7 homeopathic remedies to treat UTI at home

Homeopathy self-help remedy for UTI

Homeopathic remedies are exceptionally useful in most acute situations, including UTIs. It’s a natural treatment without unwanted side effects and you can treat the infection at home. 

If you have homeopathic remedies at home (purchasing a kit of remedies is great value for money as it will last you years – check out Helios or Ainsworth in the UK or any homeopathic pharmacy in your country) it’s quick to start treatment at the first sign of symptoms and often this prevents full-blown infections.

Common UTI symptoms

  • Frequent need to pee
  • Pain when urinating
  • Needing to pee suddenly, more urgency
  • Pee may look cloudy or have a smell
  • Blood in urine
  • Lower abdomen pain or lower back pain
  • Temperature or fever
  • Feeling unwell, fatigue
  • Pain may be present in other places, such as thighs or legs

How to help yourself during acute UTI

  • Give yourself permission to rest for a few days.
  • Get ahead and purchase homeopathic self-help remedies to have them at hand anytime.
  • Making your pee alkaline can give relief, so mix a teaspoon of baking soda (bicarb) in a glass of water three times per day.
  • Hydration can help with symptoms, so drink 2-3 litres of unsweetened liquids.
  • If warmth makes you feel better, place a heating pad or a hot water bottle on your lower belly. 

How to use  remedies for acute UTI

The recommended potency (strength) in acute situations is 30c or 200c. 30c potency is usually readily available in most places selling homeopathic medicines but 200c may work better if you have strong symptoms. In acute situations, you may need to repeat the remedy often, even every 5 to 10 minutes if your symptoms are intense. When you feel relief, stop the remedy and only take it again if symptoms reappear.

Top 7 UTI remedies

Cantharis

Extreme burning before, during and after urination. Constant urge to pee. Very little urine or urine passed in drops. Back pain is common. Also, blood in pee can happen. Pain feels cutting, smarting and burning. You may feel better for resting, warmth and rubbing. Feeling cold can make you feel worse.

Mind: Moody, contradictory, excessive sexual desire.

Staphisagria

UTI after sexual intercourse. Burning pain when not urinating. As if a ball is rolling along in the urethra. After peeing you feel urging like your bladder is not empty. Pain feels burning, stinging and smarting as if cut.

Mood: Angry but not showing it, suppressed emotions, humiliation, guilt, shame, resentful, painfully sensitive, grief.

Apis

Severe burning while passing urine. Constant desire to pee. The last drop will feel like intense burning. Heat in any form makes you feel worse (hot weather, hot bath etc). Cold air and cold application will soothe. Can feel worse at nighttime or around 4 pm in the afternoon.

Mood: Anxious mind, restless, fidgety, busy, weeping all day and night without a cause, awkward, clumsy, dropping things.

Aconite

Very sudden onset, symptoms appear out of the blue. Often happens when you’ve been exposed to cold weather, cold wind or you’ve had a shock or a fright. Burning pain during peeing. Pressing pain. Pain can feel intolerable. Urination is difficult, painful, drop by drop.

Mood: Mentally or emotionally shocked, fearful of death or dying, great anxiety, panic attacks, restless, very sensitive to pain.

Sarsaparilla

Intense burning pain. Unbearable pain at the end of urination, often causing the person to yell in pain. Cutting pains. Peeing is difficult when sitting down but flows better when standing up. Can only pass urine when standing during the day, but at night it flows easier.  The bladder is swollen and feels tender. Urine can look pale green in colour. 

Mood: Mental symptoms aren’t very marked for this remedy, but you might feel anxiety from pain, easily offended, despondent or gloomy without any cause.

Pulsatilla

Frequent need to pee. Running to the toilet quickly, but when there, urine only dribbles slowly. Spasmodic pain. You may feel worse after peeing. Sometimes, getting cold and wet can be a trigger. Kidneys may feel sore and bruised. Feel worse in a hot stuffy room, want fresh air. Mood and symptoms can change a lot. 

Mood: Changeable, anxious, affectionate, wanting sympathy and company, fearful, depressed, moody, sensitive, shy, and tearful. 

Belladonna

The infection comes on strongly and suddenly. The bladder feels inflamed and hot, as if radiating heat. Throbbing pain, made worse by moving or being touched. Urine retention and scanty flow, but still feel constant urge. Involuntary passing of urine. There may be spasm and cramp-like pains which come and go. You may feel hot. Symptoms often worsen in the afternoon around 3 o’clock. Usually feel better when lying down in a quiet, dark room. 

Mood: Delirious, angry, agitated, anxious, confused, excitable, restless.

+ bonus remedy: Sepia

A great remedy for women in (peri)menopause. Cutting pain in the bladder. The urine streak is weak. Smelly pee. A feeling of the pubic area being pushed down. Weak bladder. Prolapse. Can be a chronic UTI. Feels better for warmth, crossing or drawing legs up, and pressure.

Mood: Irritable, sensitive, easily offended, miserable, nervous, aversion to family or loved ones, indifferent, aversion to sympathy.

Where to buy remedies

Remedies are available online from homeopathic pharmacies and dispensaries in your country. Also, many wellness shops and even Amazon sell remedies these days. 

In the UK, Helios has the best selection of medicines. They also deliver to many other countries. 

If you get frequent UTIs, read this

Experiencing recurrent or chronic urinary tract infections is sadly common among women. I know, as I was one of them. 

You can still use the guidance in this article to manage any acute infection, but please note that you may need additional homeopathic treatment to heal the root cause and end the cycle of painful infections. 

Chronic infections are a sign of a systemic problem, an imbalance that needs to be addressed with “deeper acting” treatment. In homeopathy, we often look for triggers in your medical and family history and other factors that will influence the selection of remedies specifically for you. Also, you may require supportive remedies for the bladder and kidneys (or other organs), detox of previous pharmaceutical medicine and much more.

Healing from chronic illness is layered, like peeling an onion. It takes a bit of time and some patience, but it is absolutely possible to heal. Recurrent/chronic UTI is not something you need to live with for the rest of your life; that’s my opinion and belief.

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