Natural Cures For Genital Herpes
|
You’d be surprised to know medical researchers have been unable to find a cure for herpes till date! Now, isn’t this an unsettling thought? But before you start fearing the worst, know that not all get afflicted with this condition and those who do, generally recover. Let’s see what this disease is all about.
Herpes defined
Herpes is a viral infection that commonly affects the mouth and genital regions. In US alone, fifty to eighty percent of the adult population carries oral herpes and twenty percent or over fifty million people, genital herpes. And the majority of these remain ignorant about it!
Both oral herpes, which manifests itself as cold sores or fever blisters, and genital herpes that appears as genital sores or sores below the waist, is caused by herpes simplex virus. Since this virus weakens the immune system, it’s important to keep herpes in check at all times.
Getting herpes
The good news is herpes doesn’t spread through air, but the bad news is it does through skin contact. A mere touch is enough, especially if the skin has sores. So, be careful with strangers, while kissing or having oral sex or intercourse. An uninfected individual has about seventy-five percent chances of contracting herpes during intimate contact. Even if you don’t see anything on your skin, but experience itching or other sensations, be warned it may be herpes. The first outbreak is usually painful and may cause itching, burning or tingling. It may also display flu-like symptoms of swollen glands, headache, muscle ache and fever.
Preventing herpes
The best defense against herpes is to avoid it in the first place. The best possible preventive measure is to maintain general good health and keep stress to a minimum. However, if you are infected, there are things you can do to minimize its effect:
a. Take care of the affected skin area by keeping it clean and dry during outbreaks to help healing.
b. Avoid physical contact with the affected area from the time the skin starts tingling, itching or burning until all sores get completely healed and not just scabbed-over.
c. Always wash hands with soap and water, if you happen to touch a sore. It kills herpes virus.
d. Those with genital herpes should use latex condoms during intercourse to prevent spreading.
e. See your physician while the symptoms are still present. This will help in securing virus for specific virus culture.
Natural Remedies
Although there are no medical cures yet for herpes, there are certain effective home remedies that can be used successfully in controlling the outbreak and even curing herpes. However, before you try anything, consult your physician first.
a. Avoid diet products containing the synthetic sweetener, aspartame. This ingredient is known to trigger herpes outbreak.
b. Increase the intake of diet high in lysine and low in arginine. This means, eat more fish, chicken, beef, lamb, milk, cheese, beans, brewer’s yeast and most fruits and vegetables, and avoid chocolate, coconut, oats, whole wheat, white flour, peanuts, soybeans and wheat germ.
c. Amongst herbal remedies, use of the medicinal herb Prunella vulgaris. It’s known to prevent herpes. Acyclovir, another natural product, also helps, but overuse is known to cause renal toxicity. Tea Tree Oil, another common product, has been successfully used in controlling herpes outbreak.
d. Stress is known to contribute in frequent outbreaks of herpes. So, adopting natural treatments and alternative therapies, like yoga, meditation can help manage stress.
Herpes is here to stay and with people carrying it around on person, it may be difficult to avoid! But, if you do get it, don’t panic, using natural cures can help you contain this menace. But whatever you do, don’t forget to consult your physician first.
 
|
|
I take a bath to gently clean the effected area with very mild soap if any soap at all. Then use a hair dryer to dry the area instead of a towel. I then put some tea tree oil on a q-tip and apply it to the lesions. It does burn but it heals the lesions much faster.
I bath is a very dilute solution of the old fashion brown lysol and water. It stops the outbreaks immediatley.
try cator oil it really works
I take zinc tablets everyday and have not had another outbreak since I have been diagnosed
The wonderful oregonal p-73 helps control and helps outbreaks go away faster. Available at your local health food store. Also L-lysine vitamins sometimes works. Also drink lots of tea with ANTIOXIDANTS, such as green tea, red tea, and white tea, which has 50 more times the antioxidants in it. Remember for women these breakouts will come about aprox, 4 to 5 days before your menses. So try to keep track with your monthly cycle, so you can take the remedies before they pop up. when I don;t keep track they come, and oooowww!!! they are painful! I hope this will help anybody that suffers, from this painful disease. God bless, and pray for a cure.
I have pretty luck. I have not had a outbreak in a few years(knock on wood). But when I do, I use calamine lotion. It is soothing and dries them up. Hope this helps. Also know that it is possible to be outbreak free for years at a time. Aloha!!!
Your blog is interesting!
Keep up the good work!
Whenever I get an outbreak, I dab bleach on the spots with a q-tip. Then I wash it with acne face soap to dry it out. Seems to kill the outbreak immediately, and I heard this from someone else who has also had good luck with this technique. Make sure not to use too much bleach however and don’t get it in open cuts or sores…It made me sick one time when I overused it
You’ll need ~ Q-TIPS, BLEACH & COTTON BALLS. Herpes in the mouth can be carefully destroyed with a bleach dampened Q-Tip. The Q-Tip CANNOT be dripping wet! Squeeze off the excess bleach. Gently rub one sore for 5 - 10 minutes or untill you bleed a little from it. Do the rest of your sores if you have many. Place cotton in your mouth and suck your spit if you salavate. Keep the cotton in your mouth or nose for 30 minutes. Then rinse your mouth with water and or mouth wash. Do this treatment whenever a break out occurs; the sores will begin to diminish and basically be cured. This may work for Genital Herpes as well. Just make sure you bleed a little to ensure some disinegration of the virus during bleach applications. Docotrs would not recomend this, but I believe it is a painfull but necessary cure.
Has anyone ever tried “oil of oregano”?
I was diagnosed in 2000 and i have never had an outbreak. So I’m leery.
has anyone ever dabbed peroxide on it?
I have tried peroxide, and it absolutely DOES NOT help.
Years ago I came down with genital herpes on my face under my lips. I started taking (2) 500 or (1)1000 mg. capsule of L-Lysine, an amino acid, every day. Now, I rarely get an outbreak.
For Cold sores I use cool mint Listerine. It is gone with in a day or two. I just put it on the cold sore about three times daily
My ex girl friend use to get cold sores all the time and the doctor suggested she take L-Lysine cause it helps with getting poisons out of the body and would help with cold sores. They went away and never came back
i have herpes and they are really bad
cold sores….earwax. start when it starts to tingle it will never come to the surface
1250mg of L-Lysine daily as a suppliment works great to prevent outbreaks. If you feel any tingle at all, up the dose to 1000mg x3/day. It will like prevent an outbreak, but if it doesn’t, the outbreak will be less severe and will heal quicker if you continue the regimine throughout the healing process.
Keep the area clean by washing it several times a day. Apply tea-tree oil using a q-tip and then dab dry golden seal on it. It turns the sore an ugly yellow color, but promots fast healing. If you are suffering from Herpes II, keep a little toliet paper on the area to absorb fluid (and prevent it from spreading). Change the dressing frequently throughout the day. Wash using soap and water in between dressing changes.
Get lots of sleep, and try not to stress out. Eat a healthy diet, avoiding too much caffine, sugar, alcohol, and chocolate. Spend a few minutes several times a day appreciating yourself, accepting yourself, and loving yourself. I know it might be hard to do, especially with the stigma that society has attached to having Herpes, but remember that you are not alone and you did nothing wrong. I think that self-forgiveness is a big lesson to be learned through all of this.
Other helpful products have been L-lysine cream, and H-Balm essential oil. I also seem to benefit from a little lavender oil in my bath and from Lemon Balm tea.
Good Luck, and be well!
I noticed the blisters coming without the intense itch that goes along with it. before i realized, i already had the open sores. it took only 2 days of a bath tub low with water and 2tablespoons of bleach (Clorox) morning and night and the blisters were completely gone and i felt like i never had an outbreak. stick with bleach and a tub of warm water, the sores dissappear almost instantly.
I take 2000 mg L-LYSINE a day. If I feel like I am havin a outbreak then I take ee000mg a day while bathing n clorox bleach n drinkin pau d arco tea n adding 15 drops of the liqud I havent had an out break since I found out I had this
I take 2000 mg L-LYSINE a day. If I feel like I am havin a outbreak then I take 3000mg a day while bathing n clorox bleach n drinkin pau d arco tea n adding 15 drops of the liqud I havent had an out break since I found out I had this