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Cloves are the unopened flower buds of the clove tree (Syzygium aromaticum). The clove tree is a tropical evergreen that can grow up to 20 feet in height. Clove trees are indigenous of the Philippines and surrounding islands. Cloves, of course, have now been introduced into all tropical countries for cultivation. The medicinal use of cloves is from antiquity; used in China and India to treat primarily tooth decay and bad breath (halitosis). Cloves have been shown to be quite good at improving oral health by modern scientists. Today, cloves have been investigated for their efficacy as a Candicidal herb; and, research continues to prove that cloves are excellent for the treatment of yeast infections.
You can use cloves by grinding them up and adding them to a carrier oil, or better yet, to honey. Yes, honey stops yeast (to find out more about honey treatments, check out Honey for Yeast Infection)! You can then let the honey and ground cloves infuse for a few hours; stirring the mixture occasionally. Next, take a tampon and soak it in your clove honey mixture. Once the tampon is adequately saturated with the clove honey, insert it into the vagina at night before you go to bed. Let the tampon stay in the vagina overnight and when you get up in the morning wash out the vagina with warm water. You will also find that adding a probiotic pill into the vagina after you wash the honey out will further help to improve your condition.
If you have other plant essential oils on hand, or other Candicidal herbs, add those to your mixture as well. Try to keep the viscosity of the honey intact, as you want it to flow and soak into your tampon thoroughly. For this reason, essential oils may be the best choice for adding phytochemicals to your honey—they simply will incorporate themselves better than bulky spices.
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The primary component of most clove essential oil is eugenol. Eugenol comprises about 80% or more of the volume of typical essential clove oil. One study, published in BioResources [2.2 (2007): 265-269], was conducted on Turkish clove buds. The clove species used in the study was Syzygium aromaticum—this species is the typical one used to produce clove spices and essential oil. The study found that eugenol comprised 87% of the total volume of the essential oil derived from the Syzygium aromaticum cloves.
Another study was done on a different species of cloves: Syzygium caryophyllatum. The study was published in the African Journal of Plant Science [4.11 (2010): 451-454]. Syzygium caryophyllatum essential oil contained less eugenol—about 50% of the total volume of the oil was eugenol.
Eugenol is likely the primary reason why cloves are actually capable of stopping Candida. So, it is important what species of clove you're using. Most cloves should be Syzygium aromaticum, so you should be fine using cloves procured from your local grocery store.
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One study, published in the Current Discovery [2:1 (2013) 46-52] journal, examined the effects of various herbal extracts on 3 different species of azole resistant Candida strains: C. albicans, C. glabrata, and C. haemulonii. This is of importance as you may be using an azole antifungal on an azole resistant strain of Candida; thus, herbal therapy can work where drugs did not. The study took raw herbs, ground them into powder, and then allowed them to soak in various solvents. Some of the solvents seemed to increase and decrease the effectiveness of the herb's activity against Candida. Once the solution was created, it was dried and later dissolved again in dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO). In instances where no anti-Candida activity is seen with one solvent, but significant activity is observed by other solvents, this is clearly a result of the solvent; the herb’s ability was merely suspended by the chemical solvent. Clove, for instance, has proven anti-Candida ability; thus, when it is not present in this study’s analysis, it is clearly due to the solvent’s chemical distortion of clove’s phytochemicals.
The process of dissolving the herb in various solvents and then redissolving the herbs in DMSO could also contribute to general alteration of the herb's efficacy. However, the study used several solvents and the general capabilities of the herb are demonstrated due to the wide range of solvents utilized. The study describes how each test was carried out by stating:
The antimicrobial screening of the Candida strains were carried out following the Poisoned Food Technique with slight modification. The plant extracts of 0.2 ml were mixed in 0.5 ml candida culture suspension and then added to 4.5 ml of pre-sterilized sabouraud dextrose broth (pH + 5.6). In control sets, DMSO (in place of the plant extract) were used in the medium in appropriate amount. Culture tubes were incubated for 24 hour at 37 [degrees Centigrade].
http://www.ijcdi.com/papers/CD-00007-2012.pdf
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Visit Official Site!Clove Fights Candida Biofilm
Candida biofilm is a big deal if you’re attempting to treat a yeast infection with antifungal drugs. The ability of Candida biofilms to increase the yeast’s resistance to antifungal drugs is well known. According to a study published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology [140 (2012) 416–423], Candida biofilms gave the yeast about 1024 times more resistance to antifungal drugs. Having over a thousand times increased resistance to antifungal drugs is a key reason why you may not have seen results from using these drugs!
Biofilms are formed by Candida albicans in three phases. Once the single yeast cells attach to a surface of the body, they begin to enter their hyphal form—which is the growing of long germ tube tendrils into the skin. They then form a slime made from cellular and noncellular material to cover themselves. This mixture of single celled Candida cells, hyphal tubes, and covering material continues to increase until it becomes a thick slime. This slime is biofilm. Once a biofilm is fully mature, you are going to have a difficult to treat yeast infection. Fortunately, cloves can break up Candida biofilm and eradicate the yeast despite its protective strategy.
The aforementioned Journal of Ethnopharmacology [140 (2012) 416–423] study analyzed the effects of two herbs on Candida albicans that had developed biofilms. Also, two prescription antifungal drugs were evaluated against Candida albicans with biofilms as well. The study found that both lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus), and clove killed Candida albicans with biofilm much better than the two prescription drugs analyzed in the study. The researchers state the following about the efficacy of the herbs and antifungal drugs against Candida albicans strains (note that sessile cells refers to Candida cells that are encapsulated in a biofilm):
...more than 60% reduction in viable count of sessile cells of both the test strains was exhibited by oils of Cymbopogon citratus in 10–12 hours. Syzygium aromaticum produced similar effect in 18–20 hours against both the strains. Amphotericin B and fluconazole did not show this effect even up to 48 hours.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.045
Unfortunately, the study did not demonstrate the ability of a combination of lemongrass and clove to kill Candida. It is likely that combining these herbal therapies would create a healing synergy. Dr. James Duke; the renowned expert on medicinal plants; stated in his book, The Green Pharmacy, that a combination of herbs has consistently proven to be more powerful than a single herb alone in the treatment of health maladies. If you have access to lemongrass essential oil, you can add it to your clove herbal therapy and probably see better results. For more information on lemongrass essential oil you can check out this article: Lemongrass Essential Oil for Yeast Infection. For more information on clove essential oil, feel free to peruse this article: Clove Essential Oil for Yeast Infections.
A Natural, 12 Hour Yeast Infection Cure
According to a research paper published in Clinical Microbiology Reviews [12.1 (1999): 80-96], Candida species are quite ubiquitous organisms. Candida are most frequently present in the mouth; and, live in 31% to 55% of healthy people. The species that causes approximately 70% to 80% of all Candida infections is C. albicans.
The Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology [2011 Jul;46(7):496] reports there appears to be a correlation between intestinal Candida infections and vaginal yeast infections. And, this provides a clue, as to why yeast infections in general, can reoccur.
This study states, in 148 cases of vaginal candida infections, 33.1% of the women were infected in both the intestines and vaginal area. The recurrence rate of yeast infections, in women with simultaneous intestinal infection, was significantly higher than for women who did not have an intestinal infection. This study concluded that vaginal yeast infections are highly associated with simultaneous intestinal Candida infection.
As research appears to indicate, systemic Candida infections can and do happen. A more systemic Candida infection may primarily get a foothold in the intestines; and cause a wide array of problems. If your yeast infections keep happening, a systemic Candida problem may be why.
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- https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/Crops/Clove.html — Short article on cloves
- http://www.phytojournal.com/vol1Issue1/Issue_may_2012/1.pdf — Bhowmik, Debjit, et al. "Recent trends in Indian traditional herbs Syzygium aromaticum and its health benefits." Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 1.1 (2012): 6-17.
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