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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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This is great info, what about a new nursing mama and breast infections? I tried looking in a homeopathic book I have but it wasn’t listed? I would love any info to help this mama avoid antibiotics especially after a vbac all natual 😉 Thanks
First up is prevention – mastitis is usually tied with a combination of not enough nursing plus not enough sleep/rest. So hit the nursing & rest HARD, like it’s her full-time job for the next few days, and then check my post above about vitamin C megadosing.
Since you’re not a “fan” of homeopathy, you probably don’t understand it. The basic premise of medicine should not be to prescribe one solution to everyone’s symptom! Everyone is different and this is where homeopathy is superior because it treats the person and the reason you are sick in the first place, not the symptoms that signal it. Yes good nutrition is the basis for this and a WAPF diet is the best for avoiding UTI symptoms. But if you already have one, then treat the person! If you read through the descriptions that Joette gives for each remedy (and as she says, there are many more but these tend to treat the acute cases), then you’ll see why one solution is never the answer to any illness. Even natural herbal medical people can get wrapped up in always suppressing symptoms instead of treating the individual’s whole system and sometimes this suppression causes worse illnesses for the patient. Be careful who you trust when reading internet information and actually check out who is giving advice before you follow it. You can severely mess up your health by taking anything that is not appropriate for your individual case!
It would be an incorrect assumption that I don’t understand homeopathy, or at least that my understanding is any less than yours.
None of my suggestions include anything that treats symptoms instead of supporting the entire body’s effort to heal itself, in its own individual way.
I should have mentioned before that garlic is also a powerful ally against any type of infections, but especially colds & flu. Four cloves, chewed/minced/etc., then swallowed. Don’t expect to smell good for 8 hours! 🙂
It is not an incorrect assumption that you don’t know as much about homeopathy as me unless you are a certified classical homeopath which I assume you are not, and I will be soon. I agree that some of what you’re saying is true and helps the body to heal itself, but even vitamin c can be overdosed One of homeopathy’s principles is ” That a minimum dose us essential. This is based on the Arndt-Shultz law that small doses stimulate, medium doses paralyze, and large doses kill, in other words that the action of small doses of the same substance on living matter is opposite. ” Dr. Elizabeth Wright
You’re right on, Beth! It sounds like you’ve done your homework.
Hi Jerian! There are a few remedies to consider for breast infections. Just as I listed and differentiated between the ones above for UTIs, its important that the remedy fit the person, not the pathology. Having said this, the most common remedy for mastitis is Phytolacca 30 and its usually taken every 3 hours. the best part? Its often the last time it needs to be used.
joette calabrese June 18, 2012 at 6:51 pm
Hi Jerian! There are a few remedies to consider for breast infections. Just as I listed and differentiated between the ones above for UTIs, its important that the remedy fit the person, not the pathology. Having said this, the most common remedy for mastitis is Phytolacca 30 and its usually taken every 3 hours. the best part? Its often the last time it needs to be used.
Hi Jerian,
As someone who has had countless bouts of mastitis over 7 years of nursing, I can tell you that mine are brought on by stress – emotional stress. Amount of nursing and how much rest I get have little to do with it.
Also, I have effectively used homeopathy and echinacea and warm compresses and massage and REST to deal with all of them.
Best of luck to you!
MY WIFE USED D- Mannose
I think everyone is missing the point of just going with homeopathic remedies– they are completely safe, quick, and completely cure the UTI. And it’s so simple. Joette is absolutely amazing in what she has accomplished by using homeopathic remedies!
Yes, Joette is a miracle worker in this area. She does Skype consultations, so feel free to contact her if you need some input on UTI or another ailment that would potentially benefit from homeopathy.
Are the homeopathy remedies in the article safe for pregnancy and breastfeeding?
Thanks
Homeopathy is safe during pregnancy and nursing for baby and mom as long as the remedy is used according to directions. Any substance can be unsafe if used injudiciously. That’s the best part! No side effects, gentle and effective. That’s why millions throughout the world depend on homeopathy.
Another thing you can do while you’re waiting for the natural cures to kick in is make parsley tea. It really helps with the cramping, pain and urgency. I take 2 bunches of organic parsley and steep in 4 cups of boiled water for 10-20 min. It tastes better when warm. Parsley is also a natural diuretic. 🙂
Careful with parsley large amounts can have an abortive effect if it is too potent.
I have an even simpler solution that’s worked for me.
Drink copious quantities of water with a bit of fresh lemon in it. Cut a lemon in half a squeeze a bit into your glass.
Just drink and drink and drink and it does the trick. You have to remember to keep on drinking for a while, even after you start to feel better, otherwise it comes back.
Couldn’t be simpler.
Be very very careful here as too much water is not good for you! This is a myth! Traditional societies relied on broth and/or lactofermented beverages to stay hydrated not tons and tons of water. I have never consumed 8 glasses of water a day in my life and I live in hot, sweaty, humid FLorida – even when I was competing in high level athletic competitions in high school and college. It is true that folks who eat too much sugar are thirsty more and seem to need more water but this is a blood sugar issue, not a hydration problem.
I have had several severe UTIs and literally drank gallons of water to try to flush them out, with no luck. I ended up in the ER with one after passing out with a high fever. Cranberry didn’t touch them, baking soda didn’t touch them. I hope that there is never a next time, but I plan to have some of these homeopathic remedies and some D-Mannos on hand just in case!
One of the fundamental differences between homeopathic remedies and supplements, is that in homeopathy, when the remedy is well chosen ( critical for success), it is usually the last time any treatment is needed. It doesn’t address the UTI again and again, it uproots the propensity. ‘ Very satisfying.
Wanting to know how long can I take the treatment,I choose Staphysagria 30 and it seemed to work but symptoms came back 24 hr after stopping. Taking it again and feel better, but I’m afraid to stop taking it just yet.
Also, I always get an infection after intimacy, so will this same remedy work if I keep getting the infection? Also, thank you for this information, my body/ gut does not need antibiotics, I know I need to heal my gut and I cant even begin if I have to keep taking antibiotics, so sharing anything else that can heal is greatly appreciated.
There is evidence that the 8 glasses of water a day is something cooked up by the bottled water companies. My “natural health” doc pushes 1/2 your body weight in oz per day (for a 140 lb person, this is 70 oz per day). That doesn’t fit me and who i am. I feel very comfortable with between 20 and 40 oz a day and figure i get the rest from the good food and beverages (veggies, fruit, organic tea) i consume.
There are days when I don’t drink any water. But plenty of raw milk and tea and watery fruits . I never was a big water drinker. At times I have pushed it because I read some article where it said to drink this much or this much . But I am me. I do not require much water. And I cannot remember the last UTI i had. It’s been years and years and years . Thank you Lord!
I’m not talking about the 8 glasses a day for a regular day. I agree with you there. But for me at least, you could feel this cure working. I’d drink a lot and the symptoms would lift. I’d forget to drink and feel the symtoms returning. There was a pretty clear one to one correlation.
And, yes. There is some upper limit to this. If any person drinks enough water at one time, he or she will die. I’m not talking gallons upon gallons. I’m talking a glass every 15 minutes or so. As with anything else, you need some common sense.
Please be careful when drinking copious amount of water (I know you said this doesn’t apply to you) but this can be very dangerous. There is such a thing as over hydration (water intoxication) which causes over dilution of electrolytes which is dangerous to the point of death. Although the 8&8 rule may come from the water companies that doesn’t negate the importance of it. water is very crucial to our survival it composes up to 60% of our bodies. Not to mention our brains are 70% water as well. Thanks to everyone for this UTI info. It’s awesome!!! hope I never need it but will definately give it a try.
With drinking alot of water – the reason it is helpful is because it helps flush out the urinary system. It carries bacteria out and into the toilet. I think 8 glasses a day is excessive – but you should definitely go for drinking enough to cause you to regularly empty your bladder. Plus – Water’s neutral pH makes it a good choice when trying to avoid that awful burning sensation!!
And from a spiritual, emotional beliefs point-of-view, identifying and releasing resentments can also be of benefit.
Oh…I just treated a UTI a month or so ago. Used Cranberry Extract, Bio-Kult Probiotics, and Garlic/Parsley oil capsules. Worked within 2-3 days 🙂 I am breastfeeding so I REALLY wanted to steer clear of antibiotics. Yipee!!
How about garlic, nature’s antibiotic? I use it for frequent sinus infections as if I took antibiotics everytime my sinuses back up I’d have no friendly bacteria left. At the first sign of an infection, I get garlic capsules and take 3 times the recommended daily dose, 3 times a day for 3 days, works like a charm.
I have had success wtih D-Mannose. Every time.