| A home remedy for yeast infection is Berberine. | | | | meal or to the point where a warm sensation is |
| Berberine is an alkaloid found in herbs such as | | | | felt in the stomach, Smaller meals require |
| goldenseal, barberry, and Oregon grape. It fights | | | | proportionately lower doses of the betaine and |
| Candida and parasite overgrowth (especially | | | | pepsin. |
| amoebae) and normalizes intestinal flora. Berberine | | | | A warm sensation means mat you nave taken |
| stimulates the immune system, soothes inflamed | | | | more man me amount or acid required to digest |
| mucous membranes, and helps diarrhea and other | | | | your protein completely. At the next large meal |
| gastrointestinal symptoms. It is very well | | | | take less than the dose that produced the |
| tolerated and generally associated with no side | | | | warmth and stay at that dosage until the warm |
| effects. | | | | feeling returns. Then, lower the dosage of betaine |
| Betaine and pepsin hydrochloride, as well as other | | | | and pepsin again. |
| stomach acidifiers like glutamic acid and stomach | | | | This treatment is continued until one capsule per |
| bitters, dissolve Candida and fungi in the stomach. | | | | large meal produces the warm feeling, then the |
| Antacids and acid-suppressing drugs like cimetidine | | | | treatment is stopped. At this point, the stomach |
| and ranitidine lead to fungal infections because | | | | has healed enough to secrete adequate amounts |
| they eliminate the fungal-protective effect of | | | | of acid on its own. Smaller meals (a sandwich, for |
| hydrochloric acid. Excess acid, however, can cause | | | | example) require less betaine, and a warm feeling |
| severe heartburn and lead to gastritis or peptic | | | | in the stomach will alert you to an excessive |
| ulcer disease. The need for acid supplementation | | | | dose. |
| should be determined by tests ordered by a | | | | When taking more than two capsules per meal, |
| natural health-care practitioner. | | | | it's best to take the capsules during the meal at |
| One of these tests is the CSDA (comprehensive | | | | five-minute intervals. In most young adults, the |
| stool and digestive analysis). To correct low | | | | entire home remedy for yeast infection |
| stomach acidity, most naturopaths recommend | | | | treatment will take an average of three months. |
| starting the home remedy for yeast infection | | | | During this time it is best to avoid dairy products |
| treatment by taking one capsule of betaine and | | | | and foods containing gluten (all grains except rice) |
| pepsin hydrochloride (10 grains) with the first large | | | | since a sensitivity to these two food categories is |
| meal. If this is tolerated, then increase to two | | | | often the reason for the low stomach acidity in |
| capsules at the next large meal and keep | | | | the first place. |
| increasing to a maximum of six capsules per large | | | | |