A bacterial infection is a proliferation of a harmful strain of bacteria on or inside the body. Bacteria can infect any area of the body. Most often than not bacteria kills the benign and useful bacteria in the body along with the harmful ones. This causes several side effects, apart from the side effects that are caused by the chemicals in these antibiotics.
Most bacterial infections can be easily treated with a natural cure for bacterial infections. Natural treatments take a holistic approach to treating bacterial infections by strengthening the immune system of the body and fighting off the infection naturally. Some home remedies are also known to have antibacterial properties.
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Garlic
Garlic is one of the best infection fighters available for both bacterial and viral infections. It is a natural antibiotic. Garlic is well known and used in medicine systems, like ayurveda for its antibiotic properties. Squeezing fresh garlic is the best way to use it, but if you are too unwell to squeeze garlic again and again, you can opt for garlic capsules instead.
Green Vegetables
A proper diet is a good natural cure for bacterial infections. You must include green vegetables, like broccoli, spinach, collard greens and turnips and yellow vegetables, like pepper and squash to treat bacterial infection naturally.
Reduce Intake Of Carbohydrates And Sugar
Try to cut down the amount carbohydrates and refined sugar from your diet. You should not only avoid sugar and flour, but also avoid natural sugars, like sucrose, fructose and those contained in cane juice, cookies, crackers and pasta.
All these items require vitamin B to metabolize and they will use up the vitamin B resources in the body if you are not taking supplements. This will aid the bacteria to flourish and your infection will take a longer time to heal.
Treating Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
Upper respiratory tract infections are usually caused by viruses, but sometimes these infections are also caused by bacteria. The best treatment for this kind of infection is nasal irrigation. This procedure involves washing the insides of your nose and sinuses with a salt solution. This removes all the mucus and the infection causing bacteria with it.
Nasal Irrigation
When you are performing nasal irrigation, the epithelial cells also get washed along with the mucus and if they are not replaced in time, infections take hold. In order to replenish the epithelial cells fast, you need to take vitamin A supplements. This is another natural cure for bacterial infections of the upper respiratory tract.
Gargling
The gargling of salt water is an old method which was commonly used to treat infection in the throat. If you have a bacterial infection in the throat, gargling with warm water that contains a little salt is a great natural cure. This will also provide a lot of relief from bacterial throat infections.
Turmeric
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) has been used for 4,000 years to treat a variety of conditions. In India for many years warm milk with turmeric is considered to be the best remedy for any kind of injury that can result in an infection.
At the same time, turmeric paste can also be locally applied to the injured area in order to heal and prevent infections. It works great for both internal as well as external bacterial infections.
