The Best Home Remedies for Yeast Infections

You can use natural remedies for yeast infections. These home remedies for yeast infections will help relieve the discomfort and get rid of your infection naturally. You can use natural products as a yeast infection cure. Here are a few of the best.

Most women have suffered from a yeast infection at some point in their lives. It itches and burns and is just plain uncomfortable. Yeast infections are accompanied by a yeasty smelling discharge and reddening of the labia.

These infections are caused by the overgrowth of bacteria that inhabit a healthy vagina. The most common culprit is Candida albicans. I’m sure many of you have heard of candida before.

Some women have recurring yeast infections. Others only get them if triggered by something else in their lives. Here are some things that might put you at risk of getting one.

• pregnancy
• diabetes
• stress
• taking antibiotics
• illness or medication that affects the immune system

If you have a yeast infection, it’s easy to go for over-the-counter medications, but there are natural remedies for yeast infections that work very well. Here are some of the best home remedies for yeast infections.

Diet

If you’ve read any other pages on this site, you’ll know that I believe in changing your diet first and foremost to better your health. In this case, changing your diet alone won’t get rid of your infection, but if you have recurring yeast infections, it will help prevent them. Overgrowth of candida in your gut could be causing your infections. Cutting refined sugars such as high fructose corn syrup and refined sugar and refined carbohydrates like white flour out of your diet will help you get rid of candida overgrowth. You also need to add healthy fermented foods like raw saurkraut, kimchi, kombucha, kefir, and yogurt. Eating these naturally fermented foods will do more for gut health than taking probiotics in pill form. Taking these simple steps will help prevent you from getting a yeast infection.

Yogurt

Yogurt is the most popular natural remedies for yeast infections. Eating will help balance bacteria in your gut, but eating yogurt isn’t the best way to relieve the discomfort of your infection. To relieve the itching and burning put yogurt in your vagina. You can do this by dipping a tampon in yogurt and inserting it into your vagina. The yogurt will help balance out the bacteria in the vagina and soothe the burning and itching. Make sure you buy plain unflavored yogurt. Any sugar added to the yogurt would feed your infection instead of curing it.

Garlic

Peel a clove of garlic and stick it in your vagina. It sounds whacky but it works. Yeast hates garlic. You can use a clove of garlic or a garlic tablet. You should also eat more garlic to help get rid of the yeast internally.

Boric Acid

Boric acid is one of the oldest natural remedies for yeast infections. Boric acid is antiseptic and antifungal. It does a great job of killing off yeast infections. You can buy an empty gel capsule and fill the capsules with boric acid. Then put the capsule in your vagina. Boric acid is toxic and should be swallowed. You should also avoid putting it on broken skin. You should only use 600 mg of boric acid a day for no more than 14 days. Don’t use it if you’re pregnant.

Extra Virgin Coconut Oil

Coconut oil contains lauric and caprylic acid. Both acids work to kill yeast and bacteria by penetrating the cell walls. You can put coconut oil on the area three times daily.

Other Actions to Take

Besides these natural remedies for yeast infections, there are things that you do in your life that can increase your risk of getting a yeast infection. Here is a list of things not to do.

• Don’t take birth control pills.
• Don’t wear underwear made from synthetic fabrics.
• Don’t wear pantyhose.
• Don’t douche.
• Don’t use feminine deodorant products.
• Don’t eat foods that feed yeast–sugar, white flour, yeast.

As with most health problem keeping yourself healthy now will help you avoid getting a yeast infection.

Author: Abhista