OWNING A VAGINA can be complicated

It smells, it weeps, it bleeds, it swells, it dries, it opens and it closes. Investigating your vagina is like swimming in a dark lake: when a weed touches your leg, panic sets in. What is it? We delve and weed and peer and poke. Welcome to My Vagina.

SOLUTIONS for problems

The treatment strategies explained within My Vagina cover all bases, are in plain English and aim to be smart and funny – like you. You are a real person, with feelings and thoughts of your own, with a body that you know better than anyone.

As naturopaths, we like to work with your body, not against it, and that means involving you in the process.

You are more than the sum of your diseases! We help you navigate the folds. Our collection of how-to guides

A rice husk in the uterus, and how it might have got there – a case study

A 1 cm paddy husk stuck to the lining of a 60-year-old's uterus explained her bleeding after menopause, and how it got there remains an open question.

Fennel for vaginal dryness

What the clinical trials say about using fennel to ease menopausal vaginal dryness, itching and painful sex - plus how it works and how to use it safely.

Does fingering hurt? What’s normal and how to make it comfortable

Does fingering hurt? It shouldn't. Here's why it sometimes does, and how to make it feel good with arousal, lube and an unhurried touch.

Baker’s yeast for yeast infections – is it helpful?

Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) reined in Candida and calmed inflammation in early lab and mouse studies of recurrent thrush.