Cystitis, Lower Urinary tract infection
It is a disease that is commonly found in women rather than men. This disease can be easily prevented and treated, but if not being treated, the infection may spread to the kidney, causing Pyelonephritis (kidney infection). It is mostly caused by bacterial infection from gram-negative bacteria in the human feces, such as E.coli.
Symptom of urinary tract infection
The symptom depending on the level of infection, if infected only in the urinary tract, it may have a burning feeling when urinating, cloudy, and more frequent urination. But if there’s infection in the kidney, there will be fever and back pain, which needs treatment with antibiotic injection at the hospital.
Benefits of cranberry and rosemary
There are many studies found that cranberry and rosemary helps treating cystitis, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), pain from bladder contraction (sometime used to relieve urgent urination)* also, it reduce recurrence because cranberries rich in many antioxidants and high vitamin C which have Phytochemical with E.coli inhibition effect that is proanthocyanidins(PACs)* with the report shows that women that taken cranberry extraction continuously can help inhibit adhesion of E.coli significantly (p<0.0001) compared to the women that have not taken the cranberry extraction.*
The study also indicated that consuming cranberry for effective cystitis prevention and treatment, it needs to take proanthocyanidins(PACs) more than 36 mg per day** Rosemary has many studies indicating many effects such as relieve stomach ache, inhibit infection and reduce inflammation.**
Nowadays, there’s a cranberry capsule for increasing convenience of taking.
- Taking method : 1 capsule per day.
