Yeast, tea, and Fibromyalgia can a tea help reduce your pain?
I hesitated, "Nah I think I will wait." is what I said to myself and I did wait. Members of the Internet were telling me it worked. Others said it was too nasty to stomach I waited a little longer. Finally I decided the literature said it was relatively safe. What would it hurt to try one cup? I purchased a box of the bitter stuff at one of my local GNC stores. The price was about $5.00 a box for twenty tea bags. I balked again after my first cup. I had had one cup and that was enough yuck, bitter was an understatement! I promptly forgot I even had it in the cupboard until another bout of thrush attacked my mouth. I was miserable! My gums were swollen and my mouth so raw I couldn't eat. I was one desperate lady when during chat a member reminded me of its properties.
Well hey, why not? I boiled up another cup and rinsed it around. I noticed in particular that the tea itself changed temperature much like a good mouth was it felt warm and even soothing. I didn't believe it would make a difference for me but I had at least tried it. Imagine my shock when literally over night the mouth yeast was gone! (To this date this tea has not caused a problem with my meds. However check with your doctor and pharmacist before using this tea.)
I had waited so long to use something so easy! Well I wouldn't make that mistake again.
In addition to curing my yeast problem, this tea has found its way into my every day life. It acts wonderfully on tooth pain and with an IDDY BIDDY dose actually helped my daughters teething pain. (Herbal cures and remedies are NOT recommended for children! Do not use them per bottle dosage recommendation as MOST bottles are labeled for adults!) If that wasn't enough, upon research, I found out that it is an excellent fungicide known to cure some of the worst toenail fungus out there! Go figure!
In the interest of being able to drink this bitter stuff I took a cue from the herbal drink market and started mixing it with other teas creating my own designer tea drinks with, mint, ginseng, green tea and some standard tea. I enjoy this drink and depending on how I combine them I can
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