What medication can be used at night to relieve hemorrhoid pain?

Generally speaking, hemorrhoids refer to piles. Medications such as Ma Yinglong Musk Hemorrhoid Ointment, Gangtai Suppository, Huaijiao Pills, Ibuprofen Sustained-Release Capsules, and Yunnan Baiyao Hemorrhoid Ointment may help alleviate nighttime hemorrhoidal pain, but they should be used according to medical advice. Detailed explanations are as follows:

1. Ma Yinglong Musk Hemorrhoid Ointment

Its mechanism of action involves ingredients such as musk, bezoar, and pearl, which have effects of clearing heat and dampness, promoting blood circulation to relieve swelling, removing necrotic tissue, and promoting tissue regeneration. Musk promotes blood circulation, unblocks meridians, reduces swelling, and alleviates pain; bezoar clears heat and detoxifies; pearl and calamine have astringent properties that promote tissue regeneration, effectively reducing local inflammatory reactions in hemorrhoids and relieving pain and swelling.

2. Gangtai Suppository

The main ingredients include carbonized sanguisorba root, gallnut, borneol, and others. Carbonized sanguisorba root cools the blood to stop bleeding and detoxifies while healing ulcers; gallnut, with its sour and astringent properties, dries dampness, promotes wound healing, and stops bleeding; borneol clears heat and relieves pain. Administered rectally, this medication acts directly on the affected area of hemorrhoids, reducing local congestion and edema, alleviating pain, and also improving bleeding symptoms to a certain extent.

3. Huaijiao Pills

Composed mainly of sophora fruit, sanguisorba root, and skullcap root: sophora fruit clears heat and fire, cools the blood, and stops bleeding; sanguisorba root cools the blood, stops bleeding, detoxifies, and promotes ulcer healing; skullcap clears heat and dampness, purges fire, and detoxifies. Together, these ingredients clear heat from the intestines, dispel wind, cool the blood, and stop bleeding, improving local blood circulation in hemorrhoids, reducing swelling and pain, particularly suitable for hemorrhoidal swelling and pain caused by blood heat.

4. Ibuprofen Sustained-Release Capsules

This is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that works by inhibiting cyclooxygenase activity, thereby reducing prostaglandin synthesis, which lessens inflammatory responses and pain perception. It effectively relieves pain caused by hemorrhoids, especially in cases of severe pain, providing good analgesic effects and reducing patient discomfort.

5. Yunnan Baiyao Hemorrhoid Ointment

Its main ingredients exert effects of resolving blood stasis to stop bleeding, promoting blood circulation to relieve pain, and detoxifying to reduce swelling. It can improve local blood stasis in hemorrhoids, alleviate swelling and pain, and simultaneously promote the healing of damaged tissues, providing some relief for various types of hemorrhoidal pain.

In daily life, it is important to maintain anal hygiene, washing with warm water after bowel movements, avoiding prolonged sitting or standing, engaging in appropriate exercise, developing regular bowel habits, preventing constipation and diarrhea, consuming more fiber-rich foods, and limiting spicy and irritating foods, all of which help alleviate hemorrhoid symptoms and prevent their worsening.