Urinary Tract Infection
Foods to Eat More Of:
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
Essential Oils:
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Natural/Herbal:
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Supplements & Homeopathic:
Mind-Body Connection:
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
Meals:
Sides & Salads:
- Fruits: Blueberries, cranberries, lemons, pineapple, watermelon
- Vegetables: carrots, celery, fennel, leeks, onions, parsnips, turnips
- Pumpkin seeds, yogurt, barley
- Cinnamon, garlic (raw if you can), cumin
- Drink 8-10 glasses of water, juice or tea daily
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
- Meats, rhubarb, oranges and pickles.
- Alcohol, dairy (except yogurt)
- Caffeine, refined flour/sugar
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Bergamot, cedarwood, geranium, hyssop, juniper, lemongrass (on bladder area, either directly or via hot compress)
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Buchu, celery seeds, cinnamon, coriander, dandelion leaves, echinacea, fennel seeds, fenugreek, garlic, marshmallow root, parsley, slippery elm bark powder, stinging nettle, sumac, yarrow
- Blend echinacea, nettle and goldenseal tea and have 1 cup several times daily (omit goldenseal if pregnant).
- Genital wash: Make goldenseal and/or echinacea tea, let it cool, and swab genital area.
- If blood in urine: Agrimony, yarrow, shepherd's purse.
- A few splashes of vinegar in tall glass of water (drink as often as you can for 2 days).
- Add 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar to a glass of warm water, add a few drops freshly squeezed lemon juice. Drink twice daily.
Supplements & Homeopathic:
- Vitamin C: 500 mg every other hour, as tolerated (reduce if it causes diarrhea).
- Cranberry: 400 mg twice daily (if not drinking pure juice already).
- Acidophilus: 1 pill (1-2 billion live organisms) twice daily (take if your doctor has also prescribed antibiotics).
- Uva Ursi: 500 mg or 1/2 tsp tincture, 4 times daily for 1 week (buy extract that contains 20% arbutin, don't take with vitamin C or cranberry, avoid if pregnant).
- Echinacea: 600 mg 3 times daily.
Mind-Body Connection:
- Can represent feelings of anger, usually at a lover or spouse.
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
- Banana-Blueberry Smoothie (GF)
- Basic Fruit Smoothie (V, GF)
- Blueberry Pineapple Smoothie (V, GF)
- Blueberry Smoothie (V, GF)
- Blueberry-Pomegranate Smoothie (GF)
- Cranberry-Blueberry Smoothie (GF)
- Detox Smoothie (V, GF)
- Mango-Blueberry Smoothie (GF)
- Mega-Greens Smoothie (GF)
- Pineapple Kale Smoothie (V, GF)
- Pineapple Mint Smoothie (V, GF)
Meals:
- Adult Ramen (V, GF)
- Black Bean Chili (V)
- Black Bean Soup (V, GF)
- Broth (Veggie/Chicken/Beef) - (V, GF)
- Buddha Bowl (V, GF)
- Garlic Soup (V, GF)
- Japanese Onion Soup (V, GF)
- Slow Cooked White Chili (V, GF)
- Vegetarian Chili (V, GF)
Sides & Salads: