No, putting garlic in your vagina overnight won’t cure candidiasis |

“Natural remedy for candida and vaginal odour,” reads a post on Facebook in Nigeria. It shows a photo of a clove of garlic with pieces of string attached to it.

“Insert in the vagina overnight and remove in the morning, dispose of the garlic clove. Insert the same way you insert a tampon,” it says.

“It really works.”

But does it? We checked.

Difference between candida and candidiasis, or thrush

Candida is a fungus that lives on the skin and inside the body – in the mouth, throat, gut, and vagina and other places – usually without causing problems.

But if…