How to treat sore throat using home remedies?13 Recipes Treating Sore Throat With Herbs

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What is Sore Throat?

It is an inflammation of the pharynx.

Sore Throat : What Are The Causes?

Most often causes for that pain are:

• viral infections (colds, flu)
• bacterial infections (streptococcal bacteria)
• allergies (foods)
• smoking or Infected tonsils
• acid reflux
• dry air(when you sleep with open mouth)
• throat abuse (singing, shouting, coughing)
• polyps or cancer

Viral infections are among the most often reasons for sore troat. They can go with fever, runny nose and achy muscles. Fortunately, viral infections’ symptoms  can be treated. Do not worry, if you have sore troat by a viral source, it will fade on its own within several days.

Bacterial infections  are identical to viral infections, but sometimes they can be more severe or long lasting. These infections, provoked by streptococcal bacteria, go with headache, stomachache and swollen glands.

Postnasal drip and a dry throat – probably because you sleep with your mouth open, which blocks the nasal passages.

Please, do not underestimate sore troat, because it can be a symptom for a serious disease. If strep troat is untreated for a long time, it can lead to rheumatic fever and scarlet fever.

Treating Sore Throat With Home Remedies

Raspberry tea

Make a gargle with raspberry leaf tea. Take dried leaves from raspberry( two table spoons) and pour one cup of boiling water over it. Steep it for ten minutes and cool it.

Sage (salvia)

To make a gargle with sage, mix one tb. spoon in a cup (250 ml.) boiling water. Steep the herb for ten minutes and put 1tb.spoon cider vinegar and 1 tb.spoon honey, mix it and gargle 4 times every day.

Turmeric

If your throat is a little bit cranky you can make this gargle. Mix together:

one cup of hot water and ½ tea spoon turmeric and gargle it twice a day. Be careful - turmeric stains clothing!

Saltwater

Take a cup of hot water and put ½ teaspoon salt in it. Make a gargle every three/four hours.

Cider Vinegar

To make a gargle mix one teaspoon  salt and ½ cup cider vinegar in a cup of warm water. Gargle every 30 minutes if needed.

Horse –radish (old Russian recipe)

This is a great sore-throat cure. Mix one tb.spoon pure horseradish with one teaspoon ground cloves into a cup of warm water. Drink slowly!

Lemon Juice

Add one tb. spoon of honey and one tb. spoon in a cup of warm water. Sip away every day!

Hard candy

To feel more confortable with your sore throat you can suck on hard candy. Some researches say that sugar can help soothe your sore throat.

Fresh water

Drink as much water as you can – at least 2l. per day. It helps to wash out the infection and prevent your throat becoming dry.

Garlic

Suck a fresh clove,  just slice it and place one piece in each cheek. Garlic is a natural antibiotic, containing allicin, chemical which kills the bacteria.

Baking soda 

Get ½ teaspoon of baking soda, put it in a cup of warm water and make a gargle.

Horehound

Make a tea to reduce the swelling. Mix 2 teaspoons chopped herb in one cup of boiling water for ten minutes.

Marshmallow root (Althea officinalis)

Steep two teaspoons dried hurb in one cup boiling water for ten minutes. You can drink 3-5 cups a day.

Can We Cure Male Yeast Infection with Home Remedies?

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What is a Yeast Infection?        

In our body we have yeast organisms which are part of a strict order. Different bacteria keep them under control. Sometimes, changes to the immune system can cause overgrowth of yeast in our body system.

Small number of people know that male yeast infection is caused by fungus called candida albicans. In this condition the male genitals are hit by yeast spores. Do not worry men, they are not dangerous. It may take time to understand you have a male yeast infection.

In fact, most of the bacteria are good. Unfortunately, they may turn bad in some time and begin contracting diseases.

Yeast Infection in Men

A lot of men consider that only women got yeast infections but it’s not true. No one is protected. If you have sex with a woman who has got genital yeast infection it is quite possible to get it. Male yeast infection can be seen in different types and many males don’t know they are affected by it. How they can find it out?

• when this infection pass on their girlfriends/wives
• most often when having sex

Yeast infection can be latent for years, because of the outside temperature of the penis. So, what happens during sex? The vagina is warm, the temperature inside increases which let the male yeast infection start spreading.

What are signs and symptoms of male yeast infections?

Men must know that yeast infection may not always have symptoms, but some of the most important are:

•  discomfort during sex
• burning sensation when passing urine
• sores on the foreskin of the genital organ
• irritation and itchiness
• white discharge (similar to a vaginal infection)
• redness and inflammation on top of the penis
• uncontrollable cravings for sweets
• constipation or diarrhea
• bad breathe
• bloating
• indigestion and sexual dysfunction
• irritability, memory loss
• athletes feet
•  jock itch
• prostate problems

Do not forget to treat both if you partner has a genital yeast infection. In order to cure the infection, restrain from sex until the infection is gone.

Causes of  Yeast Infection

Unprotected sex is the most common reason for male yeast infection. Be knowledgeable and save yourself and your partner! The myth says that only women suffer from it, please do not be a slave to that belief.

 In women, yeast infection is easily identifiable in contrast to men. They do not know they have it and most often men are informed by their girlfriends/wives or through medical exam.

Who is susceptible to a yeast infection?

•  HIV or AIDS patients
• patients undergoing chemotherapy

What increases the risk of male yeast infection?

• prolonged antibiotic use can destroy healthy bacteria, enabling yeast to take over and grow
• diabetes (yeast prosper on glucose). In our urine there is a high amount of glucose which is very suitable place for developing yeast infection.
• impaired immune systems (HIV, SPIN)
• mercury poisoning 
• foods - avoid wheat, oats, barley and peanuts, corn and red apples

Try not to eat crisps, pasta and sweets!

Treating Male Yeast Infections With Home Remedies

Male yeast infections could be very painful and disgusting, that’s why treat it and don’t wait before it becomes worse. It can be treated in various ways but one of the cheapest and without side effects is - home remedies.

Yogurt – you can take it internally and externally.

It is useful because of the good bacteria (lactobacillus acidophilus) which limits the growth of yeast infection. Eat daily sugarless yogurt. You can put it over the affected area, as well.

Tea tree oil – great antifungal properties.

Please, dilute it before bring it to use. It’s possible to provoke inflammation and swelling. How to use –mix few drops with one table spoon tea tree oil (or sweet almond oil) and daub the affected area.

Garlic – the best natural antibiotic. It has many properties and the main ones are - anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. Eat two garlic cloves with water or milk daily. Externally – apply juice of it over the damaged area.

Cranberry juice – the perfect cure for male yeast infection.
It prevents  the body from bladder infection. How to use – drink it at least two times a day (for 2-3 months) until infection gone.

Coconut oil- treat the infection quickly and effectively because of the fatty acids which contains. How to use it – drink it daily, or consume a table spoon coconut oil before every meal. Apply cold coconut oil on the damaged area, as well.

Oregano oil – contains carvacrol (active ingredient of the oil)
Do not put pure oregano oil over the skin. Mix it with olive oil, water or coconut oil.

Lemon juice – restores the pH .pH

How to use – take two table spoons lemon juice and one quart of warm water and put it over the affected area.

Apple Cider Vinegar – it treats many infections, including male yeast.
How to use –be careful when applying it on your skin (it’s very strong). It’s better to use raw apple vinegar – add one cup of vinegar to a warm tub and then sit there. Practice it daily for 30-40 minutes.

Aloe Vera Gel –has great natural anti-fungal properties.

It prevents recurrences of yeast male infection. How to use - apply aloe vera gel on the affected area.

Honey - excellent cure for different infections.

How to use - put honey to the affected area two times a day for twenty minutes. You must take a bath after application.