Figuring out how to get rid of a yeast infection without going to your doctor might be even more difficult than the yeast infection itself. While many women can open up and talk with their doctors about absolutely anything, I think the majority of us certainly feel pretty uncomfortable when it comes to issues like this.

One day, I asked myself what I thought was a totally innocent question. "How did people who lived before modern medicine existed treat their yeast infections?"

It makes sense that people have been dealing with yeast infections throughout human history, where Western medicine has only existed for a little over 100 years.

So how did they deal with yeast infections anyway?

I thought that finding the answer would be pretty simple.

I was wrong.

It turns out that much of that wisdom and knowledge has been lost. Some of it is due to the fact that in earlier times, a yeast infection was likely even more of a taboo subject than it is today, and sure nobody talked about how to get rid of a yeast infection in public.

It's just not one of those subjects that get passed down from generation to generation.

The other problem is that the big pharmaceutical companies cannot patent any naturally occurring substance - only process chemicals.

No patents, no money. So guess what they're going to do?

They are going to make sure that their patented products are front and center at all times, and any natural home remedies are swept completely under the rug and put out of sight as much as possible.

The search for answers took me much longer than I had anticipated, but fortunately I finally did uncover how to get rid of a yeast infection without ever having to go see my doctor.