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Herbal and Alternative Remedies for
Vaginal Yeast Infections
Vaginal yeast infections are a problem for all women. In fact, at least 75% of
women will experience at least one vaginal yeast infection during their life
time. Now there are many ways to help prevent yeast infections from recurring
often, and there are various home and herbal remedies which can help cure
yeast infections once you have them. In this article we'll explore both.
Vaginal yeast infections can be caused by a number of things. The most common
cause is the use of broad spectrum antibiotics, because these kill the good
bacteria in our bodies along with the bad. An allergy to latex condoms can
also cause vaginal yeast infections though and a spermicide often used in
condoms known as nonoxynol 9 has also been linked to increased vaginal yeast
infections.
Other things that can cause the chronic problems though, include wearing tight
fitting clothing that restricts air flow; using products with perfumes,
chemicals or dyes that you're sensitive to; birth control pills or anything
else that changes the natural balance of the body's hormones; and anything
that suppresses or weakens the immune system such as HIV or Diabetes.
Sometimes even the types of foods you eat can contribute to chronic yeast
infection problems.
Now there are many ways to help prevent vaginal yeast infections from
occurring.
Many of which include avoiding things that might be causing the problems of
course. If you frequently use condoms which contain nonoxynol 9 in them for
instance, try using condoms without and see if that helps. Wear loser, free
flowing clothes, or wear clothes made of fabrics that breath better such as
cotton.
Eliminating some of the sugars and simple starches from your diet can often
help reduce the yeast infections drastically, as can eating natural yogurt
every day. Yeast feed off simple sugars inside your body, so having too much
of that circulating throughout your system can help them thrive and multiple.
Yogurt contains natural "good" bacteria that helps kill or suppress the yeast
causing bacteria.
Once you have a yeast infection though, there are several natural and herbal
ways to cure it. The most common and most effective is to douche with yogurt.
If this is the first time you've heard of this, your reaction is probably
"gross!" But trust me: It really does work. Alternatively, you can freeze a
bit of yogurt in a tampon to make a vaginal suppository. Once frozen, remove
the yogurt from the tampon, then insert the small yogurt stick into your
vagina and leave it in place. It will dissolve on it's own, killing the yeast
growth as it does so.
If using a douche or vaginal suppository is an unpleasant thought, you're in
luck. The number one alternative is to eat Garlic, or take garlic pills.
Garlic can also be used as a douche to kill the yeast infection, but taking
the garlic by mouth will do the trick as well. It may take a little longer to
cure the infection this way, but it will work just as well.
Be sure to eat real garlic, or buy garlic supplements which do not contain
other additives and chemicals. And especially avoid "odor free" garlic,
because when the odor is gone, so is the primary antifungal and antibiotic
element.
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