Home Remedies and Natural Cures To Treat Bacterial Vaginosis

Until bacterial vaginosis happened to one of my friends, I never understood why there is so much interest in natural remedies or alternative medications for bacterial vaginosis. As said earlier, my friend happened to suffer from bacterial vaginosis and started taking antibiotics prescribed by her physician. Now that looked simple to me as bacterial vaginosis as the name suggests is a bacterial infection which could be treated easily with oral antibiotics. Indeed, the antibiotics worked well and she got rid of the symptoms of bacterial vaginosis like bad fishy smell and grayish white discharge along with the irritation and itching within a couple of weeks of administrating of antibiotics.

It looked very logical and simple to me, getting a bacterial infection treated with the use of antibiotics but within a month my friend suffered the recurrence of the symptoms bacterial vaginosis. Over use of antibiotics being unsafe, I suggested her to look for some natural and alternative methods to treat bacterial vaginosis. To help her myself I started to gather information about the causes for the recurrence and effective home remedies to cure the disease.

A healthy woman’s vagina contains both bad and good bacteria. But for some reason which I could not get the know, the population of good bacteria decreases, the bad bacteria increases in its number and causes bacterial vaginosis. After a long search I failed to know the exact reason for the decrease in the population of good bacteria. It would be very helpful if someone can shed some light on this.

When antibiotics were administered to get rid of bad bacteria, it also destroys the good bacteria present in the vagina. I once again failed to know the real benefit of the good bacteria present in the vagina. Hence apart from destroying the bad bacteria which causes the vaginosis, it is important to maintain the hygiene and re-populate the vagina with good bacteria. This is where natural alternative home remedies know to work well in treating recurrent bacterial vaginosis.

Natural Cures and Home Remedies For Bacterial Vaginosis

Natural antiseptics like garlic, tea tree oil, olive leaf extract are know to work well for this disease. While these natural antiseptics works well in controlling the disease. Eating yogurt and taking probiotics will help in repopulating the vagina with good bacteria. Now once again, I wonder how the good bacteria which we take orally reach the vagina. But these are the effective natural cures suggested by some woman who suffered recurrent bacterial vaginosis. Dipping a tampon in natural yogurt and inserting it into the vagina to re-introduce the good bacteria into the vagina is something which someone has suggested and sounds logical.

Yes, I have suggested these natural remedies to my friend and she is trying these. She started using better hygiene methods and trying yogurt tampons only after getting cured with the usage of antibiotics. It has been a few months since around six and she is feeling fine without any recurrent symptoms of bacterial vaginosis. I hope these natural home remedies would work, but I would be happy if someone shed some light about what actually is the reason for the decrease in number of good bacteria and how can we reintroduce them effectively.

BASIS OF HOLISTIC HEALTH CARE

It is a well known fact that our mind and every thought and emotion affect our body. Holistic health care takes the body-mind-spirit approach in treating the person. For centuries many cultures have followed this method treatment because people were aware of the fact that body, mind, emotions, and spirit are interconnected and cannot be seen as separate. Ayurveda is one of such type of holistic treatments. At a deeper level every atom of the food, every minor though we have, every small sensation we feel, and little though we have impacts our health. At subatomic level every matter is a concentrated energy. Every medication we take is a form of energy. The differences in this energy treat different ailments. The effective of this energy in treating a particular disease is different from person to person. Holistic health care comes into picture in making this energy to work effectively. To maintain a great health we also need a strong will, distressing, relaxation, support from the loved ones, responsibility to our health, passion for life, better lifestyle.

While the diseases and ailments are caused by microbes, genetics, pollution, and stressful lifestyle and can be treated with medications, holistic health says that the cause which made your body accept the disease is not gone and for this reason, the approach for optimal health should be more holistic. The clear understanding of importance of different aspects of life like work, career, relationships, money, health, time, entertainment, passion are necessary for a holistic complete living. Discipline your body and mind through regular exercise, meditation, and yoga is very important for a healthy living.

At varying degrees modern medicine tries to follow this holistic health care approach by noting the patient’s social and personal histories and try to counsel the patient on his habits and lifestyle if needed.

Holistic Heatlh Alternative Medicine
The practioners of alternative medicine stress more on holistic approach for treating the diseases. Most of the alternative medicine systems stress on body-mind method and include optimsation of lifestyles for better health.

It is important for you to know in importance of disciplining your mind and training it to have more positive and proactive thinking. It is important to have good supportive family and relationships. It is important to have everyday relaxation. It is important to have spiritual approach to your life. Holistic health care trains you to imbibe these qualities into your life.

Prune Juice Benefits For Constipation

My uncle's constipation and his interest in alternative medicine led him to take prune juice with considerable benefits. Prune is a dried plum especially the European plum. The dried plum is made by steaming the plums and softening them then making them into puree. Prunes are consider to have natural sugars which do not affect a diabetes patient and also contains natural fibers. Prune juice is a well known home remedy for constipation and has antioxidant content.

After regular use of prune juice, my uncle did get relief from his chronic constipation. For many years people used apple juice for constipation because of its laxative effect. Mixing prune juice with apple juice is consider to be a best remedy for chronic constipation. Prune juice is available in grocery stores and also can be prepared very easily at home using a mixer.

After many days of usage, my uncle's recommendation is preparing it self at home. He recommends to drink prune juice freshly prepared and to take at least two cups of this juice early in the morning before breakfast with really great benefits. A cup of apple juice after drinking prune juice is more beneficial.