Some people get concerned when I talk about an acid when it comes to vaginal treatment, thinking that it will burn and cause a lot of pain, but this is untrue. It is important to remember that vinegar and lemon juice are kinds acid too and are equally safe to use.
Boric acid is a safe and non-toxic white crystalline powder that has anti-fungal and anti-bacterial qualities and is available without a prescription. It is has many different applications and is a very effective insecticide as well, mix it with oil and it will attract ants and roaches that will die after eating it. A good remedy for oral thrush in infants is the homeopathic remedy Borax 6 c.
Boric Acid Vaginal Suppository Treatment is particularly effective for stubborn and resistant cases of vaginal yeast infection when used in conjunction with the two phase Build and Kill stages you just read before.
How to Make Boric Acid Vaginal Suppositories
It is definitely simple to have your own boric acid suppositories, basically buy some 00 gelatin capsules and fill them with boric acid, around 500 to 600 mg. You can buy boric acid along with the gelatin or cellulose two-piece capsules through your pharmacy (drug store) or a decent health-food shop.
Make a lot of them up at once because they will keep for a very long time if stored dry and cool for at least a year. When you store them, place them in a container (use an old vitamin container) and drop in a sachet or two of those little packets of silicon which will help to keep your caps free of moisture and potentially harden up over time. Don’t keep in the refrigerator.
Treatment Method
Insert one capsule at bedtime for a seven to ten day period. Alternate with lactobacillus acidophilus treatment in the day and boric acid at night. For recurring and stubborn cases treat for 30 days straight and after the month treat two days out of seven for even up to one year. Best results in the impossible cases are when you alternate this treatment with the GSE treatment, AND use the two-phase protocol outlined above. Treat even during your period, but stop on the few days when your flow is the heaviest.
Caution: Stay away from such treatments (as given) if you are pregnant, please consult with your physician. Make sure to keep boric acid away from kids.
This is a great question and it’s one I receive often in my clinic. Truth be told, many women don’t even want to have intercourse when they have thrush as even with a lubricant it can be quite uncomfortable.
It is probably best that you avoid sex for some time if you have severe vaginal thrush, or at least during the bad flare or acute stages, because you will only irritate the skin and prolong the healing.
Be most diligent about hygiene and re-infection. You may like to try coconut oil as a lubricant if you want to have sex but don’t want the pain; it works well for many people. Coconut oil is an antifungal as well as a good lubricant. Even better than coconut oil is jojoba oil, a kind of a liquid wax almost, it is probably the best sex lubricant you can get and is anti-fungal too.
If you want to have intercourse when you have vaginal thrush, then I would recommend you do a yogurt douche immediately after. In addition, if your partner is not careful, you may pass the infection to your partner and then back to yourself. Later in this book you will read a case history about a 27-year-old male who contracted a yeast infection from his girlfriend who had a severe case of vaginal yeast infection. This man developed a chronic case of prostatitis that eventually cleared up after several months of treatment.
Especially avoid sex in the week leading up to your period if you have chronic candida, this is the time when most women who have a yeast infection have discovered that their yeast infection is at its most severe. I can highly recommend you study chapter 5, a chapter devoted entirely to chronic women’s yeast infections.
Vaginal thrush is quite annoying for most women to experience; it is a milky looking discharge that can have curd like threads. This problem can really wreck a woman’s sex life and cause a tremendous amount of discomfort as well as anxiety.
Some women I have spoken to are ashamed of having vaginal thrush, believing that it is due to uncleanliness, but given the right set of circumstances, just about any woman can develop thrush. It doesn’t matter what your income level is, how clean you are, what level of education you have, your social standing or whether you have an active intimate relationship or not, yeast infection thrush has absolutely no respect with regard to any element of a woman’s lifestyle. Some women may only have yeast vulvovaginitis once or twice in their life, yet others may experience this women’s complaint over and over, with some having it monthly and others having it almost continually. An itch that drives you crazy and an annoying discharge are two of the key signs that you have joined the vaginal yeast infection ranks.
“If you trust Google more than your doctor, then maybe it’s time to switch doctors.” ~Christina Cordova
Before commencing this or any treatment aimed at a vaginal infection, it is important that you have a diagnosis by a qualified health-care professional in order to establish whether your symptoms are in fact being caused by a yeast infection. As you will read further ahead in this chapter, there are several reasons why you may have an infection and you need to know what you are dealing with before you can effectively treat it. If you are certain you have a vaginal yeast infection, then treat it but do seek expert help if there is no change in a short period of time.
Furthermore, there is a possibility of re-infection by transmission from one sexual partner to another, so do take precautions and get yourself checked out if in doubt.
The majority of patients I see, around 75%, are women. Often they do not attend specifically for problems relating to vaginal thrush, instead they are concerned about digestive complaints or problems with their nervous system or sometimes reproduction issues.
Yet what many of these women often find they have in common is a vaginal yeast infection in addition to their other, more obvious, complaints and the indications are that this is no simple coincidence. Because a vaginal yeast infection is often something more established than a localized fungal overgrowth and is a symptom which provides us with a clue that something is amiss with the intestinal microflora. These microflora, which include yeasts, are in part responsible for ensuring that we digest nutrients from our food and clear toxins from the body. When an imbalance occurs, such as an overgrowth of yeasts, then it is of no surprise that many people find themselves suffering from other issues. Often these manifest as digestive problems because the food is not being degraded properly in their digestive tract or nervous system issues, because their cells are not absorbing the nutrients they need to function properly, and perhaps fertility issues, because the hormones necessary are often not being triggered for release.
Women with problems such as this are often surprised that my main focus then is on whether or not they have vaginal thrush. But this is one of the most obvious indicators that the source of their problem is something which is affecting the metabolism of their body – yeast overgrowth.
When it comes to a yeast infection the pH of the vaginal discharge can often give a clinical picture of whether the patient is experiencing this problem. The pH measures the acidity or alkalinity of a substance and the scale ranges from 1 through to 14. One is the most acidic and 14 is the most alkaline. Neutral pH is in the middle at 7. Vaginal discharge, of the healthy variety, is usually somewhere in between 3.8 – 4.5. When the pH goes up the scale to 4.5+ then that is an indication that a yeast infection is occurring.
Vaginal discharge is something which is perfectly normal. In fact it is part of the mechanism to keep the vagina clean and healthy without the need for any external interference. Although the amount and consistency of this discharge might change within the normal hormonal cycle, for instance more might be produced around the time of menstruation, there is nothing sinister about this. Provided there are no unpleasant odors, the discharge has not changed from clear or white to something more distinct, and there is no discomfort such as itching or soreness, then this is perfectly normal.
However if there is an unpleasant odor and vaginal itching or soreness, and the discharge has changed color to something which is usually less healthy looking, then there is, quite likely an infection occurring.
What this all adds up to is that the vagina should always have a very high ratio of healthy bacteria residing in the vagina – and they are there for a purpose. Part of that purpose is to provide a defense against pathogenic or bad bacteria getting a foothold and becoming dominant. When that happens when the acidity of the vagina decreases is that the pathogenic bacteria are in a position to cause problems.
When it comes to ridding yourself of this particular problem it can be clearly seen that treating the infection alone with antifungals simply will not resolve the issue permanently. And, as many women and their clinicians are only too aware, a lot of cases of vaginal thrush consistently recur and become all the more troublesome as time goes on. Often, a course of antibiotics is prescribed – which only serves to reinforce the strength of the pathogenic bacteria rather than resolving the issue.
What can clearly be seen is that when it comes to restoring a healthy microbial balance, it isn’t simply a matter of killing off the bad bacteria. What has to happen is that the cause of the initial imbalance needs to be identified wherever possible. The cause may stem from myriad different sources, which might range from a course of antibiotic treatment or from something as common as the oral contraceptive pill. Then you have to simultaneously restore the good bacteria while killing off the bad. Most often this involves changes in lifestyle and diet at the very least. Once you start to restore the microbial balance then the healthy bacteria begin to overwhelm the pathogenic and health problems, including those of vaginal thrush, go into remission. In the vagina itself, as the good yeasts and bacteria increase in numbers, the acidity of the location is restored and this repels further invasions from the pathogenic organisms.
Throughout the world it is estimated that around 75% of women suffer from some sort of vaginal thrush at some point in their lives and that often this is a recurring infection. If we take it that this condition itself is a reflection of other, more serious, health conditions, then it is obvious that some diseases, and mainly those of a chronic nature, could be caused by gut dysbiosis.
Many women worldwide seek a solution to this problem which is often seen as an inconvenience rather than an illness, yet a quick search of the internet using the terms which are most commonly used to describe this illness: Vulvovaginitis, vulvovaginal Candidiasis, moniliasis and vaginal yeast infection, often reveals that women suffering from this condition also have accompanying health problems which indicate gut dysfunction.
The second phase of the vaginal yeast infection cure is designed to cleanse and restore the natural balance within the vaginal tract in terms of your acid/alkaline ratio. You’ll need about 10 minutes to complete this part of the process.
Main Benefit of the Cleansing Douche
The cleansing douche has a pH balancing, cleansing and tonifying action on the vagina. Use a vaginal applicator or a baster and carefully irrigate most areas, without adding too much pressure as you squeeze the contents of the applicator or baster. This douche that finishes off the treatment cleanses and restores, it returns the acid/alkaline balance back to normal.
A vaginal applicator or baster, 2 to 3 tablespoons of a quality apple cider vinegar, one teaspoon of colloidal silver and a small bowl.
How to Complete the Cleansing Douche
In a small bowl of water, mix in 2 to 3 tablespoons of ACV and one teaspoon of colloidal silver. Either insert this mixture into the vagina with an applicator, baster, or by way of a douche, and/or splash/thoroughly rinse the region of the vulva liberally with this wash. Gently dry the area with a soft cotton hand towel then use a hairdryer to ensure a more complete dryness afterwards. Use fresh cotton underwear changed regularly throughout the day; and sleep preferably with no undergarments. When you are finished, place the cloth in a bucket or container with water containing a bleach and water solution to sterilize.
