Thrush (vaginal yeast candidiasis) is a disease that almost every girl and woman encountered. The causes of this unpleasant disease are many, ranging from a banal decline in immunity and ending with serious endocrine disorders.
Symptoms of thrush
Many of us have encountered such signs of this disease:
- curdiness of discharge;
- a sour smell;
- itching in the genital area;
- burning;
- pain when urinating;
- edema of the mucous membranes of the vagina;
- hyperemia of the labia tissues;
- pain during intercourse.
Effective treatment of thrush
First of all, it is necessary to find out the cause and causative agent of the disease. In accordance with the results of laboratory tests, treatment is prescribed. It should be comprehensive and include drugs for oral administration and local remedies against candidiasis. Traditional methods of treatment of thrush can be included in treatment activities as supporting procedures.
Treatment of thrush in pregnant women is complicated by the fact that potent drugs are a potential hazard for the development of the fetus and the health of the mother. Antifungal medications, as is known, negatively affect the liver and other organs of the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, it is preferable to folk treatment of thrush in pregnant women and lactation. Natural components and herbal preparations do not exactly harm the health of the mother and child, nor will they affect the composition of the milk.
Treating thrush with folk remedies
1. Soda:
- prepare a solution of a liter of water and 1 teaspoon of soda;
- obtained means to wash and do syringing.
Treatment of thrush with soda helps in the shortest possible time to get rid of such unpleasant symptoms as itching and burning in the vagina. In addition, this solution helps restore the acidic environment on the mucous membranes, which does not allow the reproduction of fungi and bacteria.
Another recipe:
- 2 tablespoons of stone purified salt add in 2 liters of boiling water and boil 2-3 minutes;
- cool the saline solution and add to it a tablespoon of soda (food) and 10 drops of iodine;
- morning and evening to do syringing with this remedy with the help of a pear for 5 days.
2. Treating yeast with honey:
- in proportions 1:10 dissolve honey in warm, clean (better boiled) water;
- The received solution needs to do douching twice a day - in the morning and in the evening until persistent improvement.
3. Carrots:
- 3 large carrots grate or grind in a blender;
- squeeze the juice;
- drink a glass of juice before each meal every day.
4. Alum:
- a tablespoon of alum to pour 1 liter of water;
- dilute the solution on low heat and allow to cool;
- do syringing by the means received every day;
- After syringing, you need to wash yourself with decoction from the bark of oak.
5. Chamomile and Calendula:
- 2 tablespoons of dried chamomile flowers and marigold marigolds in a glass container;
- pour grass 1 liter of boiling water;
- allow to infuse for 24 hours;
- a day drain the broth and use for daily douching.
6. Phytosbora:
- grind and mix the dried leaves of sage, oak bark, chamomile, nettle;
- boil 1-1.5 liters of water and add a herbal mixture
, having previously reduced the fire; - after 15 minutes, remove the broth from the fire and warm the container;
- let it brew for 2 hours;
- cool the solution, drain, do with it douche;
- you can moisten a cotton swab in this phytostatic, and enter for the night in the vagina.
Thrush - treatment time
An easy degree of disease, when the fungus does not parasitize deeply in tissues, but multiplies on the surface, is treated within 5-14 days. More severe forms of candidiasis require long-term therapy - up to 1 month.