What is a natural way of curing a yeast infection?
Monday, May 18th, 2009 at
12:35 am
Hiya peoples!
Is there a natural way of curing a yeast infection in the genital area? The idea of shoving a pill up there…*shudder*
I heard somewhere that you could eat yogurt or something, but I'm not sure.
As in, without the pill round thing.
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Natural live yoghurt can be used in two ways to deal with thrush: eating it and/or inserting it into your vagina. The key is not the yoghurt itself but the bacteria, lactobacillus acidophilus, in the yoghurt. This helps the body maintain, or regain, its natural pH level and keeps yeast under control.
Eating yoghurt may help keep yeast levels low throughout the body, but particularly in the stomach and intestines. Because candida in the bowel can easily make its way to the vulva and vagina, keeping your digestive system clear of thrush may help prevent vaginal thrush.
Inserting yoghurt into your vagina may also help restore your vaginal pH balance, but there is less scientific support for this method. If you want to give it a try, put one teaspoon of yoghurt in an applicator, a plastic syringe or on a tampon, and insert it high into your vagina. Repeat this every night for a week. It is important that you use only unsweetened, plain, live yoghurt.
The active ingredient in this treatment, lactobacillus acidophilus, is also available at health food stores as a supplement on its own.
Hope this is useful. For more ideas, check out this link. Good luck.
http://altmedicine.about.com/od/healthconditionsqtoz/a/yeast_infection.htm
I have heard somewhere that you can eat plain natural yogurt, drink lots of water and keep it clean down there but I don't no how effective it is. Sorry if this didn't help.
yep eat yogurt. it only works to drink a lot of water for a kidney or bladder infection, which is not what you have.
yogurt, and oatmeal baths.
aveeno makes some, i think.you can find them by the aveeno bath productsss.
The natural way is to see a doctor. There are four (4) possible organisms involved, and you need to get the therapy for the one you have.
If you use yogurt.. make sure it is PLAIN and sugar free or you will just be giving the yeast a reason to grow!
You can also use garlic, but if you aren't wanting to put anything in your vagina, it might not be that helpful just floating around in your underwear.
Using a clove of garlic (you should probably tie a string to it) or even garlic powder (try rolling or dipping the end of a tampon in it) will work if you insert it into your vagina overnight. Works for me every time.
Wierd fact: After doing so, you may actually be able to 'taste' the garlic in your mouth. I don't know why, but I always can!