Yogurt Pussies

I was hanging out with some Skidmore gals after my talk there Tuesday and we got to talking about that old, itchy foe, yeast infections. One of the pre-med students had just prepared a paper about alternative treatments, including…drum roll please…sticking yogurt in your vagina (“not strawberry, not vanilla,” she warned us, “plain yogurt.”) A couple of the other female students freaked out at this suggestion (ahem, Carly, ahem). I googled it today and, lo and behold, it’s a bonafide treatment (along with garlic and tea tree oil).
So level with me, what do you all think about these alternative va-jay-jay remedies? Do you use them or resort to the man’s Monistat? I went to the Monistat website, and in addition to lots of smiling women pics, I found this warning:

CAUTION: If you are taking the prescription blood-thinning medicine Warfarin, ask a doctor or pharmacist before using any MONISTAT® products, because bleeding or bruising may occur when miconazole nitrate is taken at the same time as warfarin.

Makes good ol’ yogurt sound pretty reassuring, right?
There’s no question that the personal is the political, even when it comes to our most individuated health and wellness choices. But it’s got me wondering, is it “less feminist” to resort to store-bought cures or is this one of those things that we should lay off on politicizing?
*Note to all: douching is bullshit. If you don’t know, now you know.