Natural, Gentle and Effective Home Remedies for Yeast Infections
Home Remedies for yeast infections need to be especially gentle, without sacrificing effectiveness.
Yeast infections are nasty, as anyone who has suffered from one can tell you, and that is a lot of you. Approximately 3/4 of all women have suffered from at least one yeast infection. 5 The symptoms of a vaginal yeast infection include redness, itching, burning during urination and that white, cheesy discharge. 5 Candida albicans causes most vaginal yeast infections. Candida tends to multiply and grow wildly during times of stress or poor diet. 5 The use of antibiotics is also notorious for killing all the "good" bacteria in the gut, allowing the "bad" bacteria and yeast to grow out of control. 5 High levels of estrogen (due to birth-control pills, pregnancy, or hormone-replacement-therapy) can also cause yeast to grow very quickly. 5 Diet plays a hugely important role. Refined sugars and carbohydrates feed Candida, so limiting or eliminating refined sugars is an excellent way to prevent and control yeast infections. Warning: If you are not 100% sure a yeast infection is causing your symptoms, see a doctor. You may have a more serious bacterial infection. However, if you are sure you have Candida; look through this list of home remedies for yeast infections, and find your cure! - To prevent infections, wear loose clothes, you want to keep those delicate parts as dry as possible. Stay away from nylon; wear cotton undies instead.
- Also, stay away from perfumed soaps, toilet paper, pads or tampons and no feminine sprays or douching.
- To avoid yeast living on underwear, try boiling panties in hot water, or ironing with a HOT iron, to kill yeast.
- Vagi-Soothe is a homeopathic remedy that relieves the pain, itching and burning of yeast infections. Get More Info on Vagi-Soothe - Homeopathic remedy temporarily relieves vaginal itching, burning and discomfort.
- Far and away, the most popular natural cure for yeast infections is yogurt. More specifically, probiotic yogurt which contains live, active cultures such as Lactobaccilus acidophilus, Several studies have shown that women who eat yogurt containing Lactobaccilus acidophilus had fewer yeast infections during a 6-month period.5 Taking concentrated probiotics or Acidophilus Supplements
 is also remarkably effective. 12 - Yogurt with added probiotics can also be used internally as a natural cure for yeast infections. Add approximately 2 tablespoons of L. acidophilus powder to 1/2 cup of plain yogurt. Insert approximately 2 teaspoons of this mixture into the vagina using a medicine applicator or a tampon applicator. Do this for approximately 5 nights in a row.12
- Combine B-complex and Vitamin C to make a great yeast infections home remedy. 12 Take a general Vitamin B Complex
 and eat plenty of Vitamin C Foods or take a Ester-C with Citrus Bioflavenoids . Learn more facts about vitamin B. - Take a vinegar and sea salt sitz bath. The vinegar will kill the yeast and the sea salt will relieve itching and kill yeast.2,5 Add 1/2 cup salt and 1/2 cup vinegar to a warm bath.
- One or two drops of the following tinctures, goldenseal, calendula, aloe vera juice and echinacea can also be added to a sitz bath. 1 The herbs will provide relief and kill the yeast. Together these herbs are awesome home remedies for yeast infections.
- Olive Leaf extract is anti-fungal (and anti-bacterial) and kills yeast. You can take Olive Leaf Extract
 internally or dilute and use externally. Learn more about olive leaf health benefits. - Another one of many tea tree oil uses is to kill yeast infections. Dilute a few drops of Tea Tree Oil 100% Pure Australian Oil
 in Extra Virgin Coconut Oil and apply to those sensitive parts. Actually the coconut oil by itself is anti-fungal and kills yeast, so you can just use Extra Virgin Coconut Oil with nothing added. - Echinacea will boost your immune system and help fight the yeast. Try taking 1 dropperful of tincture in 1/2 cup of water, up to four times daily for up to two weeks. 2. Or you can follow the directions on commercially prepared Echinacea Capsules
 or tablets. Learn more about the benefits of echinacea.
- Of COURSE any list of home remedies for yeast infections would be incomplete without mentioning garlic. Peel the white paper off a clove of garlic. Break the clove in half. Sew a string through the garlic. This makes it easier to pull out. Insert the garlic in the vagina before bed, and using the string, pull it out in the morning. You will likely have the taste of garlic in your mouth, which is why nighttime is the recommended time for this treatment. Repeat for up to five nights in a row, or until symptoms stop. y Click here to learn about all the ailments garlic cures.
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