No. There are homeopathic medicines which can cure acute cystitis making antibiotics unnecessary. However, if a woman shows a tendency to develop recurrent cystitis then she has a constitutional problem which must be treated with the appropriate constitutional medicine.
Home Remedy for Cystitis (for acute, not chronic, cystitis):
Place 1 bunch of parsley and 1 clove of garlic in 2 cups of water. Simmer for 10 minutes.
–Make fresh every day. Drink 1/2 cup 4 times a day.
If you don’t get relief in a day or so, see your doctor.