vaginapagina | YI question...sort of. (Reply)

So I like many other VP readers know that I get yeast infections sometimes and rather than phone le doctor I treat them at home. Usually a couple acidophilus and it is finito. However, this time I did not have adidophilus so I treated it for about 2 hours with some garlic until I decided to buy acidophilus. Well, that appears to have aggravated it mightly..

The acidophilus is not working (and I think only helping contribute to the moisture down there). So I stuck another garlic clove up there and am going to leave this clove in there for the recommended 12 hours. But heres my question, when I inserted the garlic this time it burned quite a bit for the first 5 minutes or so and now does not burn at all. Could this be making the yeast infection worse? Is the burning something to be concerned about?

I seem to come from the school of thought that if it burns it is working. Am I wrong??

Oh and just out of curiousity sake from a chemical stand point what makes garlic clear up a yeast infection??

Thanks gals and guys.