Boric acid for yeast infection cure is a slightly dangerous home treatment which you should be careful and use  only boric acid suppositories. There are lots of safe yeast infection home remedies, such as acidophilus and tea tree oil.

There are lots of resources online which list boric acid as a yeast infection home cure. However, using boric acid on open and cut wounds can be very painful and you may actually need medical assistance. Also, you should never use boric acid suppositories if you are pregnant or give to a child.

Does boric acid work to get rid of yeast infection?

Boric acid is a chemical substance. It has anti-septic and anti-fungal properties, hence it is effective in treating vaginal thrush. It has the same effectiveness as oral anti-fungal drugs such as Fluconazole or Diflucan.

 Boric acid used in vaginal yeast infections comes as suppositories. There is a well known brand, Yeast Arrest which contains boric acid and grape root and calendula., which you could use if you want to try it. If you wonder where you could buy boric acid suppositories, then you may want to ask compounding pharmacies if they will provide it for you.

Boric acid powder is used in many ways for its anti-septic properties. It is colorless and it does not have any odor. Besides its uses in vaginal thrush, boric acid powder is also used for other athlete’s foot prevention. You insert  powder in the socks or stockings if you want to get rid of athlete’s foot.

You can mix the powder of boric acid with water and use it as a mild anti-septic, since it has the properties of stopping the fungi and molds multiply. While it is classified as a low risk chemical, safe to use externally, used internally can be very toxic. It is known to even cause death by taking boric acid orally. Otherwise, inserted vaginally, it may cause slight side-effects such as irritation and burning.

Depending on your type of vaginal thrush and how often do you experience it, you should take it only once or for maximum five days in the case of recurrent thrush infections. Boric acid for yeast infection cure is an effective treatment which should not be abused.

You may wonder how come honey is good for removing yeast fungus since honey contains sugar? Most of people who use honey as a yeast infection home remedy uses it externally to soothe their vaginal thrush symptoms. This can be quite messy, but since old times women have use honey to get relief down there.

For internal yeast infection, for  killing the candida there are many schools of thoughts. Some may contradict themselves, other are stricter than  others. Which one you choose is up to you. In the most radical approach to eliminating Candida Albicans, a complete elimination of anything to do with sugar is applied in the first 3 months. Then , the honey is introduced gradually in your diet, since honey has probiotic properties.

You are allowed to use only raw, non-processed honey when it comes to curing yeast infection with home remedies. This is because in this form does contain the probiotics needed for your body to rebalance your gut. You should avoid normal honey and anything sugary in the first months of your anti-candida diet. The reason is that anything sugar helps yeast grow.

However, if you don’t want to keep a candida diet, then you still can use natural honey for fighting off yeast infection from your body. Some people mix honey with apple cider vinegar and just take two or three spoons of it per day. It is  like a natural probiotic if you would like. If you find unprocessed apple cider vinegar, it is even better.

What you have to remember from this article, either if you use honey or not, is that probiotics are very good in combating yeast fungi in your body, be it in your intestinal tract, be it in your mouth or vaginal. There are lots of probiotics that you could use, some a special designated for yeast infection such as Threelac, Fem dophilus for candida, Alaczen and many many others. Kefir seeds does help as well.

If you decide to follow an anti-candida diet since your symptoms are too bad, then buying a book about anti-candida recipes will help you a lot in following correctly. A good forum for finding such recipes is here.

There are many natural remedies that work for getting rid of yeast infection at home, but cranberry juice is not one of it, I am afraid. At least, not as some people think of drinking cranberry juice.

Cranberry juice has antibacterial properties and this is why it is so efficient for fightening urinary tract infections. But, a yeast infection is caused by a fungi, not bacteria, hence cranberry juice is not a solution for your candida problems.

The only way you could make cranberry juice work for you is to use unsweetened one mixed with apple cider vinegar. Apple cider vinegar is very efficient in combating yeast growth, and it is an excelent natural remedy for yeast infections. Most of cranberry juice that you find in supermarkets contain sugar and it should not be used for curing yeast problems.

If you still want to drink it for its other properties, especially since many women who experience yeast infections they are aso experiencing urinary tract infections, is by buying frown cranberries and make the juice yourself. Then you just add apple cider vinegar to it. You should use only apple cider type of vinegar since it is the only one good for you if you have yeast, the other type of vinegar should be avoidded since they may actually help yeast grow.

Cranberry juice is well known for helping women overcome painful urinary infections, but it has also many more benefits. For example, its high antioxidants contain makes it perfect for cardivascula diseases, stomach ulcers, mouth health, slows aging process, the loss of boes as well as cellulite and general skin care.

Most people tend to overdose cranberry juice thinking that the more they drink, the better. Unfortunately, drinking too much of it can have some unpleasant health side-effects such as obesity since it is mostly sweet, abdominal pain, diarrhea, other gastrointestinal problems and cavities. This is why you should drink at most two glasses of cranberry juice per day if you are an adult and one glass if you are child.