Is Pau D’Arco Good for Candida?

We have been using herbs for medicinal purposes since ancient times. Unfortunately, however, people are changing their priorities in terms of medicine and are opting medicines because of their advanced potency against the alleged pathogens. Although potency of drugs is an important concern these days, the newer drugs are not without side effects. For this very reason there is a group of people that is reverting back to the traditional herbal medicine to avoid the wide array of side effects the new antibiotics bring us.

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What Is Pau D’arco?

Pau D’arco is one of several herbal medicines freshly out of the Amazon jungle. It is used in Traditional South American medicine very avidly and is very good against dysentery, intestinal inflammation and also considered as a tonic. The key active principles in this herb are the naphthoquinones. It suppresses the growth of human gut bacteria and is also very effective against Candida Albicans and the very much resistant Candida glabrata. The herb has several compounds that are medically very useful and the herb is regarded by some people to work best in concert as a part of overall treatment against Candida.

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How Does Pau D’arco Combat Candida:

Pau D’arco works against Candida in 2 ways:

Firstly, it loosen the bowels. Not too much to cause diarrhea, but just enough to clear your bowel and then expose the Candida.

Secondly, Pau D’arco is a powerful anti fungal substance. Enriched with several classes of compounds like lapachol, Xyloidone and various naphthoquinones it has potent action against many fungi. Especially, the lapachol content of the Pau D’arco is thought to inhibit the Candida growth.

Evidence Through Research:

• According to a research carried about Lapachol in 2007, Lapachol has considerable effects against Candida Albicans, Candida Tropicalis and Cryptococcus Neoformans. The effects were comparable and to quite an extent similar to those caused by Amphotericin B. Lapachol’s effect are thought to be due to its interaction with the cellular membrane.
• According to a research carried out in 1992, women who had chronic yeast infections were treated promptly when Pau D’arco was added to their treatment regimen. It has an immune boosting effect that sensitizes the T lymphocytes and other components of the human immune system against foreign pathogens. Indeed, Candida is an opportunistic organism that inhabits our body very commonly without causing any disease but it does cause symptoms when the immune system goes weak.
• Doctor Jeffery Anderson, M.D., a Mill Valley medical Practitioner treated women with difficult yeast infections and narrated, two hours after using the Pau D’arco tea as a douche, the vaginal yeast was cleared very nicely. He recommends his patients to drink Pau D’arco tea- ½ to 1 cup per day and increases it to 4 cups per day in approximately one month.

How Pau D’arco Should Be Consumed For Candidiasis:

There are two known ways of consuming Pau D’arco.

• The most easiest way to take it is in form of tea. The tea is sold by various brands, pharmacies and supplement stores online in form of tea bags.
• More recently another preparation has been made in form of a spray that is taken orally and it is rapidly absorbed.

It has been reported that Pau D’arco doesn’t taste well even as tea.

One more thing to be cautioned about is that, Pau D’arco works best in its pure and natural constitution. There are many Pau D’arco impostors on the market and care should be taken before buying it from any source. You don’t really want an unwelcome and unknown chemical going into your body.

Who Should Take Pau D’arco: A Few Benefits:

• As has already been described, the antifungal properties of Pau D’arco are magnificent. So if you are someone suffering from a Candida infection, you should try out this natural mode of treatment at first.
• Pau D’arco has an effect of clearing your blood off toxins and has an immune boosting as well.
• It is also a potent antimicrobial for various bacteria and microorganisms in addition to being useful against Candida.
• It has anti-inflammatory effects and is effective in pain relief and joint diseases.
• Pau D’arco has an anticancer role and has much supportive evidence for that.
• It also has a woiund healing effect.

Who Should Not Take Pau D’arco: A Few Side Effects:

Sometimes instead of being an immune boosting agent Pau D’arco can weaken the immune system as well. Here are a few conditions in which it is best not to consume Pau D’arco tea.

• Pregnant or breast feeding women should avoid Pau D’arco.
• People who are already on blood thinners should avoid taking Pau D’arco as it itself has a potent blood thinning effect.
• When considering Pau D’arco as a food supplement, you might have an upset stomach and nausea if you consume it in high amounts. So Caution has to be taken.

Pau D’arco And Candida Die Off Effects:

Pau D’arco has significant die off effects when used against Candida and it is rather necessary to start slowly with it to avoid significant die off. Start with about half a cup per day and increase it to about four cups per day if your condition suits taking it that high. If you do feel die off effects, cut back on your Pau D’arco for a few days and as you begin to feel better you can up the ante gradually.

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To conclude this discussion, it wouldn’t be false to call Pau D’arco an important antifungal and anti Candida regimen. Being a natural product, it has the quality of not having too many side effects and is sure to bring the yeast growth in your favor. Not only does it combat Candida, it also has significant benefits as an anti inflammatory and as an immune boosting agent. So it’s not bad to have it in your disease combating armory. Now you would be wondering how to know if your symptoms are a result of an underlying candida infection? There is a simple questionnaire, only a click away, to stratify your risk of having candida infection https://www.yeastinfection.org/yeast-infection-evaluation-test