For millennia, garlic has been among the most popular folk medicines, used to treat everything from the common cold, to the flu, to leprosy.
Today, in the modern west, the yeast infection garlic remedy is a popular choice for people suffering from Candida.
And it's effectiveness is not just a thing of legend.
Garlic actually works well when used the right way.
Here's what you need to do.
  Garlic contains hundreds of active compounds.
The one that seems most potent as a yeast infection garlic remedy is called allicin.
Allicin is both an antibacterial (like an antibiotic) and an antifungal agent.
Because yeast infection is an overgrowth of a fungus, most commonly Candida Albicans, the allicin in garlic makes it an effective remedy.
  Here's the catch.
  Garlic in its natural state is not a good source of allicin.
Two chemical components in garlic produce allicin when they are combined.
In technical jargon - allicin is produced upon the reaction of the small molecular weight molecule alliin, with the enzyme alliinase.
Normally, allilin and allinase are held apart in the garlic clove.
You activate them by damaging the garlic clove, cutting it or crushing it.
  So, don't try rolling a garlic clove or two in cheesecloth to use as a tampon.
It will only leave you uncomfortable and self-conscious.
  Instead, cut or crush it into your food.
You may be able to put dissolvable allicin capsules in cheesecloth for use as a tampon, though there's a question as to how stable allicin is and whether the shelf life is long enough for it to be potent once you get it home.
  As with all advice of this kind, talk to your doctor.
You don't want to take garlic if you're allergic to it.
And  there's a concern that garlic can interfere with protease inhibitors.