Effective Natural Treatments For Herpes

By Lee Jacobs on July 7, 2009

A lot of people who have Herpes are not aware of the fact that there are a number of natural home remedies that can help to alleviate the condition. Most sufferers have of course researched OTC (over the counter) and prescriptive treatments, but not the natural cures that can also help. It is being reported that these so called natural home treatments can not only shorten the length of time that their attacks last, but that they can also help to alleviate the intensity of the attacks.

Herpes Simplex is the medical term used to characterize up to 50 different strains of viral infections including chicken pox, the Epstein Barr virus, and shingles. Even though it includes a vast array of viral infections, the term is most often used to describe either Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV1), affecting the mouth or Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (HSV2), which appears on the genitals. It should also be noted that both strains can also appear on other body parts, but HSV1 is used to describe infections of body parts above the waist and HSV2 is the diagnosis when symptoms appear below the waist. Once infected, the herpes virus lays dormant in a person’s central nervous system and, occasionally, erupts in the form of cold sores and lesions.

Most often medications such as Valtrex, Zovirax, Choraphor, and Famvir are prescribed for herpes outbreaks. However, these medications are generally only prescribed to patients suffering with severe cases of herpes. Other oral medications are also sometimes prescribed to suppress painful, frequent, and severe outbreaks. It is not uncommon for those with concerns about the side effects of these drugs to seek natural treatments for herpes instead.

Altering your diet can actually help, and those that have done so report a noticeable reduction in both the interval and the ferocity of herpes manifestations. Medical research has shown that Arginine (an amino acid) actually feeds the herpes virus whilst Lysine, (another form of amino acid),is known to starve the herpes virus, substantially weakening it and its ability to cause further outbreaks, thus significantly lessening the frequency of the disturbing symptoms.

Natural treatments for herpes include decreasing the consumption of foods that are high in arginine, such as nuts, broccoli, tomatoes, corn, sugar, chocolate, pastas, white bread, and barley. While decreasing these foods, it is also necessary to increase the consumption of foods with a high lysine to arginine ratio, such as Swiss cheese, margarine, butter, plain yogurt, whitefish, salmon, mango, low fat milk, avocado and a host of other high lysine foods. Lysine can also be taken in supplemental form.

Other natural products that have been linked to improving the Herpes condition are Aloe Vera, Lactoferrin, Resveratrol, and Lemon Balm. Aloe Vera it quite versatile and comes in several forms. It can be used either internally when taken in its liquid form, or it can be rubbed into the lesions in its ointment form. Natural and herbal remedies have been around for many thousands of years (in their natural forms of course) and have a great tradition for healing and treating many illnesses.

One other natural treatment is EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and this is applied via the acupuncture meridian points. It has the effect of triggering the immune system to re-recognize the Herpes virus and provide anti-bodies to help prevent the lesions and/or cold sores from forming.

Finally, there is something called EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) which is highly acclaimed by natural health devotees it its ability to combat outbreaks of herpes. It operates by working through acupuncture meridians and causes the immune system to reactivate itself against the herpes invader. All of these homeopathic treatments are practiced by many thousands of herpes sufferers who all report excellent levels of success in managing herpes outbreaks.

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