeds at night. When she first walked into her daughter’s room in the morning and found her lying in a pool of blood (all over her pillow, in her pajamas, on the edge of the bed), she almost had a heart attack! They gradually escalated until she was having them every night or every other night. If she lay on her back she would choke on the blood and wake up, if she lay on her side she would just sleep through the night. That’s when her mother began seriously looking for a solution. She removed all cordless phones from her home and replaced them with corded phones, switched her Wi-Fi to wired internet, and made sure all cell phones in the house were turned off. Presto. No more nosebleeds.
I have a similar story. My daughter was always prone to nosebleeds if she was tapped on the nose. Then one fall she started having them several times a week, even though she hadn’t been hit in the nose. Here’s what changed: Although there is no Wi-Fi, cell phones, or cordless phones in our house, her school had Wi-Fi, so she was exposed to radiation at school six hours a day. At the time, she was training competitive gymnastics (3 hours/day, 3 days/week) and her gym was just 100 meters from a huge power line on which five cell towers were mounted. Through experiments, we found that if we kept her home from school at least two mornings a week (on the days she went to gymnastics), she wouldn’t get a nosebleed!
So this is definitely something you want to test by removing it from your environment. If you’re not ready to give up all your wireless conveniences. You can do a test run by unplugging it every day before you go to bed – it’s not enough to turn everything off (we tested this), you actually have to unplug everything from the wall.
Admittedly, if you live in an apartment in New York, even if you remove all microwave radiation from your own apartment, you’ll probably be exposed to radiation from all your neighbors anyway. So in this case you would have to buy a “radiation tent” that encloses your bed so that you are at least shielded while sleeping. Don’t forget to also shield the bottom of the bed to protect it from radiation rising from the floor.
Reducing your radiation is also one of the best things you can do to prevent cancer (brain tumors and leukemia are now the two leading causes of death in children). If your radiation exposure is not that high, you may need to use radiation-blocking curtains or window curtains in your bedroom instead. People with severe symptoms often purchase a radiation meter for targeted testing or use it when looking for a safer place to move!
Original post from June 2011. Last updated August 2020.
Jini Patel Thompson is an internationally recognized expert in natural healing for digestive diseases. She healed herself from widespread Crohn’s disease and has been medication and surgery free for over 25 years. Jini has appeared on numerous podcasts, TV and radio shows in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, giving people hope and vision on how to heal their colitis, Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) using all-natural methods. Her books on natural healing of digestive diseases have been sold in over 80 countries worldwide. Jini is married and has three children, nine sheep, 11 horses, a cat and three dogs.
