What is the best natural remedy to treat Herpes Simplex Virus.?
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Many people with herpes have reported that stress, increased exposure to the sun, viral infections, facial injuries and eating foods high in arginine, such as chocolate, peanuts and walnuts, may increase the chance and severity of outbreaks. In addition, some have found that excessive usage of antibiotics can limit the immune system's ability to keep the disease within the nerve ganglia. Allergic reactions can also trigger an outbreak, chronic herpes genitalis may be caused by a chronic undiagnosed low-level food allergy for example.
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The answers you've gotten are good.  \n\nAnother remedy that works wonders for many women is Boric Acid.  Buy some empty gel caps (size 00) and fill them with Boric Acid powder, insert 2 before bed for three nights running and say bye-bye to yeast!
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Take Vitamin C and Zinc lozenges this can help stop the cold from going through the entire process.  \n\nTake Echinacea and goldenseal extracts. These boost the immune system.  \n\nPut eucalyptus oil in 2 cups of boiling water and breath in the steam, this helps with congestion.  \n\nNative Americans use Hyssop in tea form as an expectorant and to fight viruses.  \n\nGargle: A mix of water and pure tea tree oil this helps sore throats. \n\nDrink chicken broth and potato peeling broth.  \n\nDo not use handkerchiefs, use paper tissues and flush them after use, the cold virus lives for several hours, thus increasing the risk of re-infecting yourself.  \n\nWash your hands frequently, this reduces the chances of re- infecting yourself and others.  \n\nOther homeopathic remedies are: Belladonna; Arsenicum; Aconite; Antimonium tartaricum.  \n\nTake echinacea this herb is antiviral and antibacterial, speeds healing, boost the immune  \nsystem. \n\nHorseradish is another herb that many use in the kitchen but it also has excellent properties to treat sore throat and upper respiratory tract infections, reduces fever, and expels   concentrations of mucus.  \n\nUse kava kava as a gargle for soothing and analgesic pain relief. Helps insomnia cause by coughing and sore throat. \n\nMyrrh is an antiseptic and anti-inflammatory, very powerful and excellent for chronic sore throats. It acts also as an expectorant and decongestant. It helps cure gum disease.  \n\nIn Europe is common to see singers use oregano oil  to fight respiratory allergies, laryngitis and sore throat, for it's antifungal and antibacterial properties.  \n\nSage is used to cure sore throat, stuffed nose, gingivitis and coughs, is a powerful antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal. Use as a gargle.  \n\nWild indigo is an antiviral and antibiotic for infections, it stimulates the immune system, and cures chronic sore throats.
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i will recommend you a natural remedy for it\nLibup is a pill with aphrodisiac and sexual enhancement properties
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Tisa, please research olive leaf extract, grapefruit seed extract, and most especially colloidal silver. These are very potent natural anti-virals/bacterials and can be taken for long periods without problems. The silver especially can be used topically and orally and is proven to kill over 650 types of viruses,bacteria,yeasts, and fungi. I get my silver from herbalhealer.com at 500ppm concentration which is the best for killing germs. I wish you good luck!
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How Do I Know If I Have It? \n\n\nTo see if you have the virus, your doctor may simply examine the cold sore or may take a culture from it. \n\nWhat Are the Treatments? \n\nYou can't cure a cold sore, but you can alleviate the pain it causes by avoiding spicy or acidic foods, applying ice, and using over-the-counter remedies. Look for medicines that contain numbing agents such as phenol and emollients to reduce cracking and soften scabs. Abreva is an over the counter topical remedy used to help speed healing and minimize pain from a cold sore.\n\nIf your cold sore is especially painful or irritating, your doctor may prescribe an anesthetic gel to alleviate pain or an antiviral oral medication to speed healing or prevent recurrence. The antiviral agents currently available for treatment include acyclovir, famciclovir and valcyclovir.  These oral medications are more effective in treatment when started within the first 48 hours of the outbreak.\n\nCold sores can become complicated by a bacterial infection so it is also important to keep them clean by washing gently with soap and water as needed.\n\nHow Can I Prevent Them? \n\nWash your hands after touching a cold sore. \nDon't rub your eyes after touching your cold sore; you could develop an ocular herpes infection, which may lead to blindness if left untreated. \nDon't touch your genitals after touching your cold sore; you could develop genital herpes. \nReplace your toothbrush. \nEat foods high in lysine, or take supplements. \nDon't kiss someone who has a cold sore or use the same utensils, towels, or razors. \nUse sunscreen to the face and lips before prolonged exposure to the sun. \nCold sores -- also called fever blisters -- are a painful infection caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). These blisters are usually caused by HSV Type 1 but can less commonly be due to HSV Type 2. They may show up anywhere on your body but are most likely to appear on your gums, the outside of your mouth and lips, your nose, cheeks, or fingers. Blisters form, then break and ooze; a yellow crust develops and eventually sloughs off, revealing new skin underneath. The sores usually last seven to 10 days and are contagious until they crust over completely.\n\nNinety percent of all people get at least one cold sore in their lives. This first occurrence is often the worst. Some children who are affected may become seriously ill. After the first infection, many people develop antibodies and never have another cold sore. About 40% of American adults, however, have repeated cold sores. \n\nAlthough cold sores generally are not serious, the infection may be life-threatening for anyone who has AIDS or whose immune system is depressed by other disorders or medications. \n\nThe infection from a cold sore may cause blindness if it spreads to the eye; herpes is a frequent cause of infectious blindness. \n\nWhat Causes Them? \n\n Cold sores are usually caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV)-Type 1, which is transmitted by such forms of contact as kissing an infected person or sharing eating utensils, towels, or razors. Genital herpes is usually caused by herpes simplex virus Type 2. A person with a cold sore who performs oral sex on another person can give that person genital lesions with HSV-1. \n\nSores may develop as late as 20 days after exposure to the virus. Once the virus enters your body, it may emerge years later at or near the original site of entry. Approximately 2 days before an attack you may experience itching or sensitivity at the site. The virus may be triggered by certain foods, stress, fever, colds, allergies, sunburn, and menstruation.
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There are natural anti-virals that are very potent out there but you never hear of them because they are natural and thus cannot be patented by the big drug companies. If they coud make money on them you wouldn't hear the end of them, but alas they ignore them. I use colloidal silver, olive leaf extract, grapefruit seed extract, and oregano oil to name but a few. Go to herbalhealer.com and make up your own mind.
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Remedies\n\nFolk:\n\nAloe Soak a small piece of cotton in aloe gel and tape over the wart. Add more gel every three hours with an eye dropper. Change cotton daily. The wart should begin to dry up in a few days and in a few weeks may disappear.\n\nApple cider vinegar (ACV)  Soak your wart in warm water for twenty minutes; dry thoroughly; apply full strength apple cider vinegar with a cotton ball and leave on for ten minutes; wash off with tepid water; dry. \n\n•Another way to use ACV is to keep a plastic container with a lid in the bathroom with enough ACV to cover your foot. After each shower (or daily, if you can), dip your foot with the plantar wart in the container. Place a towel on the floor to dry your foot off after the vinegar bath. Don't rinse the vinegar off. Our reader said the pain from the wart disappeared after one bath, and, over a period of several weeks the warts got smaller, turned dark, and disappeared. As a side benefit she said the skin on her feet turned pink and smooth, like a baby's. She had tried everything over a period of 15 years, including surgery, nitrogen, creams and ultrasound, but no luck. For her this remedy worked wonders. Courtesy Rebecca Leighton Katers.\n\nAshes Apply wood ashes to the wart.\n\nAspirin Dissolve a regular aspirin with a small drop of water and apply to the wart; cover with a Band-Aid®; repeat twice daily. If this method irritates the skin around the wart, apply some Vaseline around the area with a Q-tip®.\n\nBaking soda Rub the wart three times daily with a solution of baking soda and water.\n\nBanana Take a ripe banana peel and cut a piece and apply the pulp side to the affected area and tape securely. Leave the peel on except when bathing, changing daily. This remedy may take several months, but has been effective in getting rid of stubborn plantar warts. Other sources suggest using an unripe banana, as certain healing compounds are more concentrated in the peels before they ripen.\n\nCashews Rub a cashew on the wart several times a day. Another remedy is to chew the cashew and take a small amount of the mixture and place it on the wart. One reader stated that he had used this remedy to get rid of a wart he had had for 25 years. It took 2-3 weeks for the wart to disappear.\n\nCastor oil Apply castor oil to the wart and rub twenty times or so with your finger. Do this at night and in the morning. The wart should disappear in three to four weeks. \n\n• Another castor oil remedy is to apply a half drop of oil to the wart twice daily and cover the wart with some form of first aid tape or bandage. Keep the bandage on 24 hours a day for three weeks, removing only to put on a new one.\n\n• Another variation is to touch the wart with a toothpick soaked in castor oil. (See vitamin A remedy below.)\n\nChalk Rub the wart daily with a piece of white chalk.\n\nDandelion Break open the stem of a dandelion and rub the milky sap on the warts in a circular motion. Do this two or three times a day until the wart disappears. This was the favorite remedy of Will Greer, Grandpa Walton on the TV show "The Waltons."\n\nGlue Apply Elmer's® glue to the affected area. Leave on as long as it stays; scrape off and reapply.\n\nGarlic Dice some garlic and rub on the wart.\n\nGrapefruit seed extract This extract is a powerful all-around antimicrobial product and is an excellent disinfectant. Apply a drop directly to the wart and cover with a Band-Aid®; repeat twice daily. The wart will turn white and fall off in about a week. See our Product.\n\nHydrogen peroxide Dab 35% (food grade) hydrogen peroxide on the warts with a cotton ball or Q-tip®. Hydrogen peroxide can burn your skin, so be very careful when applying it.\n\nIodine Apply iodine daily.\n\nLemon juice Apply lemon juice to the wart and rub in gently. Repeat two or three times daily.\n\nLiver, desiccated Take three tablets three times daily. This supplement is rich in B-vitamins and sulfur.\n\nMilkweed Apply milk
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U mean herpes, No cure for herps,but u can reduce and limit its breakdown..\nThe herpes simplex virus (HSV) (also known as Cold Sore, Night Fever, or Fever Blister) is a virus that manifests itself in two common viral infections, \n\nThere are several prescription antiviral medications for controlling herpes outbreaks, including acyclovir (Zovirax), valacyclovir (Valtrex), famcyclovir (Famvir), and pencyclovir. Acyclovir was the original and prototypical member of this class and generic brands are now available at a greatly reduced cost. Valacyclovir and famcyclovir are prodrugs of acyclovir and pencyclovir respectively, with improved oral bioavailability. Valacyclovir has approximately 55% oral bioavailability, versus 20% for generic acyclovir. Famvir has approximately 75% oral bioavailability, versus 5% for generic pencyclovir. Both acyclovir and pencyclovir work by interfering with viral replication, effectively slowing the replication rate of the virus, and providing a greater opportunity for the immune response to intervene. All drugs in this class depend on the activity of the viral thymidine kinase to convert the drug to a monophosphate form and subsequently interfere with viral DNA replication. Pencyclovir's primary advantage over acyclovir is that it has a far longer cellular half-life, 10 hours (HSV-1) / 20 hours (HSV-2) versus 3 hours (HSV-1/2) for acyclovir. Famvir is currently about 33% more costly than Valtrex.\n\nDocosanol (Abreva) is another treatment that may be effective. Docosanol works by preventing the virus from fusing to cell membranes, thus barring entry into the cell for the virus. This may keep an outbreak contained to a smaller area than would otherwise be observed.\n\nTromantadine is another antiviral drug effective against herpes.\n\nNon-prescription analgesics can reduce pain and fever during initial outbreaks.\n\nAcyclovir is the recommended antiviral for suppressive therapy to prevent transmission of herpes simplex to the neonate. The use of valacyclovir and famcyclovir, while potentially improving treatment compliance and efficacy, are still undergoing safety evaluation in this context. There is evidence in mice that treatment with famcyclovir, rather than acyclovir, during an initial outbreak can help lower the incidence of future outbreaks by reducing the amount of latent virus in the neural ganglia. This potential effect on latency over acyclovir drops to zero a few months post-infection. \n\n\nAvailability of generic drugs\nAcyclovir is no longer under US patent protection, available in generic form \nValacyclovir (GlaxoSmithKline) protected under U.S. Patent 4957924 protection expiring June 2009 \nFamcyclovir (Novartis) protected under U.S. Patent 5246937 protection expiring Sept 2010 \nPencyclovir (GlaxoSmithKline) protected under U.S. Patent 5075445 protection expiring Sept 2010 \nDocosanol (Avanir) protected under U.S. Patent 4874794 protection expiring April 2014 \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes
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Hi Jay\n\nHere are a few remedies.\n\nNatural Cures\n\nFlower Essences: Rescue Remedy Cream® applied topically, and Crab Apple added to pure filtered water can speed healing. \n\nHerbs: Apply a poultice of equal parts of witch hazel, mugwort, white oak bark, and plantain to affected areas. \n\nHydrotherapy: Hydrotherapy is the application of water, ice, steam and hot and cold temperatures to maintain and restore health. Treatments include full body immersion, steam baths, saunas, sitz baths, colonic irrigation and the application of hot and/or cold compresses. Hydrotherapy is effective for treating a wide range of conditions and can easily be used in the home as part of a self-care program. Many Naturopathic Physicians, Physical Therapists and Day Spas use Hydrotherapy as part of treatment. I suggest several at-home hydrotherapy treatments. \n*Purified water is essential for any hydrotherapy treatment. Remedies for Treating Chlorinated Bath Water offers clear instructions and recommendations.\n\nNutritional Supplementation: At the first sign of outbreak take the following nutrients to minimize symptoms: vitamin A, vitamin B complex, vitamin C, vitamin E, and zinc. Zinc oxide can also be applied topically.\n\nTopical Treatment: Rinse affected area with apple cider vinegar, and in the evening take a warm bath with apple cider vinegar or cornstarch. Aloe vera gel, witch hazel, baking soda paste, or a paste of activated charcoal powder are also good topical treatments.\n\nBest of health to you\n\nCheers
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(m)\n\nThe Herpes simplex virus infection (common names: herpes, cold sores) is a common, contagious, incurable, and in some cases sexually transmitted disease caused by a double-stranded DNA virus. The infection can also affect the brain, in which case the consequent disease is called herpes simplex encephalitis. \n\n\nHerpes is a contagious infection that's caused by the herpes simplex virus. One type of the virus - herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) - can lead to cold sores around the mouth. An infection of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV2) can lead to genital herpes, a sexually transmitted disease that causes blisters and pain in the genital area.\n\nBoth types of the virus can be transmitted through direct contact. A person can get the cold sores of HSV1 by kissing or sharing eating utensils with an infected person. A person can get genital herpes or HSV2 by having intimate contact with an infected person. A mother who has genital herpes can pass the infection on to her newborn if she delivers the baby vaginally.\n\nIn many cases, herpes doesn't cause any symptoms, so it's possible for a person to carry it and unknowingly pass it on to someone else. In other cases, herpes infections can lead to infections in other parts of the body.\n\nSometimes people who have oral or genital herpes only have one outbreak. But other people have many outbreaks, which are less painful and shorter than the initial episode.\n\nThere's no cure for herpes. In fact, once a person has been infected with the herpes virus, it's in the body forever. There are medications that can alleviate some of the discomfort that outbreaks cause. And there are things you can do to help protect yourself - and your family -from getting infected by the virus.\n\nTypes of Herpes Infections\nCold sores around the mouth are usually caused by HSV1. This form of the virus is usually transmitted from person to person by saliva or direct contact, like kissing or sharing eating utensils.\n\nIn this form of herpes, blisters form on the lips and on the inside of the mouth, and soon develop into painful ulcers. The gums become red and swollen, and the tongue may develop a white coating. Other symptoms may include fever, muscle aches, eating difficulties, a generally ill feeling, irritability, and swollen neck glands. These symptoms can last from 3 to 2 weeks.\n\nAfter the first herpes infection, the virus can lie dormant without causing any symptoms for some time. But the virus can reactivate at a later time, leading to a tingling and numbness around the mouth, then a blister that breaks and forms a crust. The virus tends to reactivate following some type of stress on the body, like a cold, an infection, hormone changes, menstrual periods, or even a tooth extraction.\n\nGenital herpes is usually caused by HSV2. This form of the virus occurs mainly in sexually active teens and adults and is transmitted through intimate contact.\n\nSymptoms typically begin with pain, tenderness, or itching in the genital area and also include fever and headache.\n\nIn males, blisters appear on the penis. In females, blisters appear on the area around the vagina and in the cervix. In both genders, the blisters may appear on the thighs and buttocks. Blisters soon erupt to form painful sores that last 1 to 3 weeks.\n\nOther symptoms may include: pain or a burning sensation during urination; a clear mucus-like discharge from the vagina or urethra (opening for urine) in females; a clear mucus-like discharge from the tip of the penis in males; and tender, swollen glands in the groin area.\n\nAs with HSV1, after an initial outbreak of genital herpes blisters, HSV2 also remains dormant in nearby nerves and can be reactivated later in life. The symptoms of reactivated genital herpes are similar to those of first outbreak, but they're generally less severe.
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Hi there, try these out.\n\nNatural Therapies\n\n\nAndrographis & Garlic are herbs which can help heal minor infections, you can mince the garlic and soak your fingers in it.\n\nBoosting your immunity with Echinacea during winter or when you are run-down is also a good idea; an antioxidant supplement containing vitamins A, C, E, zinc and selenium will also be beneficial for your immune system\n\nThe topical use of products containing Tea tree oil can help heal skin infections such as acne, bacterial and fungal infections.\n\nA warm bath containing Tea Tree Oil, minced Garlic and echinacea will help as well.\n\nHope this has helped.\n\nCraig - Naturopath.
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the best for that: TEA TREE OIL along with some jojoba oil.\n\n/doc
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Apple cider vinegar is a great remedy. Browse this site, it'll give you plenty of information.
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go to a health food/viatmin store - they have a bunch of remedies
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HVS Herpes viral simplex.
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Medical studies (I believe in the 1950's) showed that very high doses of vitamin C (requires an intravenous infusion) were very effective in clearing shingles and post-herpetic pain.  You will need to find a knowledgeable Naturopathic Physician or Medical Doctor to get this type of treatment.\n\nYou can try very high doses (1000 - 2000 milligrams) of oral vitamin C, taken every hour throughout the day.  These high doses can cause diarrhea in some.  Also, even these high doses may not be able to raise serum levels of Vitamin C high enough to be effective.\n\nAlso consider seeing your Chiropractor.  Spinal manipulation of the involved vertebrae has, in my clinical experienced, helped some recover faster from herpetic pain.\n\nBest wishes and good luck.