How to Cure Yeast Infections

Women have suffered from Yeast infections since well it seems like since the beginning of time! It is a problem that hits nearly all women of any age, race or class. However as long as you take care of it before it becomes a long term problem it is easy to treat naturally.

Yeast infections happen when a bacteria known as Candida grows. It is made up of micro organisms and so you cannot see the actual bacteria just with your eye, but you can identify it by the symptoms that come with it like burning, itching, swollen lips, uncommon discharge and pain from urinating and sex.

The following are excellent natural cures to choose from.

Garlic can kill that yeast infection very quickly because of its antispetic and antifungal components. You can use it by eating it or wrap a clove that is peeled in some material and insert it into the vagina.

Tea Tree oil can be diluted in water and applied to the infection and repeated throughout the course of the day. To use it inserted, first coat a tampon in KY jelly and then sprinkle on some oil.

Cranberries are great for you and drinking plenty of cranberry juice will provide relief from symptoms while it halts the infection from spreading.

Boric acid can be purchased from health stores and used direct on the infection but you should be careful and not use it for overly long periods.

Finally but definitely not least yogurt of the plain and live variety. Eat a lot of it and smear it on the affected region or again dip a tampon and insert. Do two or three times a day.

There are also some lifestyle and diet changes you should look into making in order to get to the root of the probelm. Wear clean underwear, change it during the day when you need to. Wash the vagina carefully and properly front to back, with just unscented soap and water.