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How to get enough protein (with searchable foods list)
Explore how adequate protein plays a crucial role in preventing conditions like bacterial vaginosis and supporting overall health.
Tips for making your own herbal treatments
Useful tips on how to chose and prepare herbs for use at home.
Histamine-producing bacteria
Which gut, vaginal and food bacteria produce histamine, which degrade it, and why strain choice matters if you are histamine-sensitive.
Understanding light or irregular periods (oligomenorrhoea)
Irregular periods (cycles under 21 or over 35 days) usually signal infrequent ovulation. The common causes – PCOS, thyroid, prolactin, stress – and what helps.
Breastfeeding: impact on oestrogen levels, the vagina and pelvic floor
Breastfeeding keeps oestrogen low, which can cause vaginal dryness, low libido, pain with sex and microbiome changes. Why it happens, and what helps.
How to use the Calendula Vaginal Pessary
How to use the calendula pessary for soothing vaginal irritation and inflammation.
How to use Yeast Defend (vagina)
Instructions on how to use Aunt Vadge's Yeast/Thrush herbal blend vaginally.
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) tells the adrenal glands to make cortisol. What it does, normal levels, and what high and low ACTH mean.
Understanding and using Mayan abdominal massage
Maya (Mayan) abdominal massage is a gentle belly massage for period pain, digestion, fertility and pelvic wellbeing. Benefits, uses and who should take care.
Phytoestrogens food list (searchable)
Discover how to increase your phytoestrogen intake with our comprehensive list of foods.
Understanding vulval lymphangioma circumscriptum
Vulval lymphangioma circumscriptum is a benign condition causing small lymphatic bumps on the vulva. What causes it, how it's diagnosed and how it's treated.
Understanding and managing osteitis pubis
Osteitis pubis is inflammation of the pubic symphysis. Causes, symptoms (including pelvic and vulval pain), diagnosis, treatment, and its link to pregnancy.
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Use of oral zinc in lichen planus of the mouth and vulva
Oral zinc for lichen planus of the mouth and vulva: why zinc matters, what the research shows, testing, and the best supplement type and dose.
Transvaginal ultrasound
What a transvaginal ultrasound is, what it can and can't show, how to prepare, and what to expect on the day.
How to use BV-Prevella Clear (Vagina)
Clear instructions on how to use the Prevotella-dominant BV vaginal pessary blend for bacterial vaginosis.
How to use EstroBoost Vaginal Pessary
Clear instructions on how to effectively use the oestrogen-supporting vaginal pessary, EstroBoost.
Understanding Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS)
Stevens-Johnson syndrome is a severe drug reaction that can affect the vagina. The warning signs, common triggers, and how vulvovaginal damage is prevented.
Yeast Vs HO: a fantastic story, it’s not what you think
The story of how a yeast overgrowth drives up histamine and oestrogen, and the vaginal and whole-body chaos that follows.
How to use vaginal lactulose
How to use lactulose to manage vaginal infections, odour and discharge associated with BV.