Probiotic suppositories-natural medicine, is it safe? anyone used it?!

Probiotic suppositories-natural medicine, is it safe? anyone used it?

i went to a natural medicines and diagnostics center to see a chiropractor-internist for yeast infection. she said she wants to put good bacteria back in there, to help me. she gave me this natural medicine called probiotic suppositories 5+bu. i have never heard of it and just wondered if it was safe, are all natural medicines safe since they are natural? -worryer

I don't know about this particular one, but probiotics in general just means good bacteria -- like what you find in yogurt and kefir. I sometimes apply yogurt when I have itching (on the surface and deeper inside), and it often works very well. You can also cut a tampon in half (leave the tube alone), then pack the half with yogurt, and insert it that way (remove the tampon after applying the yogurt).

BTW, excess sugar consumption is often a factor in yeast infections. Try cutting down on your sugar in-take. That should help, as well as eating yogurt.

Just because a remedy is "all-natural" does not mean it's safe! And it doesn't mean it's effective, either. But I think you should be OK with the pro-biotics. Even if it's not effective (dead probiotics, for example, or mislabeled), it shouldn't hurt you. Give it a try and see what happens. If it doesn't work, try real yogurt.