Many infected with herpes are unaware of natural home remedies that are available to help them. While most have investigated topical and prescription oral medications that suppress outbreaks, many are unaware of the variety of natural treatments for herpes, which are also effective. In learning about and using natural treatments for herpes, a person can shorten the length of their outbreaks; while at the same time lessen the severity when outbreaks do occur.
There are over 50 different types of the Herpes virus including things like Chicken Pox and Shingles which most people are not even aware of as being anything to do with Herpes at all. Herpes Simplex is the name given to this broad group of Herpes strains; but when medical practitioners talk of Herpes, they tend to refer to either Herpes Simplex Virus 1; which manifests itself on the upper body – above the waist, or Herpes Simplex Virus 2; which manifests itself on the lower part of the body – below the waist. Once contracted, for the most part the Herpes virus remains inactive, but periodically (the frequency can vary quite enormously), it awakens and causes lesions and cold sores to appear on the skin.
People who suffer from more chronic cases of Herpes are often prescribed such medications as: Valtrex, Zovirax, Choraphor and Famvir. There are also some other forms of oral medication that can be prescribed in more acute cases. The only problem with some of these prescribed treatments is that they in some cases they can be the cause of certain unpleasant side effects, and where this occurs, people often resort to natural home treatments that are said to be side effect free.
Dietary adjustments may significantly reduce the severity and frequency of outbreaks. For instance, research indicates that the amino acid arginine literally nourishes the herpes virus. Another amino acid, lysine, does just the opposite as it starves the virus and, thus, significantly weakens its ability to cause an outbreak.
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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