Home Remedy for Bartholin Cyst that WORKS!

I have been applying the gauze on bump. But am not sure if applying at the right spot. The abscess is on the internal side of vagina which extends to the lip on the outside. My question is, do i put the gauze inside side of the vagina or on the lip on the outside?

Hello, thanks for sharing all the information ladies. Question, for the Phoebe's method that worked, how long did you already have your bartholin cyst for? A few days? Weeks? Months? Also, could there be, or has anyone had their symptoms worsen from using Phoebe's concoction; or any side effects?

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back here again.. after 1 year 6 mths of being free from it.. i felt a lump develop on sunday and its thursday now. been on pheobe's cure for close to 3 days now like the previous time i used the cure its abrading my vaginal skin away so its a sign its working right? the pain is becoming a little unbearable. i did sitz baths with epsom salt according to what was said. will update again once the cyst has popped previously it took about 3 days or so to pop too. i wonder what is the cause of these cyst... does it have to do with stress?

hi Victoria, thanks for posting this Im about to start this process this morning and Ive one question, does this drain from your duct or does the cyst rupture, as in a new hole come elsewhere? and id so how was the healing of this for you? thanks!

Please help, I had a BC that was NOT infected 3 years ago. after doing a sitz bath i was able to drain it. However it came back 3 months ago and I only just started addressing it now but sitz baths are not working at all. I also started taking serrapeptase for 3 days now, and no improvements. It is not painful but it really bothers me. Should I try Phoebe's cure? Is it possible that the duct has already permenantly closed up? 😦((((

your way combined with phoebes cure really really works!!!!! ive had a abscess for about a week now, so so damn painful, i couldnt sit, lie down or even sleep without pain. i made an appt at 5 to go to the doctors to get ir drained cause i couldnt see an end in sight, i did EVERYTHING like taking multiple sitz baths a day, hot baths, warm compresses but never tried phoebes cure. this afternoon i finallg went to the pharmacy and tried it and a few hours later it ruptured RIGHT before my doctors appt!!!! thank you soooooooo much for sharing

for other ladies, PLEASE PLEASE TRY THIS!!! hang in there if you can, it will rupture, it just takes time!!!

so I've had Cyst since i was 17 that was the first time I've ever had a Cyst and i had to get it drained after that ive had them about 4-5 times each one painless and popped on its own with no effort after that I'be had no Cyst till now currently 21 and pregnant and I was in the worst pain possible i would to warm baths and tylonel It was so bad i could not sleep and woke up my toddler and husband for the last two days crying i went to the doctor and he refused the drain it because he didnt know how apparently i came across this forum and after reading everyone else's experience i decided id give it a try now this is the first day ive tried it i followed the instructions and prayed for a miracle i started it around 12 and did the whole process and then once more i ended up falling asleep with the mixture and woke up in so much pain like i was being stabbed in my lady area i went to the bathroom to change the cotton pad out to one that was just soaked in warm water i placed it on the giant cyst and walked in pain back to my bedroom and felt what seemed to be relief i just laid there because i didnt believe that it popped so i massaged it from the outside just to see if it was still sensitive to touch and it was but not like before where it stung whenever i touched it i stopped after about two mins when i lifted to covers to adjust my self and this strong odor comes out it was very foul smelling like something died it was so strong that it over powered the tea tree oil since it is a very strong smell i went to the bathroom and checked and BLOOD (sidenote) being pregnant and seeing blood is not a good thing and something scary but this was an exciting moment for me because i knew it had popped i kept squeezing and squeezing till the blood and pus came back light i hopped in the shower and sat another few mins in the bath before getting out i cant believed it worked i really cant im still a little sore and tender but i can wall and lay down without any pain thank you to whoever found this remedy and shared it with us ladies countless hours searching on anything other then sitz baths and im glad i tried this

Phoebes cure worked for me in 2 days. i first got it and the pain was minor. I bought the supplies (witch hazel, tea tree oil, calomine lotion). After a sitz bath I mixed the 3 ingredients together and soaked them up on a gauze and placed on the cyst. i put a pad on my panties to hold it in place and left it on overnight. No changes overnight but it got worse and more painful late the next morning where it was painful while walking. I continued doing sitz baths and redoing the gauze throughout the day. Around midday it seemed to have drained a little and was a little less painful but it was still pretty large and had so i continued the sitz bath and redoing the mixture on gauze. I did about 5 sitz baths all day and slept with the gauze overnight again. This time it worked because it burst overnight. it mostly drained on its own onto the gauze and the pad I was wearing. I drained as much more as i could the next morning and cleaned it up. It is not painful any more thankfully and hopefully it heals up after this. If you're going through this don't give up. Just keep trying and it will burst eventually.

My BC finally started draining last night. however I'm not sure how to treat now. Its slowly draining, but do I continue to take sitz baths? How do I make sure it continues to drain all the way? What worked for you?

Victoria. this thread saved me a trip to the ER. A remedy of(3) 20 min soaks, and witch hazel gauze completely drained my grape sized horrendously painful BC in 4 hours. I may have lost sleep tonight but oh my God I can walk again. so grateful to have found this post. I was fine all day (started out small) until I got home and it blew up. THANK YOU.

Well finally years later I have a name to the mysterious bump I get at the end of my cycle. Tonight after multiple days of severe pain, my cyst ruptured. pouring blood for a very long time. Then a doctor tells me its a BC. so im researching and so glad to have a name to something ive had for years. I've never had one rupture until tonight. I will definitely try these remedies. Im 30 and they started early teens but i did not know that it was a BC. ive always been scared to tell my ob until 2 years ago and she said herpes and tested me it was negative and then said an ingrown hair possibly and most recently maybe an allergy to my pads. shes never seen it because well it only happens at the end of a cycle. they sure are painful. tonight was awful. i randomly started crying and got a fever and felt dizzy. doc gave me flagyl and said in a few days I may need to be lanced. sounds awful. anyways glad i found some other ppl who are experienced and know what i have experienced.

Wanted to add my story since it gave me a lot of comfort to read everyone else's while i couldn't sleep at night because of my abscess (thank you to all the beautiful ladies who shared!). I'm 31 and it was my first time experiencing this horror! I never noticed a cyst stage but mine came on feeling like I sat on a bike for too long, and over three days became more bothersome but still not terrible. I ended up going to a Planned Parenthood anyway to have it looked at, and the nurse practitioner told me what it was and seemed fairly alarmed by how hard it was (I love PP... but her reaction and delivery totally freaked me out!). They ultimately couldn't treat it there and instead referred me to a women's health clinic and prescribed antibiotics. I started taking 3-4 bathes with epsom salt a day, found this site and Phoebes cure, and tried it for about 48 hours...I was envious (but of course glad) of how quickly it had worked for others! I couldn't see a head or really tell if it was working, and eventually stopped and switched to aloe for a bit because my skin was starting to feel very irritated. Today it seemed to be burning/stinging constantly, was more painful, and looked larger. It was about the length of my index finger, and a bit wider. And very firm! I called the clinic since it had been 3 full days and I hadn't heard from them. They said the soonest they could get me in was four days from now...! I really wanted it to drain naturally but was feeling somewhat hopeless at this point and in a lot of pain... and proceeded to just sob in the bathtub for half an hour (this was my low...I indulged in the self pity for a bit). I was feeling very helpless and frustrated. I regrouped and took some more painkillers and felt a little better. Finally a few hours later we were about to have dinner and I stood from a curled up position... and to my extreme relief suddenly felt something wet...! It was truly the happiest moment of the last week. Or month. The relief was immense.

So, all told it lasted just over a week for me, and once I started treating it more aggressively still took four days of baths, Phoebes cure, and way too much Advil (it did help a lot though). Hang in their strong ladies. Give your bodies all the love. It really sucked, but I'm grateful for everyone's insights. It definitely was most painful right before it ended, but the patience finally paid off. Good luck my chickadees!

I'm a regular sufferer of these cysts, getting it few times every year since early adulthood. I'm now menopausal, so I've had my share of this issue. I've never had it developing into an abscess, never had them lanced or operated and I'm way too fidgety to take sitz baths. So basically it's been leaving it be, grinching in pain and no sex until it clears, typically 4-6 weeks after. I have avoided touching them, and had to wear a pad as I've been leaking due to the cysts keeping my bits too 'open'.

I recently had a new appear and after one week of uncomfortable presense in my bits, I thought to use the old school remedy of honey. Honey is used with horses to draw out puss from infected wounds, it's anticacterial and sugar draws out fluids..so why not. Google says it's not working, but I've seen the effects on horses... So after a good wash, I dabbed the cyst with honey, 5 sec treatment only, single drop in finger, and went with my day. Following morning I became aware that the cyst had changed, and upon inspection it has dropped into about one fifth of the original size! I don't know if it has burst for sure, or if it has dried or if the infection got lesser, but whatever goes on it's most certainly due to honey, as never in one week has there been any changes before.

I'd say it's totally worth to try honey, it certainly is my way from now on.

Thanks so much for sharing your incredible experience. I've a recurring Bartholis gland that swells. It's not really painful, just a little uncomfortable during sex sometimes. I've had it drained once by my OB/GYN . Today he said the only way to get rid of it for good was to cut it out. I'm hesitant to do that when antibiotics seem to decrease the swelling and its really not a problem . I'm afraid that removing it will cause more trouble than it currently is.

I just started getting these BC about 2 months ago during my 6th month of pregnancy. I don't know if it's because I've gained so much weight and I'm really sweaty down there or what, but they are so painful. It's hard to walk, sit, stand, bend, & pee&wipe. I have had 2 on the left side (on 2 different occasions). They swell up so big and they get so hard! They both took about 7 days to burst on their own. I use a scolding hot water bottle (as hot as i can stand it and sleep with it between my legs at night and i also apply neosporin. I feel like this helps for me, but i will be trying this method if this happens to me again. Thank you.