Lindsay (Boston Ma) on 06/23/2026
I suffered with UTIs since 2007. I’m talking month after month after month. I’ve had an ultrasound, CT, seen a urologist, infectious disease doctor. Saw a naturopath, had acupuncture. Due to the frequent antibiotics I ended up developing drug resistant bacteria requiring a midline and had to give myself IV Ertapenem for a week. It wasn’t until I did my own research…..Almost all my cultures grew out e-coli. Multiple studies show that D-mannose can remove ecoli from the bladder walls…here is the catch…d-mannose works much better in an alkaline environment…hence the baking soda. I take a tsp of baking soda in a glass of warm water along with 2-4g of d-mannose to start. After every urination I take 2g of d-mannose. I know they say to drink a lot of water but be careful that dmannose needs to time to sit and work in the bladder. It’s not going to be beneficial if it immediately leaves the body. I then do the baking soda and dmannose combo before bed and after I wake up in the morning. I’ll even take 2gm of dmannose if I have to urinateon the middle of the night. I’ll then continue to take the dmannose after every void the following day. Continue this for a couple days. For women prone to UTIs following intercourse just take the baking soda and 2gm dmannose combo after :)
Terry (Orangeville, Ont) on 05/05/2026
Wiser Now (England) on 01/10/2026
EarthSongSpirit (Innisfil Canada) on 12/19/2025
Then I remembered my ACV so I immediately drank down a cup of water with one heaping tablespoon. Then half an hour later I drank another cup, again with one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar. It only took about an hour before I was peeing nice long clear painless with no blood streaks. What a relief!!! I'm going to continue this for seven days to be sure it completely clears it up. I'll return in about seven days to let others know it turned out and how much I drank. It's now been a few hours and so far, so good. :-D
Pam (MT) on 11/29/2025
Oregano Oil-- 7500 mg softgel (1), grapefruit seed extract--500mg capsule (1), Goldenseal--400mg capsule (1), D-Mannose--1000mg capsule (1), serrapeptase 40,000 spu capsule (1- 3x/day), garlic-- 500mg softgel (1/day).
I did this morning, noon, evening, night, and middle of night, usually with milk to get the pills down, and with or without food.
My medley info was gathered from my mother and from this website. In reading deep into these posts at week three I learned about baking soda and vinegar. So each morning I drank about 20 oz of water with 1-2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar and about 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. It really helped clear things out fast and also creating an anti-bacterial alkaline environment in the bladder-- I think it would be excellent to do this at the first sign of infection. I suspect that if I had done this with my antibiotic it would have beat the infection. I didn't give up coffee or normal meals as some wrote about. This probably would have helped me beat the infection more quickly, but I wasn't ready to resort to that stage yet.
I will bet that 10 days to two weeks of this concentrated effort would take care of a UTI. By the end of the third week I reduced the pill medley to 4x/day, no tingle, then 3x/day... so I stopped. No more infection! I am writing this review a month later, and still no infection. :) Best to you!!
Art (California) on 08/15/2025
I suggested that she drink two bottles of D-Mannose water each week, spread as evenly apart as possible and that should help prevent most if not all of her monthly UTIs. I suggested drinking one bottle on Sunday morning and one bottle on Wednesday afternoon.
I told her to just take a 500 ml bottle of filtered water and add 1 1/2 teaspoons of D-Mannose powder to each bottle and shake well until dissolved and to drink two of these bottles each week. She started as soon as her D-Mannose package of bulk powder arrived.
It has been over two years since she started this regimen, so I asked her the other day how it was working out for her. She looked at me and smiled and pointed to a bag of D-Mannose powder on her counter and said she hasn't had a UTI since she started drinking it twice a week and I smiled back!
D-Mannose is said to bind to E coli. which is the most common bacteria to cause UTIs at about 80% to 90%, but her doctor had previously told her that her UTIs were caused not just by E coli., but other bacteria on occasion. So perhaps D- Mannose can bind to the others as well?
I just don't understand why doctors don't even consider something like D-Mannose, that has a good safety profile, as a preventative or treatment instead of prescribing potent antibiotics that can cause other health problems. She didn't mention having any problems with taking D-Mannose twice a week.
Art
Ttaylor8822 (Houston, Texas) on 05/06/2025
Some of the research that I’ve done says hyssop tea is good for bacterial infections.
Jerome (Texas) on 02/24/2025
A doctor made me take strong antibiotics in his office before a urology procedure and, sure enough, afterwards I wound up with the most aggressive UTI I've ever had in my life. I tried all the usual things, d-mannose, ACV, uva ursi, yogurt/probiotics, other herbs, and they had no effect. I started drinking large amounts of colloidal silver, which helped a little, but still no end in sight and the amounts I was taking weren't sustainable anyway. I searched as much as I could online and came across an article about chamomile being effective against drug-resistant bacteria that cause UTI, so I got some chamomile tea bags and started making double strength (two bags) cups of it. It upset my stomach a little because of how concentrated I made it but after the second or third cup there was major improvement. After the second day the UTI was gone. From now on I am always going to make sure I have a box of it in the house as an insurance policy if I feel the slightest burning down there.
Nick (London, UK) on 12/23/2024
sparkleheart (Canada) on 11/25/2024
Rick (Woburn, MA) on 11/06/2024
“Methylene blue has also been shown to have several other health benefits, such as:
Reduces the risk of urinary tract infections (UTIs) — I consider this one of the most significant uses of methylene blue, as it offers a powerful, gut-friendly alternative to antibiotics for treating UTIs. This is especially beneficial for the elderly, who often have compromised gut health.
Since methylene blue isn’t metabolized by your body, it gets excreted by the kidneys into your bladder, where it accumulates and eventually reaches concentrations high enough to act as a strong oxidant, effectively targeting and eliminating pathogens in the bladder.”
Started with 10 drops of 1% liquid (5 mg) in a few ounces of water twice a day (tasted terrible). After the first day, all symptoms were done. Continued this dosage for 4 or 5 days to insure that the infection was gone.
Side effect, my chronic tinnitus was dramatically reduced.
Will continue taking at reduced dosage for the tinnitus and as a preventative for infections indefinitely.
Mary Anne H. (Marengo IL) on 08/08/2024
Alicia (Severna Park, MD) on 07/18/2024
Cystex UTI pain relief + bacterial control
U.T. Vibrance D-mannose
Lifesource vitamins - All natural anti-B
I took all of these supplements day of first feeling of UTI pain - woke up with intense pain.
Day 2 I have no symptoms and never has this happened even with antibiotics.
I think the probiotics is the game changer. Good luck!
Art (California) on 05/02/2024
This is what I make :
After adding all ingredients to the bottle, shake very well and drink.
I repeat this process 3 times per day until symptoms start to noticeably improve and then I reduce to two bottles per day and continue for two days after all symptoms are gone. My family and friends have reported this to be a very good alternative to the potent antibiotics they have used in the past. Symptoms generally start to reduce around 3.5 days.
Art
Misaw (India) on 04/27/2024
Unable to bear the UTI increasing tremendously I decided to try with RED WINE VINEGAR. I boiled water for a foot bath, poured in a bucket, I put 2 TSP RED WINE VINEGAR, Borax 1/8th of teaspoon and 2 Teaspoon Magnesium chloride (I know it sounds crazy). As the water was too hot, I sat on the bucket exposing my groin area. I took the steam for 5 minutes or so and drank a glass of 1 Teaspoon RED WINE VINEGAR mixed with 1/8th teaspoon Baking soda. Immediately I got the relief and sat peacefully taking the footbath. Before going to bed I put on coconut oil on my vagina to get some relief. And viola...today morning I don't have any UTI issues at all. However today and tomorrow I will drink the solution for complete recovery
Frenchie (California, San Clement) on 03/15/2024
Ella (London, England) on 02/25/2024
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Suzanne (Springfield LA) on 01/25/2024
Cream of tartar absolutely works. Took 1/2 teaspoon in 16 oz water and within half an hour felt relief.
Bella (Sydney, Australia) on 12/22/2023
Oh my goodness, this WORKS. Woke up pre dawn with a nasty UTI. Constant urgent need to pee. Very painful and uncomfortable urination with blood in my urine. By the morning I was thinking cancel yoga and ‘there goes Christmas’ as no drs open, no script for antibiotics. Went to Earth clinic, found this.
I mixed 2-3 tablespoons ACV + 1/2 teaspoon Bicarbonate in a large glass of water. Tastes fine, down the hatch in one go.
20 minutes later, symptoms COMPLETLEY GONE. Miraculous. Went to yoga, no problems. Looking forward to Christmas ð¤¶
I get this quite regularly, so glad to have this cure as I prefer to avoid antibiotics. Thank you again EC. ð
DianeC (Riverside Ca.) on 07/22/2023
I was having a very difficult time with UTI's off and on, including using various over the counter medications and UTI aids. I was about to go to my Doctor for help. Instead I decided to eliminate my love for COFFEE and see if my love for coffee was the culprit! And sure enough my UTI's stopped bothering me when I eliminated Coffee for good!
The first few days of no longer using coffee (and I drank loads of it starting at the AM) and my UTI problem halted! I still am no longer drinking coffee and I am doing FINE! I just wanted to share this with other sufferers! I still use the AZO cranberry capsules twice a day for good measure! Thank you DianeC.
