11 Effective Home Remedies For Bacterial Infections

Though very less percentage of bacterial species causes infections, but they become very severe and invasive once they overcome the body’s defenses. In such cases, many times antibiotics treatment is given and it is continued for three to four weeks or even for months, but such treatments often have mild to severe side-effects ranging from general weakness, nausea, vomiting, and body rashes to more severe diarrhea, abdominal pain and liver problems.

The most prominent side effect is that a person becomes even more susceptible to secondary bacterial infections due to antibiotics resistance and depletion of helpful, friendlier normal microbial flora of the body. Therefore, the best foolproof methods to effectively treat bacterial infections are the natural ones and they are very safe home remedies that can be easily adopted by anyone who has bacterial infections. The best of the lot research-oriented home remedies are given below for you to read and follow and to get rid of your bacterial infections.

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Home Remedies For Bacterial Infections

Personal Hygiene

The best method one can adopt and follow to get oneself away from any type of infections is by maintaining personal hygiene and by following proper sanitary practices. Many research studies reveal that many bacterial fungal and even viral infections can be prevented by routinely following only one sanitary practice, that is, proper hand washing.

The proper hand washing technique is this: wash your hands with antibacterial soap for more than 30 seconds before you take your meals, after you visit washrooms and toilets both in house and outside, after you come from public places and after you come in contact with diseased persons and after shaking hands with ill persons and those who are in hospitals.

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Drink Water and Juices

Drinking water in required amounts hydrates the body, flushes all types of toxins out of the body along with pathogenic bacteria through urine, maintains proper electrolytes balance in the body, improves blood circulation, and it is particularly recommended during respiratory tract and urinary tract infections. The final note here is that drinking plenty of fluids and water improves overall health and immunity.

When you are suffering from bacterial infections like urinary tract infections, you should drink a lot of water and eat pineapple or drink its juice. Similarly, cranberry and blueberry juices are also very potential in preventing such infections.

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Food

Take qualitative food not quantitative food, which means the one which is rich in all vital nutrients, minerals, vitamins and proteins. Eat variety of fruits, vegetables and nuts as these are rich in all types of nutrients that are very essential for boosting natural immunity. The best thing one can do to get rid of bacterial or any other kind of infections is to develop ones immunity.

If you think that your diet is inadequate in vital nutrients like zinc, vitamin B12, iron, selenium, and you are a vegetarian or vegan, and if you frequently suffer from bacterial and viral infections like flu cold, etc., then immediately start incorporating the food stuff that is rich in these vital nutrients. If not possible, then you can take dietary supplements to boost natural immunity.

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Use Grape Fruit Seed Extract

Grape fruit seed extract is known since ancient times for its medicinal properties and as an effective digestive tonic because many research studies support such claims. It can be used as topical application for wounds and cuts or for ear infections. Supplementary grape seed extract is very effective as stomach tonic, especially when one has stomach upsets, indigestion, constipation, irregular bowel movements and diarrhea.

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Use Tea-Tree Oil

Tea tree oil can be used as topical lotion for cuts and wounds or for any other types of bacterial and fungal infections, but it is not advisable to have it orally. However, in case of acute throat infections in addition to salt-water gargles, when tea-tree oil is added to a cup of warm water and used for gargles, this will give immense relief.

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Use Basil Oil

Spices and many herbs have many antimicrobial agents that are very effective against many pathogenic bacteria and opportunistic pathogens of the body, which are mostly bacteria and cause some very invasive and severe infections of the upper-respiratory tract and urinary tract.

Basil is among such herbs, which has got very potent antimicrobial activity against many well-known and common pathogens like E.coli and Staphylococcus, which are now becoming antibiotic resistant. Therefore, basil oil can be a better option for treating the infections caused by these resistant strains.

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Use Peppermint Leaves and oil

Peppermint oil is an efficient and powerful antimicrobial and antifungal agent according to many research studies. The entire herb of peppermint is useful against many bacterial infections of the stomach and urinary tract. The antimicrobial and antifungal agents present in the essential oils of peppermint species are very effective against many species of pathogenic microorganisms.

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Use Garlic

Garlic has got powerful antimicrobial properties as it is effective against both bacterial and fungal species of pathogenic microbes. Chewing a few cloves of garlic early in the morning not only makes your tummy healthy, but also helps you to get rid of pathogenic microbes from your body.

Garlic extract can be used as an oral tonic or can also be used as topical lotion for cuts, and wounds on the skin. If you want to inhibit the growth and infections of E.coli, salmonella and staphylococcus, then start incorporating garlic in your routine diet plan because the effectiveness of garlic has been scientifically proven in all these types of infections.

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Use Ginger

Ginger and garlic are the natural bounties for us because they have got miraculous healing properties due to the presence of abundant antimicrobial and antifungal agents in them. Many research studies have many times proved their effectiveness against the most common pathogenic bacterial infections like E.coli, Salmonella, Streptococcus and Staphylococcus. If you think you are prone or susceptible to such infections or  already have such infections then start incorporating garlic in your daily diet.

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Use Probiotics

The natural microbial flora of the digestive tract is called probiotics and they must be present according to the natural equilibrium in the body and if that equilibrium distorts, the opportunistic pathogens and pathogens both start their devastating effect in the body and in turn cause many proplems. Probiotics include lactobacillus, bifidobacteria, and acidophilus species. These bacteria are naturally present in milk, curd, yogurt and other fermented food products.

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Use Lime Juice

Lime juice is rich in Vitamin C and it has got natural antimicrobial properties. Vitamin C helps to support immune system and thus increases resistance and immunity and the antimicrobial agents of the lime ward off the pathogenic microbes particularly the ones causing digestive tract infections like cholera.

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