How I Used Alternative Treatments to Cure My Urinary Tract Infection(UTI, Bladder Infection)

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The first signs of a urinary tract infection (UTI) for me

are some irritation when urinating and maybe a little burning after urinating.   I really want to act quickly to prevent a full blown UTI as now I find that I am allergic to penicillin, bactrim, sulfa drugs and levaquin.  I seem to be running out of antibiotics that I'm not allergic to!  So now I have turned to alternative treatments for my UTI.

The first things I do now to prevent a full UTI infection is to take the following:

(1) Homeopathic Cantharis 30x or 30c.  This is a homeopathic medicine that is generally use for a UTI.  Homeopathic medicines work by stimulating your own immune system.

I take the pills 3 to 4 times a day for 3 days.

Symptoms Cantharis works for include:

• Burning pains when urinating


• blood in urine

(2) D-Mannose - this supplement is an ingredient in Cranberries. It is very sweet (its a simple sugar) and not acidic at all.  It  causes the bacteria  to stick to itself and not stick to the walls of the bladder.  The bacteria is then passed with urination.

I take 1 teaspoon every 2 or 3 hours for the first 2 days, then cut back to 3 times a day for the next few days.

D-Mannose works on these bacteria:

• It works against e.coli, which is the most common UTI bacteria.


• It also works on Klebsiella bacteria.


• It does not work on other bacterias.

(3) Olive Leaf Extract - Although no clinical trials have been conducted as yet, Olive Leaf extract research has shown that it is an antiviral and an antibacterial agent.    The studies show that it is effective against many different strains of bacteria including E.coli bacteria strains, Staph, Salmonella and even drug resistant bacteria too.

I take four 500mg  capsules, 4 times a day for 7 days (that's 112 pills).  Olive leaf extract comes in different strengths - I buy one that has 500mg per capsule with a oleuropein concentration of 18%.  The higher the concentration of oleuropein the better.    The maximum amount of extract to take is 2000 mg per day, but for acute infections it is 2000 mg 4 times a day.  I buy a bottle that contains around 150 pills.  See more information at Olive Leaf Monograph at Alternative Medicine Review.

Olive Leaf Cautions:

• Do not take with blood thinners or blood pressure medicines because it can potentiate the effects.


• As the bacteria is eliminated, a Herxheimer reaction or "die-off" effect may happen.  This can cause a person to have diarrhea, fatigue, flu-like symptoms or headache. If this ever happened, I would cut back on the olive leaf or stop it until the symptoms stop, and then resume taking it at a lesser dosage.


• It has not upset my stomach at all when taking it, but if it did, I can take it with food.

UTI Prevention

Drinking cranberry juice seems to prevent all types of bacterial  UTI infections.

So once a day I drink 4 oz of unsweetened cranberry juice (or Cranberry 100% juice).  I could also take the D-mannose on a daily basis as well (though it is more expensive than cranberry juice).   It seems that when I stop doing this religiously, that's when my problems start.

I also keep on hand a full bottle of d-mannose, olive leaf extract and cantharis so I can treat an infection before it gets bad!   I buy my supplies  from Vitacost.com to save money or from my affiliate site Amazon (see below):


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