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Five safe, non-toxic remedies to consider for relief from bladder infections (UTIs) and which to choose based on the specific symptoms experienced.
How common is this scenario? The agony of a bladder infection, also called a urinary tract infection (UTI), with its urgency, pain and uncomfortable sensations hits you suddenly without warning. The doctor predictably responds with a prescription for an antibiotic even if you are pregnant!
Is there really no other option?!
Instead of waiting rooms, co-pays and condescending glances, keep the following list of bladder infection remedies handy and choose the one that best matches the totality of your symptoms.
For lack of space, I’ve included only a few bladder infection remedies from which to choose, because they’re the most common. If you don’t get good results, then contact your homeopath who has other bladder infection remedies that might more closely suit you.
Meanwhile, you’re likely to cure yourself without the mallet of drugs that damage your gut and perhaps even your longterm health.
Once you’ve chosen the correct bladder infection remedy based on symptoms that are presenting, use it in the 30th potency every 3-4 hours. If symptoms are severe, the selected remedy may be given every 1-3 hours. Stop when there’s significant improvement. This may take up to 4 doses.
If there’s no change, then consider the next best choice. In either case, once you make your choice, stay with it until it proves incorrect.
Home Bladder Infection Remedies
Cantharis 30: This is the remedy for those who have a strong sense of urgency. Yet, very little is voided upon reaching the bathroom. The sufferer may be compelled to rush to the toilet and may even lose urine on the way.
Sometimes there’s a sense of frenzied desperation that accompanies the infection and the pain may make this symptom worse. Burning pain is also a strong indication for Cantharis and increased sexual interest may be noted.
Berberis 30: When there are burning pains in the urethra which are made better with urination, try this remedy. During urination, there may be pain in the loins and thighs. The urine may have thick mucus or have bright red, mealy sediment; it may also be pale yellow. After urination, there is the feeling that urine remains.
The kidneys might feel sore, bubbling, and burning, while a cutting and burning pain is felt in the bladder. There may also be sticking and violent pains which travel from the kidneys into the bladder and urethra.
Sarsaparilla 30: A bladder infection requiring Sarsaparilla involves pain that is most concentrated at the end of urination. The urine flows in dribbles and sometimes the woman is unable to completely void her bladder unless standing. This remedy is useful for when the pain is burning, but pain may not be the most pressing symptom.
Pulsatilla 30: This is the remedy of choice if the girl leaks urine while coughing, laughing, or sneezing. She’s often a soft, round, and feminine-type who gets weepy when she gets these infections. Nausea and other gastrointestinal issues may also be present, particularly from eating ice cream or other rich, creamy foods. Urination may smart, but it’s nowhere near as painful as the picture presented by the other remedies.
Emotionally Rooted UTI Relief
Staphysagria 30: This remedy has a reputation for aiding women who suffer UTIs after being abused, either physically or emotionally, or after a recent embarrassment. Sometimes there’s a sense of shame that accompanies the symptoms.
So common is Staphysagria in this malady that it ought to be considered if no other remedy seems to fit the “picture” of the symptoms. It’s also the most common choice for infections that arise after sexual activity.
When you first start learning about homeopathy, selecting the correct remedy for yourself or a family member can seem tricky. Homeopathy is person-specific, rather than illness-specific so it requires thoughtfulness and analysis.
But don’t give up. These bladder infection remedies really work!
Once you’ve experienced the thrill of bringing real resolution to an illness, it’s a feeling of accomplishment that you’ll want to experience again.
‘Cause you did it yourself!
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My husband and I were just discussing the use of antibiotics in people who had healthy diets (according to WAPF guidelines) and we were wondering when antibiotics are actually warranted, if ever.
This is good to know. I used D-Mannose and cranberry pulls while I was pregnant.
I read where blueberries, cranberries and pineapple all help squash a uti.
apparently the reason being that it alkanilises the pH of the blood? something like that …
bicarbonate of soda works well if you ‘catch’ the uti in time …
interesting. i was told uti’s are common in preg. I just had my baby 3 weeks ago. I had heartburn. I only do natural so instead of med science way of taking tums. what they call ‘natural’ haha hardly! look at what is in them. I used baking soda. never got UTI either. I had heartburn 90% of preg so had baking soda almost everyday. and I test very ackiline too.
Do you just put the baking soda in some water and drink i? Or how do you take it? How much?
I take 1/2 tsp in 8 oz of water. I usually drink this down immediately, and then make up another and sip it thru the day. However, it was my understanding that this treats the symptoms of UTI, not the infection itself. For the infection i’ve used D-Mannose, and sometimes cranberry (the real juice, not the “cocktail” that is mostly sugar).
Catch it in time is right! I always exhaust the natural route first and have only had a UTI once (knock on wood) several years ago. Baking soda was most successful option(a Google search at the time didn’t bring up any of the options mentioned in this blog!), providing nearly instant relief, but found symptoms returning days later and getting worse each time before finally going to emergency for antibiotics. 🙁
Baking soda is a UTI remedy. I don’t know if you actually have to catch it right away. With mine I was already bleeding (I go from 0-kidney infection in seconds it seems) and it worked great!
I don’t recommend baking soda in pregnancy as it’s high in sodium and it robs your body of vitamins/nutrients. Which is why I ended up on antibiotics a few months ago when I had a UTI in pregnancy…although next time it’s D-Mannose!
I have had UTI’s so badly that I bled. I never took antibiotics. I got organic pure cranberry juice along with fresh lemon and honey water and lived on that. Usually after a few days, I felt much better with no side effects of drugs. I also cut out all sugar and junk food.
Sure wish I had had this information about 5 months ago when they told me at my OB that I had asymptomatic UTI in this pregnancy. I resisted antibiotics as long as I could trying D-mannose and cranberry extracts but ended up having to use the antibiotics. I pretty much cried about it! If there is a next time, I’ll definitely go this route!!
@Anna I used cranberry extract for any UTIs I had while pregnant and it worked very effectively. For folks with chronic UTIs or cases that don’t respond, homeopathy is a good option.
Sarah, Your website is God-sent for me. I just want to hug you for having this website. Many smiles to you. I am 30, TTC and I hv started FCLO, Butter oil, now finding raw milk in NYC.
Which cranberry extract/ supplement would you recommend? I am taking 1 Azo cranberry + Renew Life probiotics per day just to make sure I dont get UTI during pregnancy (although I am just TTC now). I have taken antibiotics in past and dont want any of that stuff near my child. Your inputs?
And how long did you continue your cranberry extract during pregnancy?
Have any experience using D-Mannose for UTIs? I have heard great things about its effectiveness.
Yes, D-Mannose cured me of chronic UTI. I kept it on hand for 3-4 years after getting over a bad bout and used it whenever I felt the systems start. Stopped it immediately. I have not had a recurrance in over 15 years now. But also eating better and keeping a healthy gut with kombucha, kefir, kvass, and fermented veggies.
My understanding is the D-Mannose addresses a specific type of bacteria – which is a common one, and won’t help everyone. Good for about 80% of UTI’s.
After countless rounds of antibx for UTIs, I found that D-Mannose was just as effective (take the whole thing!), but even better is vitamin C megadosing. It’s a lot cheaper.
I keep sodium ascorbate powder on hand, and bioflavonoid tablets. With any kind of infection, from UTIs to mastitis or an abscessed tooth, I take 5gm – yes, GRAMS – the first hour (with one biof. tab), then 2-3gm every 2-3 hrs until I reach “bowel tolerance,” which means loose bowels or a rumbly tummy. Then I continue taking 1-2gm every 3-4hrs until I hit BT again, continuing to step it down until the infection has been gone for about 24hrs.
Some people hit BT after just 4gm; I need anywhere from 20-60gm in a day when I haev an active infection.
BTW, if you have chronic UTIs, you need to find out WHY. It’s almost always a case of something that “doesn’t belong there,” whether it’s a person sensitive to monistat applicators, lube, tampons, “toys”, or something else. It’s not usually toileting hygiene, although it often is for children, but not always in ways you expect. In children, look for pinworms or some other cause of itching that may be leading a little one to scratch so much that he gets & spreads stuff on his fingers, or diarrhea leading fecal matter to enter other orifices.
After learning how to end my chronic infections with C, I learned how to prevent them, and have not had one in five years.
I’m not a homeopathy fan. Vit C has never failed to eliminate any infection of any kind in my family.
Didn’t Sarah do a whole post about the dangers of synthetic vitamin C and overdosing?: https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/beware-of-ascorbic-acid-synthetic/ It was a good post!
That’s exactly why I’d never recommend taking synthetic vit C on a daily basis, as so many recommend. While Sarah states “it doesn’t make sense” to her that vit C megadosing can work with synthetic C, it most definitely does, but that doesn’t mean synthetic should be used.
I’ve been working for a while now on determining how much acerola powder or camu-camu is equivalent to how much SAP. It would cost an arm and a leg to get many grams of natural C into the body, but I strongly suspect that it wouldn’t take many grams of natural C, but much less. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to do this in a systematic manner for various reasons, nor have I read of anyone who has determined these equivalents. I’d love to know if anyone has.
D-Mannose works wonderfully for me. I take it 2-3 times a week as a preventative.
Also – it won’t resolve the infection but to treat the pain/burning with UTI, 1/2 tsp baking soda (sodium bi-carbonate) in 8 oz of water will resolve the pain. Again, this doesn’t treat/cure the infection, but it is wonderful relief for symptoms.
I found d-mannose to work great. I only needed it for a one time occurence. I had no idea though at the time how to use it, so took the recommended amount on the bottle, and unsure of how many days, took it for 3 days. I’ve not had a reoccurence at all.
I do as a pp mentioned take a totally natural food based vitamin C powder. Not for uti’s, just for overall general health now. So, possibly it helps to keep a uti away.
I haven’t had a UTI since I found D-Mannose. Uva Ursi is another good option.
D mannose plus straight, pure, UNSWEETENED cranberry juice cured me in a day!!! Also, avoid any and ALL sugar (which will feed the bacteria).
Especially if you are pregnant, healing without the gut damaging antibiotics is important as your unborn baby will inherit your gut environment, for better or for worse, at birth!
Are all of these remedies safe to use while pregnant? I’m currently suffering from a uti and pregnant, so I’m looking for anything to help me get rid of this without antibiotics.
I am prone to bladder infections. I use hemp oil to cure them.