Natural Remedies for Thrush (AKA Candida. The vaginal type)

Or Yeast infections in other words.
I was wondering if anyone in here has used any natural remedies to rid of this awful infection. Its true I could just go out and buy a cream but I just wana know if there is anything that I can use instead, before I give in and buy it.
Thank you luviez

 

I havent' used it yet, but I've heard that a clove of garlic up inside you for a coupel hours or overnight can work. Make sure you don't nick the skin though, it'll burn badly if you do. You can get prepeeled garlic from most groceries these days

 

i posted this in another thread in the health forum as well...


"ooh i get these all the time... i found a website that was really great, i'll have to look it up for you, but here a few suggestions:

yogurt, of course, no added sugar... even putting on yourself will help (as opposed to a cream)

try putting a raw clove of garlic up there, i'm telling you it works wonders and this is my favorite... it smells a little funny, but it's hardly messy at all and well it really helps.

drink lots of cranberry juice because it cleanses your urine and well it kinda helps in a weird third party way..." yeast infection home remedies

 

hmm garlic cloves aye? interesting. I think i mite go for the unsweeted yogurt approach, not too keen about smelling like garlic down there lol. Just a quick question....Would crushed garlic work just as well as a whole clove?

Anyway, the website was extremly helpful and I'll love you forever lol, thank u tigerlilly

 

Yogurt is good, I've used that. Be careful to check the ingredients for any form of sugar, tho.

As for garlic, they warn you to be very careful in peeling the clove, make sure you don't nick it with your fingernail, or it could burn... So cushed garlic sounds like a bad idea...

 

Yer im deciding against the garlic. I think the fact that i'll smell really bad is enough to put me off trying it lol. Im going with the acidophilis yogurt thing.

 

I have always had really good luck with this recipe. Make a strong infusion of red rasberry leaf. (You can usually buy it in bulk at a health food store). Let it cool, and mix it with unsweetened plain yogurt. Using a refillable douche, cleanse yourself 2 or 3 times a day until the infection is gone.

After just coming off 2 rounds of antibiotics, this was a Goddess-send!

 

Anti-Yeast Tea
2 parts sage
2parts red raspberry leaf
2 parts mullein
1/4 part goldenseal root

Drink as a tea 2/3 times a day
or
to use as a douche mix
1/2 ounce anti-yeast tea
2tbs apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup yogurt
1 drop of tea tree oil
Use once a day

Use the reccommended parts of any of herbs that you have access to. Thank you to Rosemay Gladstar herbalist and my mentor.

But the best thing I've tried is a traditional patented Chinese formula (douche) called YIN CARE

 

I also make "garlic clove tampons" when I am having a yeasty problem. But I break open an acidophilus capsule and sprinkle the powder over the clove, which I have cut. The juice of the clove doesn't seem to bother me at all. It works.

Also, supposedly taking probiotics or l. acidophilus orally helps too, but I am not sure exactly how the good bacteria are supposed to make their way from your digestive tract to your reproductive system.

 

lol "here's a method suggested by one reader: put the yogurt in plastic tampon applicators and freeze them, and then you've got little yogurt-sicles to use next time you get a yeast infection." hah!!!!!!!! I'm sorry I admire those who can do natural. Anytime i've gotten one I get the one-day treatment and get it outta there. I take achidophilus if I'm on anti-biotics or eating poorly to make sure I don;t get one.