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Bacterial vaginosis (also called BV) is one of the most common types of vaginal infection out there: The condition affects thousands of women worldwide, and the symptoms of bacterial vaginosis can easily mirror that of a yeast infection, urinary tract infection or several different sexually transmitted conditions including chlamydia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surprisingly, bacterial vaginosis might spread through sexual contact but is not considered an STD. It’s an infection that any woman might get, and even though the symptoms might feel embarrassing to most people when they experience them, it’s no reflection on hygiene – and can, in fact, instead be a sign of cleaning or douching the vagina too much. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In many cases, a bacterial vaginosis infection doesn’t require the use of antibiotics or medication to treat it – and it might go away by itself with the right home treatment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are 14 natural cures for bacterial vaginosis that can help you to get your health back on track as a great supplementary treatment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Bath instead of shower for the duration of the infection<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of the first things that you should do if you suspect you might have a condition like bacterial vaginosis or a yeast infection <\/a>is to choose the option of a bath over that of a shower if you have a choice. There’s a good reason why: A bath allows the body to soak – and many things can be added to a bath for practical health benefits to help the body relax and heal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bacterial vaginosis isn’t caused by poor hygiene, but it can be caused by cleaning the vagina so many times that it starts to negatively affect the pH. A shower just lets water run off the body and doesn’t leave any practical benefit for soaking, and that would mean that any of the bath-enhanced methods on this list won’t apply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to take proper care of your body after a bacterial vaginosis infection, there are far more health benefits to having a bath than to having a shower: But if it isn’t possible to take a bath, there are still methods on this list that can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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2. Stop douching for the period of the infection<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Douching is often recommended to people as part of a healthy routine and a lot of people imagine that they should douche on a regular basis, particularly after sexual activity: But the truth about this is that douching (especially douching too much) can do more harm to your vaginal health than good – and you might actually end up erasing the natural healthy bacteria <\/a>of your vagina on a regular basis by doing it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can lead to an increased rate of yeast infections, urinary tract infections, and bacterial vaginosis: None of these are good for the body – and you might be causing the cycle without realizing it by douching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stop douching for the duration period of your symptoms if you suspect that you have bacterial vaginosis: This can already do a lot for helping your body to recover. At the same time, you want to make sure that you don’t “over-clean” your vagina, either: It has the same effect as douching too frequently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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3. Use natural antibiotics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Many minor infections in the body can sometimes be treated with the use of natural antibiotics <\/a>for a few days or weeks, and often times it can give the body a useful boost for the period during which you’ve contracted bacterial vaginosis. There are many natural antibiotics out there, and nasturtiums (a common type of flower found in many flower gardens) makes for one of the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s an edible flower that can be used in salads or simply eaten as is for the added health benefits. They are extremely high in vitamins, a great way to boost the body’s immune system in a natural way and it might give you the important boost that your body is most in need of to get rid of infection like bacterial vaginosis. Ideally, don’t rely on just one method out of the list to combat BV: Combine several methods to make sure it’s more likely to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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4. Apple cider vinegar<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Apple cider vinegar<\/a> is one of the best things that you can keep in your cupboard, but it’s true that a lot of people never think to keep it in the house – and most people don’t imagine that you can use apple cider vinegar for a range of things that aren’t just your food. It happens to be useful for a lot more than just cooking, and you can use apple cider vinegar as a way to naturally rebalance the pH of the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since bacterial vaginosis is commonly caused and worsened by improper pH levels in the body, a soaking bath with a little bit of apple cider vinegar (1\/4 cup to a bathful of water) is one of the best ways to restore the pH back to normal and to get rid of the infection without resorting to the use of any antibiotics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treatment with apple cider vinegar should be effective in a few weeks. If it’s not, give another method on this list a try or see your doctor: It might not be bacterial vaginosis, or you might be re-triggering the same infection over and over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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5. Epsom salts<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Apple cider vinegar<\/a> is one of the most useful things that you can do for getting the body back to its natural pH levels; it can also alternatively be used for other infections that might be caused by pH problems, which commonly includes some types of routine skin infections or rashes as well as a routine yeast infection (which many people might get around the same time as bacterial vaginosis) .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But apple cider vinegar isn’t the only ingredient you can add to your bath to have a healing and restorative effect. The use of Epsom salts to a bath can have just as much of a positive effect, restore the body’s natural pH levels and help to rid the body of issues that are related to pH (such as yeast infections or BV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Epsom salts can also be used for remedying mineral deficiencies, particularly magnesium if you are suffering from muscle cramps or tired muscles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n