Tea Tree Oil and other wonders - Page 3

melidasaur · 06-10-2005, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

However, yogurt contains lots of sugar which is yeast food. Not the best idea to treat a yeast infection with yogurt.

Plain yogurt doesn't have any sugar in it, so apparently it's okay to use for certain fungal infections. I've never tried it, but I've seen it recommended in several health magazines. They caution against using any yogurt with fruit because that has sugar in it. I've also seen several magazines that say you should eat yogurt to prevent yeast infections.

I agree with you thought that too much sugar in a diet is a culprit for creating that imbalance down there.

jinx · 06-10-2005, 04:45 PM

Not to be argumentative (as I sit here and argue with you

) but lactose is sugar. It's not refined or added, but neither is fructose (from fruit).

JMO, YMMV, I'm not a doctor, I don't play one on TV, I don't even like them....

edit
When you buy bacteria it will say on the bottle something like "1billion microorganisms per X at time of manufacture guaranteed". I have no idea how much is in any particular yogurt or how to decide whether it's being cancelled out, so to speak, by the sugar content.

melidasaur · 06-10-2005, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx

Not to be argumentative (as I sit here and argue with you

) but lactose is sugar. It's not refined or added, but neither is fructose (from fruit).

JMO, YMMV, I'm not a doctor, I don't play one on TV, I don't even like them....

edit
When you buy bacteria it will say on the bottle something like "1billion microorganisms per X at time of manufacture guaranteed". I have no idea how much is in any particular yogurt or how to decide whether it's being cancelled out, so to speak, by the sugar content.

Just consulting with my chemist husband... he thinks that there is a possibility that yeast would not be able metabolize lactose in the same way that it could metabolize fructose or sucrose... so that could be why it is recommended as a remedy for yeast infections.

I'm going to investigate this further because if it is improper, then the good folks at Cosmo, Shape, Health, Reader's digest, Cooking Light and Seventeen need to get their facts straight

.

wolf · 06-11-2005, 01:41 AM

Oh, yeah. The other thing about homeopathy ... the "cures" are all substances that would cause the symptoms that you are having if you took it at a concentration that involved actual molecules of the substance.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-11-2005, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Silent

My partner has severe reactions to most yeast infection treatments. She has tried yogurt, and garlic and peroxide but finally settled on a diluted tea tree oil douche as the best method. It takes a few days of twice daily doses (and can sting if you get the concentration too high) but does work quite well.

Listerine...straight up, if you haven't scratched too much. 50% solution if you have. Works NOW.
Once should do it, twice to be sure.

wolf · 06-12-2005, 05:29 PM

You can get a good drunk off it too.

OnyxCougar · 06-13-2005, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Listerine...straight up, if you haven't scratched too much. 50% solution if you have. Works NOW.
Once should do it, twice to be sure.

If that shit burns my mouth, I'm DAMN sure not putting it up THERE....

Undertoad · 06-13-2005, 10:17 AM

Oh cmon, the Natural Citrus version is not so bad.

OnyxCougar · 06-13-2005, 10:18 AM

I have a dandruff issue (my scalp is dry and itchy) and I found a shampoo at a solon I went to, it was tea tree shampoo, and mixed with mint, for smell, but all natural, and when I washed my hair, I felt it tingling, a really good kind of tingle, and it "felt" minty, and clean, if that makes sense. The bottle warned the dandruff would get worse before it got better, and it did, but then like a week later, I was dandruff free.

Until I stopped using it.

But it really worked and I've been a fan ever since.

OnyxCougar · 06-13-2005, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Oh cmon, the Natural Citrus version is not so bad.

Stick your dick in a big bowl of it for 30 seconds and get back to me.

Undertoad · 06-13-2005, 10:40 AM

OK, what next?

OnyxCougar · 06-13-2005, 12:22 PM

LOL uh, go find Jacquelita and tell her you're citrus-y fresh?

It didn't sting or burn or anything??

Undertoad · 06-13-2005, 12:25 PM

Well the way I see it, the burning tells you it's working!

What it's working at, I have no idea.

warch · 06-13-2005, 12:35 PM

Scrubbing bubbles.

Tea tree is a relative of eucolyptus (too lazy to check spelling), so adds to the tinglyosity.

melidasaur · 06-13-2005, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by OnyxCougar

I have a dandruff issue (my scalp is dry and itchy) and I found a shampoo at a solon I went to, it was tea tree shampoo, and mixed with mint, for smell, but all natural, and when I washed my hair, I felt it tingling, a really good kind of tingle, and it "felt" minty, and clean, if that makes sense. The bottle warned the dandruff would get worse before it got better, and it did, but then like a week later, I was dandruff free.

Until I stopped using it.

But it really worked and I've been a fan ever since.

What's it called? I could use some... my scalp is soooo dry right now.

06-10-2005, 04:45 PM	#32
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Not to be argumentative (as I sit here and argue with you ) but lactose is sugar. It's not refined or added, but neither is fructose (from fruit). JMO, YMMV, I'm not a doctor, I don't play one on TV, I don't even like them.... edit When you buy bacteria it will say on the bottle something like "1billion microorganisms per X at time of manufacture guaranteed". I have no idea how much is in any particular yogurt or how to decide whether it's being cancelled out, so to speak, by the sugar content. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good. Last edited by jinx; 06-10-2005 at 04:51 PM.

06-11-2005, 01:41 AM	#34
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Oh, yeah. The other thing about homeopathy ... the "cures" are all substances that would cause the symptoms that you are having if you took it at a concentration that involved actual molecules of the substance. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-12-2005, 05:29 PM	#36
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	You can get a good drunk off it too. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-13-2005, 10:18 AM	#39
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	I have a dandruff issue (my scalp is dry and itchy) and I found a shampoo at a solon I went to, it was tea tree shampoo, and mixed with mint, for smell, but all natural, and when I washed my hair, I felt it tingling, a really good kind of tingle, and it "felt" minty, and clean, if that makes sense. The bottle warned the dandruff would get worse before it got better, and it did, but then like a week later, I was dandruff free. Until I stopped using it. But it really worked and I've been a fan ever since. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

06-13-2005, 12:22 PM	#42
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	LOL uh, go find Jacquelita and tell her you're citrus-y fresh? It didn't sting or burn or anything?? __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

06-13-2005, 10:17 AM	#38
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Oh cmon, the Natural Citrus version is not so bad.

06-13-2005, 10:40 AM	#41
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	OK, what next?

06-13-2005, 12:25 PM	#43
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Well the way I see it, the burning tells you it's working! What it's working at, I have no idea.

06-13-2005, 12:35 PM	#44
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Scrubbing bubbles. Tea tree is a relative of eucolyptus (too lazy to check spelling), so adds to the tinglyosity.

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