There have been a number of options, interventions, medicinal drugs and advices for bacterial vaginosis that grow rampant in the internet today. Some of them are trustworthy and some are just scrap. Among these, the antibiotics are considered as the most honored among them all with consideration to treating the said condition. Oftentimes, physicians prescribe an oral metronidazole or clindamycin. But for best performance, physicians may prefer to introduce medication vaginally. These are believed to be professional treatments and others won't really regard these as home remedies for bacterial vaginosis even though these treatment regimens can be taken at home.

Those above mentioned, I would already regard as home remedies. But if you are referring to natural approaches as home remedies for bacterial vaginosis, then you can nonetheless read it in this article. In Reality, natural home approach is pretty simple. Foodstuffs like garlic and yogurt are two of the most common things likely to be used as home remedy for bacterial vaginosis. Garlic, is advocated by the Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) as one of the ten approved herbal plants for alternative medicine. These are used by some Filipinos to manage toothaches and as antiseptics for wound cleansing and etc. Well the former serves the larger function for bacterial vaginosis. By just masticating on raw garlic, the medicinal effect would have been accomplished but only slower. A much faster method using garlic is by pounding it and then covering it with gauze. And just as easy as using a tampon, just insert it vaginally. Just make sure you can readily retrieve the material so you won't have to face unnecessary problems. The normal flora regeneration is the mission of the second home remedy: yogurt. Bacterial vaginosis occurs because the normal occupants in a woman's vagina is being overpowered with the number of the invading external bacteria. Yogurt's parts (lactobacilli) are quite alike to those bacteria found in the vagina and it functions by increasing the number of that bacteria in the woman's vagina. Thereby slowly eliminating the infection naturally.

There may be a bunch of home remedies for bacterial vaginosis that you can find over the internet but the most dependable option should always be conferring with your physician. Just to make sure no damaging results may be experienced by the patient that could have been possibly prevented with such consultation.