Cystitis is an inflammation of the bladder. The sensations during this illness are so unpleasant that it is simply impossible to miss it. Pain in the bottom of the abdomen, stinging and burning during urination, an admixture of blood in the urine and a constant desire to empty the bladder - all this quickly exhausts and prompts to take measures for treatment. It so happened that cystitis occurs more often in us, women, than in men, because the urethra of the first are shorter and wider than those of the latter.
Usually, a urologist, depending on the cause of cystitis, prescribes medicines, among which there may be both usual anti-inflammatory and analgesic, and antibiotics, and antifungal drugs. And almost always in support of the main treatment against cystitis are recommended folk remedies.
Traditional medicine actively uses the experience of folk treatment of cystitis, because it is considered to be an effective method of quickly getting rid of annoying symptoms.
Traditional methods of cystitis treatment
The problem of cystitis goes from the depths of centuries, as the anatomical structure of female genital organs has to this problem. Among the folk remedies in the treatment of cystitis in women can be identified:
- Warming up the inflamed bladder (heating can be done with a bag of calcined table salt or oatmeal, warming baths with the addition of a urological bouquet of herbs are also considered effective).
- Phytotherapy (especially recommended are phytogens based on yarrow, bearberry, birch leaves, licorice root, parsley seeds, etc.).
How to treat cystitis with folk remedies?
Recipes of traditional medicine help not only in the treatment of acute cystitis, but also in getting rid of its chronic manifestations - relapses. Treatment of chronic cystitis is carried out by the same folk remedies as in the case of acute, only more prolonged courses - 1.5-2 months in 2-4 weeks. For treatment, you can use both ready-made chemist's urological fitosbores in bags, and self-cooked herbal decoctions. Here are some ways how you can cure cystitis with folk remedies:
- perhaps, the most common folk remedy is cranberry and cowberry morsels. For this, 4-6 tablespoons of berries are poured with a liter of boiling water. Take such a fruit juice ½ cup 2-3 times a day;
- for cooking herbal decoction for ingestion in a teaspoon take bearberry, licorice root and a cornflower flower. Pour a glass of boiling water and insist for 20 minutes. Strain and take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for half an hour before meals;
- for the preparation of warming baths with the addition of phytospores, you need to take 3 tablespoons of dried flowers of chamomile and calendula.
Pour boiling water and let it brew for 40 minutes, then add the resulting broth to the recruited bath. You can add 2-3 drops of tea tree oil; - Broth of bearberry is one of the most effective folk medicine in the fight against cystitis. To do this, pour a glass of boiling water a tablespoon of the crushed leaves of this plant. Prepare the broth in a water bath for 30-40 minutes, then filter and insist for an hour. Take 1-2 tablespoons 2-3 times a day.
At the time of cystitis treatment, it is advisable for a woman to limit sex, prevent heavy lifting and eliminate alcohol, coffee, salty and spicy foods and carbonated drinks. It is recommended to increase the volume of liquid due to the consumption of simple non-carbonated water and phyto-tea.