While medical science has given us a lot of
medications for treating yeast infection, nature has also offered its
unconditional service by giving us many
natural remedy for yeast
infection. The good thing about natural remedy for yeast infection is
that they are usually cost effective and free from severe side effects,
which are usually associated with the synthetic medications. The
downside, however, is that you may have to spend some time preparing the
remedy.
Below is a list of some of the more effective natural remedy for yeast
infection.
|
Natural remedy for yeast infection |
Usage
/ Instruction |
| Teabags |
Place a
wet teabag in the freezer and take out just when it is about to
freeze. Dab it at the yeast-affected area to relieve the irritation.
|
| Vinegar
And Salt |
Add half
a cup of vinegar and half a cup of table salt into lukewarm water
and soak your infected area into the water. The itching caused by
yeast infection will be relieved. |
|
Grapefruit Seed Extract |
Mix 20
drops of grapefruit seed extract into 8 ounce of water. Douche the
affected area with the mixture, which works as a natural remedy for
yeast infection. |
| Garlic Tampons |
Wrap a freshly peeled garlic clove
into cheesecloth. Use un-waxed dental floss to tie them up to make a
tampon. Inserted to the infected vagina for several hours and then
remove. If the infection is serious, use twice daily until the
symptoms are gone. |
| Yogurt Tampons |
The yeast-killing bacteria
acidophilus existing in yogurt makes it an effective natural remedy
for yeast infection. Yogurt is beneficial both when eaten and when
used for dipping a tampon in. For yogurt tampon, use it twice daily. |
| Tea Tree Oil Tampons |
Take a lubricated tampon and put a
few drops of tea tree oil on it. Insert into the vagina for treating
yeast infection. |
| Fresh Garlic |
Smash fresh garlic to make a paste
and apply it onto the infected area. This serves as natural remedy
for yeast infection of body parts other than vagina. |
| Olive Leaf And Grapefruit Seed |
Take twice or three times a mixture
of 15 drops of grapefruit seed extract in water (or juice, if you
are tame before bitter taste) daily and the oil leaf extract twice
daily. This combination is a useful natural remedy for yeast
infection. |
| Boric Acid Capsules |
Insert one to two boric acid capsules
into the infected vagina before sleep and leave it overnight. This
helps relieve symptoms of yeast infection. |
| Cultured Buttermilk |
Drink eight-ounce of cultured
buttermilk daily at night. You can hold you nose while drinking if
the cultures smell awful to you. |
The above natural remedy for yeast infection may
relief the yeast infection symptom, but they are not the cure. For long
term cure, dietary changes is necessary. Read more at
Dietary natural cure for yeast infection.
