A fresh garlic clove can easily cure a yeast infection. The trick is to catch the infection early. A woman who suffers from frequent yeast infections knows the feeling well. The first day, she feels just a tickle of itchiness that comes and goes. The next day, or sometimes two or three days later, the vaginal discharge starts to look white and lumpy like tiny bits of cottage cheese. By this time, she has a full-blown yeast infection and the lips of the vagina are often red and sore.
A fresh garlic clove inserted into the vagina for one or two nights will, most likely, reduce the colonization of the vagina with GBS, with no known side effects, besides garlic breath.
Why Garlic? Have a look on how it works for curing the infection.
- This herb has antifungal, antibacterial and antiseptic property that fight against the yeast or fungus causing the infection.
- It contains an enzyme called allicin which has antibiotic property that cures the infection and also boosts up the immune system to prevent its recurrence.
- It is a natural anti-inflammatory agent that soothes the irritation, itching, pain and other discomforts caused due to the infection.
- It restores the good bacteria and thus maintains a proper balance of good and bad bacteria in the body. This in turn, prevents the yeast to grow and cause this infection.
Garlic protocol:
- Break a clove off of a bulb of garlic and peel off the paper-like cover. Cut in half. Sew a string thru it for easy retrieval.
- Put a fresh half in your vagina in the evening before you go to sleep. Most women taste garlic in their mouths as soon as it is in their vagina, so it is less pleasant to treat while awake.
- In the morning, the garlic may come out when you poop. If not, many women find it is easiest to take it out on the toilet. Circle the vagina with a finger, till you find it. It cannot enter the uterus through the cervix. It cannot get lost, but it can get pushed into the pocket between the cervix and the vaginal wall.
- Most people will taste the garlic as long as it is in there. So if you still taste it, it is probably still in there. Most women have trouble getting it out the first time.
Source: midwiferytoday and diyremedies
