Post Punk Kitchen Forum

Update:

I went to sleep sans garlic. Then the kiddo had a nightmare and woke up at 4 am, while we were reading books I noticed the yeasties creeping back (no where near as bad as pre-garlic, though), so I popped a clove up there and felt better within 20 minutes. I guess I'll leave it in for the day and change at lunch time? So far...pleased with the results.

I use one clove, threaded with string and slit a little bit to make it stronger. I think the most nights I've ever done it in a row was three, new clove each night obviously. Usually it doesn't even take that long, though. It totally works. I am a vag garlic convert.

the back of my mouth tastes like garlic...

weirdly awesome...

It's crazy right? Does anyone know why/how this happens?

I know, so weird. I think it's that the flavor molecules go directly through your mucous tissues to your bloodstream/lymphatic system and because garlic is so potent, you can still taste it diluted in 5 litres of blood after it's travelled all around your body. I wonder if you have garlic breath too?

i'm planning to go out dancing tonight and tomorrow night, so i figured i'd do days with the clove and give my vag the evenings off. i took the clove out a few hours ago, and am feeling the slightest bit itchy...but probably nothing i would pick up on if i wasn't thinking about it. fingers crossed for my night out!

Pack a clove in your bag/pocket to go just in case!

I can't remember the last time I've had a case of the yeastie beasties but you guys are almost making we want one just so I can shove garlic up my vag...... I've heard of people soaking tampons in probiotic yogurt or apple cider vinegar and shoving them up, but never garlic. This intrigues me.

Can you notice the smell emanating from down there?
Does it smell for days after?
Have you ever forgotten one and had it sprout? Imagine that, one day you have garlic shooting out?!?!?!?!?


Tell me more wise ppkers!

I worried about these things, too and the answer seems to be no. Seems to be. And no sprouting. I guess you don't leave it in long enough for that to take hold...I would imagine that if you left it, it would sprout...

+1

yoni is my favourite vagina name. sounds like something a goddess would have.

I've never had a yeast infection and I thought this was a joke on the old boards! I will keep it in my memory banks in case the day comes.

so today was my first day sans garlic and so far so good.

fingers crossed.

the ppk saves the day again! thanks all!

Yeah.. I am kinda confused now!

ya know what's funny...i wasn't sure on the old boards too! although, alot of the wording sounded true. anyways, i wasn't going to *actually* try it.

now i live in india, and i work in healthcare, and i mentioned the yeasties to a nurse here and she recommended the same thing! which is why i decided to give it a go. (i probably wouldn't have had the guts if i hadn't read about it on the ppk first.)

anyways, it's been awhile and i'm still itchy free...so....

It's not a joke! It totally works.

Mine goes by Frank-Zappa-Sproing-Puppet.

Really? I would imagine a strong smell (and taste!!) down there.

yes to smell...however, not strong enough to warrent attention. also, smell (and i would assume taste (!)) dissipated within a few hours of clove removal. and no...no sprouting...i had a strict 8 hour clove changing policy.

It's worked for me before! And I said so on the old boards. Definitely wasn't joking!

This is new info for me. and next time i'm totally going to try it.

I have so many issues in my vag. She a sick bisque. She often gets the yeasties and so much BV (bacterial vaginosis) this year it's pretty insane. I am the self diagnosis queen. I asked my doc how i keep getting bv because i want to prevent it and she said that my vag basically just gets a cold. and that there isn't any known reason as to what causes bv.

Does garlic cure that too? Or is there another homeopathic cure for it? because BV sucks.

no joke, it definitely works! I've tried it once and it totally worked.

Pedantic note: garlic curing yeast infections is not homeopathy. And though I won't go into it, because I feel confident I can leave my rants on homeopathy on the old boards, I really wouldn't recommend relying on homeopathy to deal with your most precious bits. Alternative, perhaps. Homeopathic, no way.

What's the difference?

Alternative connotes outside mainstream medicine, for example, a garlic clove. Its efficacy can be ascertained and explained through science.

Homeopathy relies on the "law" of dilution--that is, the less stuff contained within a medium the more powerful the stuff, for example, less food colouring in a glass of water will make the water more blue--which defies both the laws of physics and common sense; the "law" of like--that is something that produces similar symptoms will cure what ails you, for example, using poison ivy to treat an itchy, sore vulva--which, well, also defies the laws of physics and common sense; and has been shown repeatedly to not work beyond the placebo effect.