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How to Get Rid of Systemic Yeast

Systemic yeast occurs when a yeast overgrowth in the intestines leads to yeast organisms entering the bloodstream. Once the yeast becomes systemic, it can cause chronic vaginal infections and skin conditions. More serious complaints also can develop because the invasive yeast lowers total-body immune system performance.
Systemic yeast, also known as systemic candidiasis or candida, is not recognized by the medical community—except in those with severely depressed immune systems, as AIDS and leukemia patients. Perhaps that's why so many people choose to utilize alternative medicine for candida, and why such a volume of lore surrounding natural supplements has evolved.

Things You'll Need

  • Multivitamin
  • Omega 3 supplement
  • Oregano
  • Select 1 from list: garlic, caprylic acid, betaine hydrochloride, barberry, pau d’ arco, rose geranium oil, juniper berry oil
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Instructions

  1. Remedies

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      Decide whether to go with a natural solution or a synthetic antifungal. Since candida is not always taken seriously by the medical community, your doctor may not be willing to give you prescription antifungals. Some places, like Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, acknowledge a recent study showing that treatment with the antifungal drug nystatin benefits people suffering the symptoms of candida.

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      Purchase a strong, well-balanced multivitamin. It should have high levels of some ingredients, but not all. Look for Vitamins C, B1, B2, and B6 to be about 1,000 percent of the daily value, and folic acid from 100 to 200 percent.

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      Take Omega-3 supplements. Together with a multivitamin, this will provide you with a basic nutritional foundation. Any antifungals you take will work better once you create this foundation.

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      Start with an oregano supplement. Oregano is available in oil, gelcap, or powdered capsule form. This potent anti-oxidant is also one of nature’s strongest antifungals.

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      Select at least one other yeast-killing agent that can be taken internally in supplement form. These include garlic, caprylic acid, betaine hydrochloride, barberry, pau d’arco, rose geranium and juniper berry essential oils.

    • 6

      Trust your gut. Decide which of these supplements feel right for your body.

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      Alternate between the oregano and your second supplement choice every two or three weeks.

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      Take a probiotic. The most effective supplements contain a blend of different friendly bacteria.

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      Stick with the program. For those who have suffered with systemic yeast for years, it can take months to see results.

    • 10

      Think holistically. Make healthy lifestyle choices like exercise. Improve your eating habits. Work to reduce stress and improve your state of mind.
      “Illness, imbalance and infection in the body all start with the state of our mind. The mind affects the brain, the brain stimulates the spinal cord, which affects the adrenals and endocrine glands which produce hormones, which ultimately affects the immune system,” according to Tracey Stranger, author of “How to Overcome Stress Naturally,” May, 2009.

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