Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease, affecting about 1.5 million people yearly. This infection can exist without showing any symptoms and, if left untreated, can lead to severe complications, including infertility. Many patients want to recover from chlamydia, like other health conditions, with home remedies. 

But, let us make clear at the very start that home remedies alone cannot treat chlamydia. Antibiotics are the only effective treatment option for chlamydia. However, home remedies can help reduce some of the chlamydia symptoms and side effects caused by antibiotic therapy. Here we will discuss all the home remedies and their effectiveness for chlamydia in detail, so keep reading.

What Do You Mean By Chlamydia?

Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria. Both males and females can suffer from this infection, but young females are more likely to develop Chlamydia.

In most cases, patients are unaware of the chlamydia infection because of the lack of the symptoms, such as genital pain. Chlamydia patients can recover from their conditions easily through antibiotic treatment.

But, if you avoid taking proper treatment for this sexually transmitted infection, you are imposing yourself with more serious health diseases. Therefore, as soon you get diagnosed with a chlamydia infection, you must go with the proper conventional treatment.

What Are The Symptoms Of Chlamydia?

Chlamydia does not cause any prominent symptoms, which can make its diagnosis easy without lab testing. This is why many people remain unaware of the existing infection in their bodies. Regular testing can help in early diagnosis of chlamydia infection.

The commonly occurring symptoms of chlamydia are mentioned below.

• Genital pain
• Pelvic pain
• Painful urination
• Painful intercourse
• Vaginal pain
• Vaginal bleeding
• Testicular pain
• Premature ejaculation

What Are The Causes Of Chlamydia?

Anal, vaginal, and oral sex are the most common ways of transmitting Chlamydia trachomatis. Pregnant women can also spread chlamydia to their newborns during delivery, causing pneumonia or serious eye infections.

Home Remedies For Chlamydia

If you are looking to find out home remedies for chlamydia, let’s make one thing clear, home remedies alone cannot treat chlamydia. Chlamydia is caused by a strain of bacteria that is strong enough not to be eradicated by home remedies alone.

But some remedies can help recover side effects caused by the conventional treatment (antibiotic therapy) for Chlamydia. Some other symptoms of chlamydia can also be alleviated with home remedies. All of these home remedies are mentioned below in detail.

Garlic

Garlic has been used as an effective home remedy for treating various health ailments, mainly for the common cold and lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Besides these benefits, garlic is also considered the natural cure for bacterial and fungal infections.

There is a unique compound known as allicin, which is present in significant amounts in garlic. Allicin has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Due to this component, garlic prevents and alleviates the symptoms caused by infectious diseases. Allicin works by inhibiting the proliferation of the cells (of bacteria or fungi), which prevent microorganism growth in the body.

But, allicin does not work for all types of infections. Many bacterial varieties are resistant and remain unaffected by allicin. Chlamydia bacteria is one of these bacteria against which allicin cannot work. Studies have clearly shown that garlic cannot cure or recover Chlamydia itself.

However, the use of garlic for Chlamydia with antibiotic therapy can help in reducing the side effects (caused by regular intake of antibiotics). So what kind of side effects can garlic prevent when suffering from Chlamydia?

There is always a high risk of fungal infection associated with regular antibiotics consumption. Garlic prevents fungus growth due to its antifungal properties in patients taking antibiotic therapy for Chlamydia. You can use chopped or crushed garlic and also go with garlic supplements.

Goldenseal 

The leaves and roots of Goldenseal (the perennial plant native to North America) have been widely used as an herbal remedy for treating health ailments such as inflammation, hay fever, cold, digestive ailments, and infections.

Goldenseal contains a unique compound known as berberine which makes it effective against bacterial and fungal infections. This compound works by preventing the adherence of bacteria with body walls and preventing the multiplication of fungi.

Due to its antibacterial abilities, this remedy is used widely for treating urinary tract infections. Similarly, some studies have shown that goldenseal can help alleviate sexually transmitted diseases like Chlamydia. Besides Chlamydia symptoms alleviation, this home remedy also reduces the risk of fungal infection (imposed due to antibiotic therapy).

Echinacea

Also known as purple coneflower, Echinacea has been used as a famous herbal remedy for curing many conditions, mainly flu, colds, inflammation, pain, migraine, and infections. It contains many active ingredients that effectively boost healthy functions, such as improved immunity in the body. Accelerated immune functions allow the body to fight foreign attacks efficiently. This property makes Echinacea preferable for curing bacterial, viral, or fungal infections.

Antioxidants are also present in significant amounts in Echinacea. These chemical compounds work by inhibiting the inflammatory responses in the body, thus alleviating the infection symptoms. Besides these proven health benefits of Echinacea, there is no evidence showing the efficiency of this herb in treating Chlamydia. Echinacea can only help alleviate some of the acute symptoms of Chlamydia and prevent the side effects caused by antibiotic therapy.

Olive Leaf Extract 

This natural remedy can alleviate the symptoms of many diseases associated with the gastrointestinal tract, central nervous system, infections, inflammation, and pain.

The unique component in olive leaf extract, which is responsible for its therapeutic abilities, is oleuropein. It offers anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. This extract also has antimicrobial action, which prevents the spread of bacteria and alleviates symptoms of infections. Due to these abilities, olive leaf extract is considered an effective home remedy for curing Chlamydia.

Turmeric 

The widely used spice known as turmeric has been associated with alleviating many diseases, mainly inflammations. The potent anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric are because of curcumin, a curcuminoid in turmeric. It makes turmeric quite effective in reducing Chlamydia symptoms.

Turmeric can effectively prevent the symptom worsening of Chlamydia, but there is a lack of evidence showing the effectiveness of turmeric for sexually transmitted diseases. Therefore, patients must use antibiotics instead of relying on this home remedy.

Oregano Oil

Like other home remedies discussed above, oregano oil can only reduce the risk of side effects associated with antibiotic therapy for chlamydia. Oregano oil is rich in antioxidants and offers anti-inflammatory and antifungal properties. The high risk of fungal exposure due to regular antibiotic use can be decreased by using oregano oil. It can also help reduce inflammation, a prominent symptom of Chlamydia.

This oil is not efficient in preventing bacterial infections. Thus patients cannot use oregano to remove the bacteria responsible for causing chlamydia. Also, it is well known how to use oregano oil safely on the body to get its antifungal properties. The patients can use oregano oil supplements. But there are some side effects associated with oregano oil usage, including abdominal pain, allergies, and headache.

Probiotics

Probiotics refer to the living bacteria or fungi which offer beneficial health effects to the body. The top probiotic-containing foods include yogurt, kefir, soft cheese, sourdough bread, and sour pickles. Probiotics supplements are also commonly available in the market. Although probiotics cannot be used solely as a home remedy for treating chlamydia, they can reduce the side effects caused by the intake of antibiotics.

Regular consumption of antibiotics for treating chlamydia eliminates the infectious bacteria from the body and can affect the beneficial bacterial colonies. Many beneficial bacteria, including the reproductive system, are present in the body’s systems and are responsible for accomplishing several metabolic functions. When these colonies are affected by the antibiotics, there is a disturbance in healthy metabolism.

To reduce the risk of this kind of side effects caused by Chlamydia antibiotic therapy, probiotics must be taken. Probiotics help maintain the natural bacterial culture (recover the bacterial colonies disturbed by antibiotics). Therefore patients suffering from chlamydia are recommended to increase their intake of probiotics.

Is There a Need For Treatment Other Than Home Remedies?

As you have learned that home remedies cannot help effectively cure chlamydia, there must be some other treatment to eliminate chlamydia. If left untreated, chlamydia increases the risk of human immunodeficiency virus or HIV infection. It further makes patients sensitive to other infectious diseases.

Studies have also shown if chlamydia is left untreated, it can lead to infertility even without having sex. Patients suffering from chlamydia are also at more risk of pelvic inflammatory disease. Many other health risks are associated with chlamydia, such as pneumonia and eye infections in infants if pregnant women suffer from chlamydia.

What Is The Effective Treatment For Chlamydia?

Antibiotics are the only effective treatment for chlamydia. The bacteria causing chlamydia cannot be eliminated through home remedies. Therefore, patients are always recommended to take antibiotic therapy for effective recovery.

Doxycycline is the most commonly recommended antibiotic for chlamydia patients. Taking 100mg of doxycycline twice a day for a week is usually recommended to treat a chlamydia infection. If a patient cannot take doxycycline, such as during pregnancy, azithromycin is the option. Levofloxacin is another antibiotic used for chlamydia treatment.

Conclusion

Now, you must be aware of the home remedies for chlamydia. 

Home remedies cannot treat or recover chlamydia. Antibiotics are the only effective treatment for chlamydia infection. Home remedies can help in reducing the side effects caused by antibiotic therapy. These remedies can also recover chlamydia-related inflammation. Chlamydia, if left untreated, can lead to severe health complications, including infertility.