Thrush is an unpleasant disease caused by yeast fungi of the genus Candida. It can be provoked by stress, taking antibiotics, non-compliance with hygiene, and some women observe white curdled discharge quite often, that is, they get this disease in a chronic form. Of course, treatment should only be prescribed by a doctor, but as an add-on and prevention of the onset, you can use folk remedies for thrush in women.
Folk remedies against thrush in women
Such means can be intended for both external and internal use. The latter pursue the goal of strengthening immunity , increase the defenses of the body and help cope with infections. They include all sorts of phyto-tea, fruit drinks and compotes, tinctures.
Here are the most popular home remedies for thrush:
- Tincture of eucalyptus, echinacea or eleutherococcus. All of them are designed to increase vitality and tone, increase resistance to infections and improve immunity. Take them in accordance with the instructions for 15-30 drops several times a day.
- Since ancient times, thrush has been treated with carrot juice. A glass of freshly squeezed juice should be drunk every day on an empty stomach. The juice of this orange-red root crop neutralizes the effect of free radicals and increases the body's resistance to infectious diseases, including chronic ones.
- To make the organism less susceptible to attacks of viruses and bacteria it is possible with the help of such a drug: take in equal parts dried apricots, walnuts, lemons and honey. The first three components are scrolled through a meat grinder, mixed with honey and put into the refrigerator. Take 1 tbsp. l. every day on an empty stomach.
Local treatment of yeast with home remedies
Douches with herbal medicinal herbs are effective, and gauze tampons soaked in medicinal solutions and ointments can be inserted into the vagina as a therapy.
Recipes for the preparation of such products:
- Those who are interested in how to treat thrush with folk remedies for women should take this method: a clove of fresh garlic wrapped with a layer of sterile napkins, dipped in olive oil and used as a vaginal candle. To insert such a candle every day, but watch your sensations: with severe burning, this method of treatment is contraindicated.
- The causes of thrush in women are different, but the treatment of candida mushrooms is one and folk remedies here you can use the same. Pour dry flowers of marigold in the volume of 1 tsp. 200 ml of boiling water and put on a stove. Boil 10 minutes, after insisting for 1 hour, pass through the filter and syringe in the mornings and at night.
- Soda was used for a long time in treatment of thrush, because it helps to change the acidic environment to alkaline, in which the bacteria do not live. It is necessary to boil water in an amount sufficient to take a bath, add soda at the rate of 1 tbsp. l. per liter of liquid and iodine at a rate of 1 tsp. per liter of liquid. Pour the solution into the basin and sit in it without laundry until the water cools. It is necessary to do at least 5-6 such procedures.
What else needs to be said: having found out the symptoms of a yeast infection and starting treatment, it is useless to count on a favorable outcome if there is a permanent sexual partner whose sex is without protection. A man also needs to be treated, which means that it is necessary to visit a doctor together and take medication for both internal and local treatment. Men, as a rule, are prescribed special ointments. But as a supplement to the main treatment you can use folk remedies.