Do Natural Cures for Bacterial Vaginosis Work?

Are there any natural cures for bacterial vaginosis? This is one of those infections that usually require antibiotics to cure so I'm delighted when I find a treatment that appears to be a natural cure bacterial vaginosis. This one obviously has worked for some women.

The aim of the 2006 study was to evaluate the effectiveness of taking Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei F19 as well as using a vaginal suppository of Lactobacillus acidophilus.

The study group consisted of 60 women in good health, aged between 18-40 years and with "suspect or confirmed diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis".

They were randomly divided into two groups. One group received the acidophilus vaginal suppository (product name Calagin) for 3 months. At the end of this time there was a "significant reduction of vaginal pH", improved whiff test result (both standard factors a doctor uses when assesing Bacterial Vaginosis symptoms) and improvement in subjective symptomatolgy.

The other group received Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei F19 (product name Genefilus F19)AS WELL as the acidophilus vaginal suppository. They too also achieved the "significant reduction of vaginal pH" and improvment in whiff test and subjective symptomatolgy. Treatment ended at 3 months but there was a follow up after another 3 month with "a maintenance of positive effect."

Info from the manufacturers website state that the acidophilus vaginal suppositories (Calagin) contain 1 billion cfu (colony forming units). These are not available in many parts of the world but you can buy Candaclear Vaginal Suppositories which contain Lactobacillus acidophilus although at a lower dose rate. Candaclear contains one hundred million (as opposed to 1 billion) colony forming units.

Genefilus F19 seems to only be available in Italy but a product containing Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei F19 is what you want. The Genefilus F19 is recommended to be taken 2 sachets per day for 15 days and there are 12.5 billion bacteria in each sachet. I know that Theralac which you can buy online and is readily available in many parts of the world contains 5 billion cfu of this particular strain of L paracasei.

I've seen only the Abstract of this research (translated from Italian) so I'm sorry if I'm a little vague. I need to read the Full Text document to get all the detail - and accessing it is proving difficult. It is unfortunate that the Abstract does not have the strain of acidophilus that was used or the doseage given or the full results but this certainly looks promising if you're set against using antibiotics and looking for a bacterial vaginosis natural remedy.

I figured that if you're in the middle of a raging case of bv then ANY info on natural cures for bacterial vaginosis might be appreciated!

If you decide to try orthodox treatment for BV medical experts advise antibiotics.

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