How to Treat a Vaginal Infection with a Clove of Garlic

[Reesacat]

Judy Slome Cohain, CNM
May 29, 2012

Garlic kills yeast. Those who bake bread know not to add garlic while the dough is rising or it will kill the yeast. Instead, garlic is added to the dough after it has risen, just before baking it in the oven.

A fresh garlic clove can easily cure a yeast infection. The trick is to catch the infection early. A woman who suffers from frequent yeast infections knows the feeling well. The first day, she feels just a tickle of itchiness that comes and goes. The next day, or sometimes two or three days later, the vaginal discharge starts to look white and lumpy like tiny bits of cottage cheese. By this time, she has a full-blown yeast infection and the lips of the vagina are often red and sore.

If a woman can pay attention to the first tickling of the yeast infection, she can use the following treatment.

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[Pattypans]

I heard about a pregnant woman who did this, and went into labor, forgetting about the garlic. The doctor, checking out her dilation, was almost dumbfounded. She said, "Garlic??!!!???"

[Reesacat]

ROTFL!!
::::keeps Vampires away, doncha know!...;-)...:::::

[highlander]

But vampires are sexy.

[Islander]

If I were in a relationship, I don't think I'd be putting garlic up my hoo-ha.

[sollyb]

Frankly, I'd be scared of it. Years ago, I had a spot of what I now believe to have been nummular eczema on my abdomen. At the time I thought it was some kind of fungus, like ringworm or something. My mother told me to cut a garlic clove in half and tape the cut side to the spot and leave it for 24 hours.
It ate a big hole in my skin, and I had a scar for years. And the pain!
sollyb

[Pattypans]

Sollyb: It can be very strong. The idea when you use it for a yeast infection is to score it, not cut it in half. I used to score it with an X on both sides, I think. Islander: The thing about being with someone and using garlic that way is that you can't do certain things when you have a yeast infection anyway, and what the doctor orders is messier and ickier and more dangerous anyway. But, to each her own...

[Islander]

@Pattypans: very true. During my first pregnancy, I seem to remember something the color of gentian violet!