Are There Any Effective Home Remedies for Yeast Infection?

First we should perhaps ask “What exactly is a yeast infection?” Or “What is a yeast” for that matter. Let’s start at the beginning. Yeasts, as you probably know, are small microorganisms that are ubiquitous in our environment. There are unicellular fungi. And by ubiquitous, I mean they are literally everywhere. Leave the lid off a pan of soup for a few minutes and it will be colonised by all sorts of yeasts, molds and fungi whose spores are simply floating around in the air all the time. The spores are the reproductive parts of these organisms and they are microscopically small. That’s why they are able to be carried on the lightest of air currents.

And, as you'd expect, they land on us too. They settle on our skin and will find any cuts or moist places particularly appealing. They land on the food we eat. They land everywhere. In normal circumstances these invaders are destroyed by the immune system. Our skin has antibiotic properties and white cells circulate in our blood stream to attack any foreign organism, no matter how small. So why is it that we fail in our attempts to get rid of these yeast spores and fall prey to them as they attempt to make use of a new source of food (us!)?

I’ll discuss this in another article but for now, we want to know about home remedies for yeast infections and whether they work or not. Largely it depends on whether you are dealing with a yeast infection of the skin or whether the infection is internal. Obviously if the yeast infection is on the skin's surface we can apply a topical cream or other substance to it. In the past people used to apply vinegar, especially cider vinegar, boric acid, Epsom salts, whisky and honey to infected areas. But these were very limited in their success rate. The reason that yeasts and fungi are so ubiquitous is because they are resistant to many of these chemicals.

Obviously, if the infection is internal it will need a different approach and home remedies for yeast infections that are internal were limited to consuming drinks that were thought to be detrimental to yeasts. However, drinks like this are hard to find. Pretty much anything that is strong enough to deal with a yeast cell is likely to be bad for human cells too. So we can't really go down this route. However – don’t despair!

There are approaches to treating yeast infections that are quite effective and that work without the use of chemicals or drugs. Unusually, dealing with yeast infections and particularly their side effects, is often dealt with more effectively by natural medicine than by drugs etc. But you need to know what you’re doing.

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Yeast infections seem remarkably resistant to treatment and all sort of home remedies have been developed over the years. But do any of them work?

There is a very popular and effective program of home remedies for yeast infections at www.treating-yeast-infection.com which will give you everything you need

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