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Bladder Infection (UTI) Cystitis : Helpful Herbs :Related: Abscess/Boil *Conjunctivitis *Herpes *Fungus Infections *

Urinary Tract Infections (UTI's) usually occur when bacteria enter the opening of the urethra and multiply in the urinary tract. Although it is much more common in women, it can occur in men also, and can be quite severe. Conventional treatment is a course of antibiotics, however this approach has some drawbacks. Due to the frequency of antibiotic use for UTI's and other infections, bacteria are developing a resistance to the antibiotics, making them less and less effective. Antibiotics can also affect your immune system, making you more prone to more infections.

Bladder Infection (UTI) Cystitis remedies

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Bearberry tea can help cure UTI's

How Herbs Help: Drinking herbal teas made from agrimony, birch, buchu, cornsilk and others increase the amount of urine, and help flush out harmful bacteria. Adding a pinch of baking soda to these herbal teas, will help decrease the burning sensation. Soothing demulcents like mallow calm inflammation in the urinary tract.


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Herbs for :Bladder Infection (UTI) Cystitis

Agrimony For: UTI, cystitis
Agrimony
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Agrimony is a very astringent herb, and is useful in UTI, bladder infections, and severe cystitis

(Ody,Penelope )

Birch leaf tea For: Urinary infection, kidney stones
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Birch-leaf tea is a powerful diuretic capable of dissolving kidney and bladder stones. It also kills off harmful bacteria in the kidneys and urinary tract. To obtain the full diuretic effect herbalists add a pinch of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) to the infusion which promotes the extraction of the diuretic hyperoside.

(Mabey, Richard p32)

Broom (Sparteine) For: Diuretic, edema
Broom (Sparteine)
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Broom was much recommended by Dioscorides and other ancient physicians as an aperient and diuretic in dropsy ,edema, urinary obstructions and nephritic cases. Butcher's broom increases the tone in the veins, reducing venous capacity and pooling of blood in the legs, and exerts protective effects on the lining and smooth muscle of the capillaries. Its flavonoid content strengthens blood vessels, reduces capillary fragility, and helps maintain healthy circulation.

(Grieve, Maude )

Buchu For: Urinary tract,diuretic
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Over-the-counter premenstrual diuretics ( such as Fluidex or Odrinil) contain buchu as an active ingredient. The diosphenol in buchu helps kill bacteria, and the diuretic action helps to flush out the urinary tract.

(Duke, James A, Ph.D. )

Buchu For: Bladder, Kidney Stones
Buchu
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In gravel, inflammation and catarrh of the bladder it is specially useful. The infusion of 1 oz. of leaves to 1 pint of boiling water is taken in wineglassful doses three or four times a day.

(M. Grieve )

Butterbur For: Fevers, colds, UTI
Butterbur
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Butterbur has been used as a remedy in fevers, asthma, colds and urinary complaints, a decoction being taken warm in wineglassful doses, frequently repeated.

(Grieve, Maude )

Cleavers For: UTI, Cancer
Cleavers
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Cleavers is a reliable diuretic used to help clean gravel and urinary stones and to treat urinary infections. It is also traditionally used for cancer, particularly that of the lymphatic system.

(Richard Mabey )

Corn silk For: Diuretic, water retention
Corn silk
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Extracts if corn silk are potent diuretics, giving rise to their use for all sorts of kidney-related and urinary complaints. The diuretic effect comes in handy for water retention and tissue swelling (whether from PMS or kidney disease), cystistis, urinary tract infections.

(Duke, James A, Ph.D. )

Corn Silk For: Urinary tract infections
Corn Silk
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Corn silk makes an excellent soothing diuretic and so is an important herb for urinary tract infections, also helping the passage of urinary stones

(Mabry, Richard p61)

Couch Grass For: Diuretic, antibiotic for urninary infections
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It is a soothing diuretic with antibiotic properties, making it an ideal herb for the urinary system. The agropyrone in its volatile oil has been shown to have broad antibiotic properties. A decoction is used to treat urinary tract infections, stones, and prostatitis. French herbalists use the leaves of couch grass to stimulate the liver and gallbladder.

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Cranberry juice For: Urinary tract infections
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Recently, cranberry products have been used in the hope of preventing or treating urinary tract infections or Helicobacter pylori infections that can lead to stomach ulcers, or to prevent dental plaque. Cranberry has also been reported to have antioxidant and anticancer activity.
Damiana For: Urinary and vaginal infections
Damiana
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Useful in urinary and vaginal infections, damiana contains a mildly irritating oil that stimulates the urinary tract.

(Nickell,Nancy L )

Dandelion For: Diuretic, potassium
Dandelion
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One of the safest and most effective diuretics, it is rich in natural potassium, which enriches the body's supply. The diuretic power of the dandelion has been favorably compared with a common diuretic drug, Frusemide.

(Mabey, Richard p52)

Goldenrod For: Urinary infection, Kidney
Goldenrod
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Europeans praise goldenrod as one of the safest and most effective diuretic-antiseptic herbs. There is good clinical evidence of its diuretic activity. There is also clear scientific evidence that it is beneficial in treating kidney inflammation (nephritis). All of this suggests to me that this herb would also be of some benefit in treating bladder infections.

(Duke, James )

Gravel root For: Kidney stones
Gravel root
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This diuretic herb is used to treat urinary infections and stones (gravel). It tones the reproductive tract and is used to treat inflammation of the prostate, pelvic inflammatory disease and menstrual cramping. It encourages excretion of excess uric acid and so treats rheumatism and gout.

(Mabey, Richard p48)

Horseradish For: Lung infections
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Horseradish is a powerful circulatory stimulant with antibiotic properties due to the mustard oil it contains. It is effective for lung and urinary infections because mustard oil is excreted through these channels

(Mabey, Richard p53)

Horsetail For: Mild diuretic
Horsetail
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It's a mild diuretic that works it's wonders without depleting electrolytes, so you don't get that "washed out" feeling.

(White,Linda B., M.D. )

Juniper berries For: cystitis and urethritis
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Due to their oil, juniper berries are a potent diuretic, imparting to the urine a smell of violets. The oil is antiseptic, making the plant valuable in treating cystitis and urethritis.

(Mabey, Richard pp54-56)

Kava-Kava For: Genitourinary, Aphrodisiac
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For over 125 years Kava root has been found valuable in the treatment of gonorrhoea both acute and chronic, vaginitis, leucorrhoea, nocturnal incontinence and other aliments of the genitourinary tract. A 20 per cent oil of Kava resin in oil of Sandalwood, called gonosan, is used internally for gonorrhoea. Being a local anaesthetic, it relieves pain and has an aphrodisiac effect, also an antiseptic effect on the urine.

(Grieve, Maude )

Lovage For: Bladder, Kidney
Lovage
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Lovage looks and smells just like celery, and it is also an effective diuretic for treatment of urinary tract inflammations, according to Commission E reports.

(Duke, James )

Mallow For: Urinary and respiratory organs
Mallow
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The great demulcent and emollient properties of Marsh Mallow make it useful in inflammation and irritation of the urinary and respiratory organs.

(Grieve, Maude )

Oregon grape For: Bladder Infections
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Studies show that the berberine in Oregon grape may kill many types of bacteria, including E.coli, and prevent bacteria from adhering to the bladder lining.

(White,Linda B., M.D. )

Pine For: Bladder, Kidney
Pine
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A valuable remedy in bladder, kidney, and rheumatic affections and diseases of the mucous membrane and respiratory complaints; externally in the form of liniment plasters and inhalants.

(Grieve, Maude 635)

Shepherd's Purse For: Diuretic, providing potassium
Shepherd's Purse
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Acts as a mild diuretic, providing potassium to replace the potassium lost through increased urination.
Uva Ursi For: Antibacterial diuretic
Uva Ursi
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Uva Ursi leaves contain arbutin, which acts against E. coli and increases urination.

(White,Linda B., M.D. )

Uva Ursi For: Urinary tract infection
Uva Ursi
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Uva ursi also fights bacteria and cleanses the urinary tract, promotes excretion, and deters water retention, supports the kidneys, and cools inflammatory reactions..

(James Duke,Ph.D. )

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references

  1. Penelope Ody. Home Herbal (1995)
  2. Richard Mabey. The New Age Herbalist (1988)
  3. Duke, James The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook .(December 15, 2000)
  4. Grieve, Maude A Modern Herbal Vol 1 (1931)
  5. Nancy L Nickell Nature's Aphrodisiacs (1999)
  6. Linda B.White, M.D.The Herbal Drugstore(2003)

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