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.
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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
I don’t have a remedy I just received my first out break and it stings and I really wanna get rid of it!! What can I do immedietly that I would have in the house!! I have never had herpes in the mouth just a few days ago I reveived the genital effects!! What do I do??
I was diagnosed last April and the way I found out was by my first outbreak. I simply didn’t know what it was at first. But ever since I was put on Valtrex and Zovirax to treat my first outbreak. I have never had an outbreak since and no longer need those medications. Of course, unless I have an outbreak. But there are a few everyday steps that I do to prevent them from happening in the first place. And I that is the anti bacterial Dial body wash that I use (it’s great for keeping the bacteria level low) and keeping your STREES LEVEL low defininatley helps. I also recommend cotton underwear, never wear clothes that are too tight or that make you sweat. It can trigger outbreaks because you want to keep the affected area clean and cool everyday. Good Luck and God Bless.
Oh and another thing, before I was diagnosed, a really bad nurse told me to use a warm cloth on it. DO NOT DO THAT. It simply makes it extremely painful. The open sores need to be fanned with cool air and keeping it out of direct sunlight especially helps too when you are experiencing an outbreak as well, wash the area atleast two to three times a day. I really like Zovirax, great medication for this virus. It’s a medicated cream and within the first week my sores we almost 100% gone. Good Luck
I rub 91% rubbing alcohol on the area when I first start to feel funny. Dries it out and discourages the attack.
I also do this if I have sores – this hurts like an (expletive) but it helps it go away faster.
Oh and stay AWAY from aspartame, artificial sweeteners, and drinking Apple Cider Vinegar. All of those can those can trigger an attack.
I have an outbreak once every 4 years after being diagnosed in 1994. I mix vit. E oil, tea tree oil and nutribiontic (grapefruit seed extract found at my health food store) together and dab on sore about 3 times a day. It’s important to use the E oil because the other two can be very drying to the skin if used undiluted.
I up my Vit. C and take L-Lysine.
I have herpes simplex 2 and I was getting tired of feeling tingly and itchy down there every other day. I do lysine, I take valtrex, vitamins ect ect. Nothing worked. I got so fed up I went to the drug store and bought the aerosol can of Lysol (says right on the bottle it kills simplex 1&2), and I straight up spray it directly on me. It burned like a motherf**ker, but I guess I’m used to that anyway HA. After the burning stopped I washed it off, and felt like a million bucks.
Use DMSO as soon as you feel it coming on. It should minimize the growth.
I was able to cure my herpes (yes, I said CURE) with a silver solution I found that is much better than colloidal silver. No viruses can live in it’s presence. http://www.oxysilver.com/1211 This stuff is good for anything that affects the immune system and has a money back guarantee! It seriously worked for me, I recommend it to anyone, including people with cancer, aids, or any other ailment.
I THINK I MAY HAVE HERPES BUT IM NOT SURE I HAVE THESE MOLE LIKE BUMPS AROUND MY ANAL AND I SOMETIMES GET SORES IN MY MOUTH. THEY FEEL LIKE BUMPS OR CUTS. I HAVE TRIED VAGINAL TEST, AND BATHING IN BAKING SODA BUT IT STILL DOESN’T WORK I STILL GET A DISCHARGE EVERYDAY WITH AN ODOR! CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE!
I WOULD GO TO THE DOCTORS BUT I DON’T HAVE ANY INSURANCE AND I’M SCARED TO DEATH TO TELL MY MOTHER.
put ice on the area, then blow dry it with a hair drier, it confuses the virus
I usually take 3 pills of quantum lysine products on an empty stomach 3 times a day at first sign of symptoms for 10 days. I also make an organic apple cidar vinager tonic of two table spoons vinagar in cold water (hot water de-actvates the enzymes) and a few table spoons of local organic honey twice a day. Warm baths help, followed by tea tree oil application with a cotton swab. Healing meditation, deep breathing, plenty of rest, yoga to help open meridians throughout the body. Lots of water!!! Avoid caffiene, chocolate, red wine, any pollutants. Licorice root, milk thistle, echinacea, lemonbalm teas are amazing!!! Dance to help deepen your mediation practice…get out of your head and don’t stress it will get better with time and care. Love yourself and others.
where do you get the L-LYSINE from?
I put windex on it and it is gone in 3 hours.
Tracey how long have you had it? and dose the zinc really work?
this was very helpful, seems like everyone has had good luck with the l-lysine. I have heard that drinking small amounts of food grade hydrogen peroxide helps so ive been trying it but have done it long enough to tell yet. Someone asked about oil of oregano and i have used that alot and i do believe it helps. I slam some when i feel a outbreak coming and it seems to make it go away before it happens. Tastes nasty tho, best to mix it with a tiny bit of orange juice and then chase it with more oj… Stress definatly makes it worse, when i lost my job i was struggling really bad with it. Eat good, h202, l-lysine, maybe oil of oregano, reduce stress and anything you can do to detoxify your body and increase you imune system will help!!
I drink copious amounts of red wine daily. Not a drunkard and not by day, but before hitting the sack I’d say at least 1.5 bottles of red wine. Roseveratrol….. or other type of enzyme… I feel nice and it’s helps me creatively.
I stay out of the sun mostly. If an outbreak should present itself I give it a day and let it churn and burn… as it does. Once the blisters arrive I take toilet paper and grab them and squish them to get the liquid out. I wash with soap and water and gently dry with the corner of my towel and am careful not to touch that corner again without washing the towel. Painful at first… but it could be worse…
I don’t apply anything to the sores, but I like what I have read and will try, however, I have not had an outbreak in a long time. I am 44 and it seems with age they don’t bother with us older folks. Stress is a biggie…. chill…. be cool as a cucumber as they say…. and you will be OKAY! Get 8 to 9 hours sleep and you’re homefree!
By the way…. previous writer: You do not get it from SKIN ON SKIN unless there is an outbreak. It’s not on your shoulder bro! You get it when you kiss where you pee or do the ol’ in and out…. so wrap it. My bad came from a girl who had sex with EVERYBODY…. and guess what …… she gave it to EVERY BODY!
Just live a healthy lifestyle and stay away from nuts, hard liquor, and stress…. oh, and tell your partner! Lastly, eat. Not over eat, but 5 small meals a day with plenty of egg whites, milk, and steak…. you are Golden!
XOXO EVERYBODY!
I have a very mild case of genital herpers but I have found that using Abreva at the first sign of an outbreak provides quick releif and heals faster. This is good for those who don’t get outbreaks that often.
Try rubbing alcohol (91%)as well, even when you have sores..even better, I know it will be painful. For males, you can take it a step further and use a needle, remove the needle cap from the tube. Pour some alcohol in a clean cup, suck the alcolol in the tube of the needle. Inject the alcohol in your alrethra, then repeat several times over several hours or days. But, continue to use it on the outter skin as well. I have read the alcohol can kill the herpes virus as long as it’s 85% or stronger even though it reproduces itself. If you continue to do it right, your urine will turn to a creamy color after a week or so. You can slowly feel it weakening. Also use it on your skin before and after you take a warm shower. Your pores will open up from the warm water and steam and it absorbs in your skin alot better. So, don’t dry off, let yourself drip dry if you have to. I use alcohol for cleaning certain tough stains and my athletes foot which I just got recently (never had it before) because I am on my feet alot now.
put ice on the area right when the tingle starts….keep doing it and the outbreak will not come out.
I am the official worldwide QUEEN of herpes. I do not have genital herpes (ever) but I have had every other form (shingles, facial herpes) I get outbreaks on my chin, neck, ears, nose, mouth, lips, cheeks, and eyes. I have tried EVERYTHING, including ultraviolet treatments, chickenpox innoculations (we’re talking 1970s treatments here) and everything else. Vitamin E applied directly onto a sore gives soothing relief, but only minimal. I DO NOT recommend BLEACH to anyone as it is a toxic POISON. However, after struggling with this virus in all its forms, and trying every combination of foods/drugs/acyclovir/anti viral eye drops/etc., I have FINALLY found a product that works that is NOT TOXIC (after years of Acyclovir use to avoid going blind from eye herpes, I now have kidney problems from the drug). The product I now use is called HPX. I take 2 a day to prevent the virus from occurring. It is made up of selenium, vitamin e, vitamin c, zinc, olive leaf, lysine, and a few other compounds, all natural. You can get it from any holistic physician, or you can just combine these ingredients yourself from a health food store. Periods and stress definitely trigger outbreaks. I have had enormous stress in the past 7 mos, and would have normally had HORRIBLE outbreaks, but since I have been taking this product (less than a year) I HAVENT HAD A SINGLE OUTBREAK or even a single tingle!!!! AMAZING! I highly recommend this vitamin product! Hope this helps everyone – good luck.
i had my first outbreak about 4yrs ago and has had only two outbreaks since then. ive been outbreak free for the last 2yrs! i havent taken anything but willing to try the l-lysine to prevent future outbreaks
i take l-lysine every day and it has helped alot now when i get an outbreak there are no sores only alittle discharge, but thats it. its really helped alot, i have also found that using dial soap on the infected area and air drying helps as well
take one teaspoon of pollen everyday
Whenever I feel an outbreak coming on, I take a 50mil zink tablet and put zink atibiotic ointment on the affected area, this works realy good, my outbreaks, if any even show, only last for a day or two, and very minimal. Ginsing is also very good to add to a daily diet to prevent outbreaks. There is another ointment out there called Melissa officialis that is seposed to be very effective.
monica : is it bathin in clorox bleach ? and adding 15 drops of clorox bleach to the pau d arco tea ?
A diet high in garlic – will keep out breaks in check
I started using tea tree oil mixed with jojoba oil, it really works. I
Do the sores come in the same place all the time. I had a sore in on place then another and then another. Is this normal? I’m freaking out and scared.
Hydrocortizone creme helps to relieve the itch or pain, but I dont think it helps kill the infection.
I used to get outbreaks EVERY month – I was very stressed during this time which may be why. When I would get an outbreak I would put rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol – you can get it at any drug store or supermarket) – The blister would go away in just the matter of a day or two. I would put the rubbing alcohol on it a few times a day. It did burn a little and be careful, rubbing alcohol is not appropriate in some spots.
I was recently diagnosed with HPV also, I began taking a daily multi-vitamin, beta glucan and indole 3 carbinol (all of which are supposed to help the immune system) Since starting on these supplements I have not had an outbreak, nor any signs of an on coming outbreak. I am not sure if it is because of these supplements. But I have been outbreak free for about 3 months.
Best of luck to all of you!
I have some blisters on anus and very uncfortable. What is the fastest way to get rid of them?
i hear amazing things about Lysine
When you feel it coming on use Benadryl creme to block the sensation so you don’t think about it. anxiety brings it on so you can literally will it away. if you get a break out you can dry it out and apply neosporin to heal it quicker.
Olive Leaf Extract if you can mange to drink it (it’s a bit gross for me) So I have used “Ease a Cold” Flu relief tablets with Olive Leaf. CURED!
When the itch begins apply heat to the specific area. This works for all kinds of itches, not just herpes (it absolutely cures tinea for example).
Protect unaffected area first, then apply a jet of hot water (in the shower is an easy way to do this) – it seems to kill the virus in the target area, and the sore quickly heals, especially if treated with some of the products mentioned in this blog, for example Aciclovar.
Caught early enough, the treatment is highly effective and has much lower recurrence rates.
Even more effective, and potentially permanent, is the us of the treatment applied to remove skin keratoses. Freezing and killing the surface tissue might be a permanent cure.
Olive Leaf. Buy it in liquid form, I use the brand HerbFarm, 20-40 drops in a little water 2-3 times a day… This in combination with 1000mg of L-Lysine every day works. I only get an outbreak once every 2-3 years after starting this, compared with once a month before……
When I notice the tinkling, I start taking black walnut, 2 capsules 3 x a day & the outbreak is always less sever & sometimes it prevents the outbreak completely. You can buy this at any health food store.
Is it possible that u can have break outs in the face ?
well i jjust got this i am very hurt by this diagnosis and i am happy that i am not the only one going through this
I am pretty sure I have genital herpes and I have a serious bf that I haven’t told yet I went to the gyno but by the time she could get me in for an appointmment the lesions were gone and she said shethought it was just irritation from my soap but I have had 2 more outbreaks since then…Now what do I do?? I’m so embarrassed I haven’t told ANYONE
I take valtrex. It seems to work but it takes a long time to actually work
the simple way to cure and avoid genital or oral oral herpes is to celibate thats all.
I use moducare, with red marine algae. not another outbreak, and I heard on capsule of Lysol in bathwater kills the herpes.
I take acycolovir 500mg a day only take a 1000mg when I feel I have an outbreak coming on but I haven’t had an outbreak in over two yrs when dx in 2005 I had one once a yr but that was because I was stressing herpes don’t stop ur life I look at it as a chance to educate ppl about protecting themseleves I would also suggest be honest with ur partner because if some one was honest with us we wouldn’t be where we are excerise eat healthy also helps with preventing out breaks n I take other vitamins to
I agree with slapping bleach on it. I mix 1 part bleach to 2 parts water and apply to the infected around with a q-tip or cotton ball. I’ll repeat until I can’t really tolerate it any more, dry the area and apply aloe (I keep a several plants in the house) to the skin I just bleached. I’ll do this morning and night (usually 2 applications does the job) until I’m convinced that the infection is good and dead. Its a little uncomfortable, but not nearly as awful as a full on blister break out. Especially if you’re a female and get them around the time of your cycle. I’m sorry but cycle+itchy blisters=i’d rather off myself. I also changed my diet since being diagnosed and started exercising regularly to help relieve stress. I haven’t had an episode since my first three outbreaks almost 2 years ago. Screw expensive meds and creams.
I must say I am a pretty lucky guy ‘cos I may get an outbreak once every three to four years and when/if that happens, I may not even notice it other than a quick itch. Ever since I started using Hydrogen Peroxide on the blisters, the itching almost instantly goes away. It may burn at first, though a little bit, but it is drying the sores and killing the virus at the root. Continuing to apply Peroxide with a Q-tip over the lesions during the outbreak will eliminate them over time. This simple recipe will relieve you of pain and itching within a few hours. I live a normal life and don’t restrain myself at all. One thing, I eat a well balanced diet and have totally eliminited stress from my life. Sleeping well and drinking a lot of water will help rebalance your health. My last blood tests came inconclusive. The report stated that I have been exposed to the virus. Good luck to all.
Now most people say they rather take herbs…stated from god in the bible HYSSOP purifies the body and PRUNELLA VULGARIS…so take herbs and maybe god blessing will happen…IT MAY BE A CURE because “one” person i read had AIDS took hyssop and they was sent home because they was going to die but HYSSOP keep them alive a little bit longer…ALL I AM SAYING IS LIVE OFF THE EARTH NOT MAN MADE SUBSTANCES ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!
I got them in October 28….. Im scared … How am I suppose to tell my husband this when I get Married… Also.. It just feels nasty…
I am 60 years old and never have had a yeast infection until now. I have been under a lot of stress and I am assuming that is part of the reason I accquired one along with the fact that I took a stong dose of penecillan for another illness. Anyway, I did all the home remedies I read about, went to the doctor and took prescription medicene, it would go away and come right back. I suffered , Itched to bad that I would wake up at night clawing myself to death. I cried and began to give up hope. Then one night I got this idea, If bleach kills bacteria, why not put some in my bath water and soak in it for a while. After the first bath, it only itched for a couple of times, after the second bath, I never had another episode. I could not believer this, so now when i take my bath, i have a little spray bottle of beach in the bathroom, i just squirt a little in my bath water. Of course , I always use lotion all over my body when i get out, but the yeast infection is gone. I hope maybe this will help someone else,
I take 1000mg L-Lysine a day and when the blisters come i dab with a q-tip of rubbing alcohol. Burns like crazy but they dry out QUICK!!!
Herpes
A little Neosporin helps me.
I just got my first outbreak and it hurts really bad and is just one bump. What can I do to get rid of it fast and make it not come back naturally? Thank You for your kind words. I will pray for us all….Cure soon!!!! This goes on not talked about and does not get much attention, but is a serious illness that tons of people don’t even know they have! Stay Blessed!
L-Lysine capsules 1000 mg 3 x per day – Whole Foods
Super Lysine cream after bath 2 x per day (morning & night)- Whole Foods
Instead of bathing with harsh chemicals like Clorox (listed above), try Desert Essence brand Australian Tea Tree Oil – Whole Foods. The 1st ingredient is Grain Alchohol. Dab on soars with q-tip (do not put infected q-tip back into bottle).
Try not to wear underwear & clothing that does not touch soars
I took hyperisince and havent had a outbreak in almost 2 years. This is a plant from India. There were reports published that it cured herpes 100% in trials there. Trials were never done in USA
How much does the lysine usualy cost and is it a cream or a pill?
The doctor told me to use dialuted Lysol and take a 1/2 bath 3 times a day. Has anyone ever heard of bathing in Lysol??? it makes me leery!
Sweveral,
Lemon, Teatree oil,
Bathe, Epsom salts or vinagar, or 4 tables spoons clorox.
Calaine lotion
Topical: Olive oil and BHT, or DMSO
Wonderful site, thank you my teen is traveling,
with not much moey, all this has helped her !!
this blog is a breath of fresh air. thanks to everyone for their advice and support. . i just got the virus and found out through getting a tattoo, its covered in leisions. i freaked out. and im having to remind myself to relax. …. but the shit iches and it fucked up my tat!!Damn it!! worried that when i get a touch up ill break out again.
I’ve tried all kinds of oils purchased from online sources for genital herpes. Some worked for awhile, but it always came roaring back. I read about oil of melissa and purchased some from a local herb store. A very small bottle is about thirty dollars, but it’s worth it. I use it straight on the lesion, which goes into remission for a long time.The sooner it’s applied to discovering the outbreak, the better. I put a very small dab on my finger tip and apply it ONLY to the lesion- don’t rub it in, as spreading it on surrounding skin will cause a burn and severe irritation, especially when you apply it a couple times a day.
Oil of melissa is used in Germany in a base ingredient, which is probably easier on the skin. Mixing equal amounts with olive or almond oil probably will ease the irritative effect.
There must be a mind-body connection with herpes outbreaks. When I suddenly remember that I haven’t had an outbreak for some time, I get one within six to eight hours, without fail. If anyone has any thoughts about why this happens, post your response!
i take Valtrex (a perscription drug) and i have only had one serious outbreak since being diagnosed. And the only reason i had one was because i ran out of my meds. The benefit of this medicine is high but it is very expensive so not all insurances cover it but there are others that are covered you just have to take more of them in a day because they are a lower dose than valtrex. But any one that has herpes should speak with their doctor because bathing in bleach is extremely dangerous.
I was diagnosed in 2009 have never had a breakout so I didn’t know I had the virus. It doesn’t matter whether you have breakouts or not you are always contagious this is the reason herpes is so widespread.
i have had genital herpes for a number of years…but i guess im luckey cause i never had a lesion on my genitals..instead i get them on mmy upper leg region in a blister like forms….it is very painful, it is very similiar to getting burned…i found that the bleach technique shortens the life of the blisters…
I know for a fact the liquid Dandelion works!!! It removes it completely and when the next visit to the Doctor comes around, you will be told they don’t see a trace. 3 times a day for a month is what was recommended and it really works. The person has been to several different doctors and in the past they were told there was a trace but now are told no trace. they took in a swallow of water and place the droplets in their mouth and swallowed. It comes in a grain of alchol so it goes straight to your system and it is good for regulated cycles, releasing fluid. It works better than the prescribed fluid pills.
Citrumed is a new all natural product and it works great. it normally heals my genital outbreaks within 1-2 days. Google it…..
Does the bleach really work??
campho-phenique works wonders!
First have a bottle of acidophilus capsules ready in the fridge. The instant you feel an outbreak coming on, open a capsule and dab the white powder on the area, you might have to slightly dampen the area to get it to stick. This can be used for genital or on the lip area. Keep a fresh application on the area for 24 hours. It has worked for my husband and me consistently.
The theory is that bacteria keeps viruses in check. Acidophilus is a beneficial bacteria.
i have Anal herpes and it hurts when i get an outbreak.it feels when i seat like i am seating in agolf ball…there is no cure for this and my life sucks
I get outbreaks consistantly when I eat mangos. I love them so much though that I risk it more than I should. Aciclovir works. I have the lip outbreaks and eating softserve icecream slopily (like almost smearing it on my lips as I eat) helps a ton to decrease the puffiness. Some crazy hic told me this once, and it works.
The anal is likely not virus Oscar. There are natural remedies that cure that sort of thing. I had the anal outbreaks as a teen and they blead horribly (Could not sit) and it was rally, really horrible..found out it was called something like mumps or whatever. I took iodine, zinc (especially zinc) and cured me (never came back) within 24 hours. (It was mineral deficiency not related to viral outbreak)
But, as for genital, I contracted a mild form of herpe from a 72 (about) year old farmer last year from eating out of a jar that had some homemade ‘something’ in it (He told he he had herpe virus) and ‘expected’ me to eat.
I ate, so I’d have a place to live (cheap rent) then I moved out because I was treated like some godless freak (cus words, anger..called dumb and a lowlife) even though I was trying to help with farmhand) Long story..I moved out and the person will never be friend of mine.
Well, one remedy that works VERY well is sugar water (high concentrate) or Brazillian Nut (Found in Wal-Mart in cosmetics)on the lower genital parts works very well (even better than Oil of Oregano!!) so give sugarwater/white sugar mix a try (It ‘starves’ the virus the same way it starves the body which triggers ‘diabetes’ but you use it as a topical solution–NOT ingested)
Hope this helps people.
I acquired HSV 2 in early 1970s before many of you wre born I suspect, never knew what it was and it scaredme to death until I found info on it. I went on to get several medical degrees so am a good medical researcher.
I have found that the variuos medications may work at some times whlie not at others so you need a doctor who needs to understand this and be willing to switch you when necessary if it is.
I also found that heat, stress and sweating is what causes me to outbreak and those things cause awful pain and chills, fevers etc even after all of this time. I sed to use ice. I like Acyclovir creme and capsules together sine they take less time to work if they work at all. I get pain and cramps, etc. If I go in hot sun for five mins it is allover for me and it can at times last for months so it does not get better for meit getw worse. It is very indivual in how it workd or have you not noticed this by now?
I hardly ever see my break outs but have come to the conclusion that they reside in the part of the nervous system of the sweat glands, hormones and capilaries. I just read reserach findings that there is such a nervous system discovered in humans so let us hope it wil lhelop make treatment available for those with illneses like HSV, neuropathies, diabetic neuro, fibromyalgia, etc etc etc. Encourage research in this area if it affects you this way. If we do not band together and write then no one will hear us and we wil lnever get a treatment that works for all or as an end all, kills the virus. One thing abotu virii is that they mutate take HIV for example; it mutates brilliantly. I have studied this virus in depth and know how it works and virii work similarly anad that is why the treatments don;t last long. Perhaps I am boring you guys or this does not apply to you. If so I appologize, but I hope I helped someone at least.
Ice is best for it but dry in a cloth, moistuer is not good for it, cleanliness goes without saying. Destressing is number one. Going to the tanning spa is fine if it is not hot…it is the heat not the sun that brings it out…if you saw me you’d know this is true. I try to keep tan but have to go early when the beds are cool. I can sit out in sun if bright but cool breeze not it hot out.
I have not noticed any particular food cause ir or help it but it might be worth investiigatring for you, keeping a journal of intake and outbrreaks. G Thanks for listening cher
I do not have herpes or ever did but hopr this will help a lot of people.
Oil of Oregano?
Numerous university studies have shown that Oil of Oregano is a highly potent purifier that provides many benefits for human health. Oil of Oregano is a natural substance that is extracted from wild oregano plants, and two key compounds found in it are carvacrol and thymol. Studies have shown that both of these compounds have significant effects on harmful microorganisms that cause many illnesses in humans.
It is important not to confuse Oil of Oregano with common oregano that is used as a spice for cooking. Common oregano is typically Origanum Marjoram, while Oil of Oregano is derived from Origanum Vulgare.
Oil of Oregano can be purchased as either a liquid or as capsules/tablets. In both forms, it is important to verify that the oil is derived from the proper potent oregano plant, and that the carvacrol concentration is at least 70%.
What are the Benefits of Oil of Oregano?
The ancient Greeks were one of the first people to recognize oregano oil for its health benefits and medicinal qualities. It is known to be a potent antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiparasitic oil that can reduce pain and inflammation and effectively fight off infections.
Some of the specific benefits of Oil of Oregano are:
�Destroying organisms that contribute to skin infections and digestive problems.
�Strengthening the immune system.
�Increasing joint and muscle flexibility.
�Improving respiratory health.
The best one to take I would say is N.American Herb Spice – Oreganol p-73
Good luck to all
Also check out Doug Kaufman at http://www.Knowthecause.com and the phase 1 diet.
just diagnosed this week sad but glad to know what the problem is. on valtrex but i did do a bleach bath and bleach on qtip GREAT! Also taking supplements for immune system and gonna try something i read about called garlic tea. One clove of garlic boiling water let sit for and hour then add lemon and drink daily. Before i got valtrex i cut a sliver of garlic and place on lesion burns like hell at first but soothes the itch.
Thank you to everyone on this site!
All I can say is that none of us asked for this virus Simplex 1 or 2. Regardless how we got it.. We HAVE IT!!! I just have to ask you all, only because I know several people with this virus that live in shame and refuse to share. Please, Please, ALWAYS think of your partner before the very first time you have contact with them. Dont live in shame to the point that your afraid to tell the person that you do infact have this virus. Let them have the choice whether they want to continue the relationship or further engage in intimacy. WE NEED to break this vicious cycle of spreading it!! I am a RAPE, victim of a family friend, who was taking care of me after a major surgery. He over medicated me, probably with the idea of getting me pregnant, but left me with such a sweet girft for life (Simplex 2). Lucky for me,I was able to find out how I was infected by this virus. I did my Pre Op Jan. 09 and the rape ws Feb. 09 and my lab result due to my rape, I was tested positive and was not in contact oviously with anyone since my test results..It has been a year or so since and I still struggle with the knowing that I was violated against my wil and that in every relationship I am in and consider taking it to the next level, I have and will have to poored my heart out and share and have shared my tradgedy with those I thought or was moving to the next level with; I have received the most respect because I gave them the choice! And I am so thankful that I did, because I did not have. And Im so blessed for the friends I made along the way by being upfront and honest with..With that being said, I can sleep peaceful at night! Please I just ask all of you if you havent already, Just think of how you feel, would you wish this on anyone, NEVER..Then lets break this cycle together, cause I know I am…
Good Luck with you all and you all are in my prayers!!
In my heart there will be a cure for this, I hope and pray for it!!
I have for so many years genital herpes, and I dont use any medicine I gave up. I do avoid acids, like tomatoes and pepper.
If i have stress at work, no more than 24 hrs I will get herps.
My question is if you have agenital herpes, can you get herpes on your face/lips?
If someone has herbs on the face /lips can get genital herpes too?
Please, let me know
Thank you
Paris
Google “Progenn”. It is a product I invented for the treatment of herpes anywhere on the body.
Has anybody ever tried gold bond anti-itch spray? I used it for sores on the skin around the labia and it helps a lot… but now I’m gonna try that oxysilver stuff.. I get outbreaks everytime I come back home and I heard this stuff cures it as well as other immune attaking diseases
Might have contracted herpes in March, but im not sure. My ex gf gave me oral in march and she had a little cold sore on her lip but we were drunk and stupid. Haven’t had any breakouts or anything. There are just some red spots around my “area” that rarely ever itch. Should I be worried? Anything I can do for remedy? Let me know!
Vaseline really helps, recommended from my doctor!
It will not make it go away faster but it will keep the burning and itching away !
I have been taking Valtrex for almost 10 years and recently noticed my eyes and skins turning yellow….the valtrex really works but the side effects are terrible…can someone please tell me of any natural rememdies that I can take without all the embarassing side effects PLEASE HELP!
My outbreaks are few and far between, but I’ve found drying them out is the best and fastest way to go.
Rubbing alcohol has been my main “cure”, using q-tips and then drying the area with my blow dryer on COLD.
However, I just found a tiny outbreak above my bumhole and Im out of rubbing alcohol so I used bleach instead. It stung like hell for a few minutes, but from what I can tell, has totally taken away the pain and itching. I also stood in front of the A/C for a few minutes, letting the cold air hit it. Its easier and feels nicer than using the blow dryer.
Things to Note: when applying the alcohol/bleach, you want to rub the effected area HARD, so you’re opening the sore and cleaning out the inside. it hurts, but its worth it.
Do NOT use: hydrogen peroxide – it makes it worse. OR anything that keeps the area “wet”. That stuff needs to dry out or it will spread and last even longer.
This works for me EVERY time and will typically clear up the area entirely within 2 days.
I just found out that I test for genital herpes 2 days ago. what do I do to get the burning to go away and clear up on sores and can I get my sores wet with soap and water?
Hey Hey My name is Kevin and the best remedy is definately prolonged ZINC tablets. To add my mother has worked in hospitals throughout America and she tells me the facets in which you can attain herpes are very numerous and instead of telling ALL the ways that herpes can be contracted Physicians only use the toP ways for contraction. You can easily get herpes from rags and towels, etc any person or thing that has had extensive virus contact. I’m only 16 NEVER had sex of any kind not even kissing and I got it by accidentally using my infected mother’s washcloth. So just be very very careful
my boyfriend gave me oral sex and I contracted genital herpes I am so disgusted in myself. I spend all of my time crying in the shower because I can’t get clean. The blisters won’t go away and they are spreading. Iv tried everything.
Goldbond and Neosporin work great! I have yet to try Goldbond though I know Neosporin works well and you feel as though you don’t have it for 4-7 days, like a normal healthy person (It seems to make the disease ‘hibernate’)
Aaand what about those ^Happy Shakes^ McDonalds used to (Maybe still does) serve?
Why, you ask? Those shakes had *Lithium* (a radioactive mineral I think) in them. So ooo. Does *Lithium* make any difference with the kissing disease? I also read that mono, kissing disease is the same as Epstein-Barr syndrome..is this right or wrong?
If I ever have enough money I really need to get the Oxysilver, it sounds wonderful. Wonderfully expensive, TOO!
:O
Campho-Phenique anyone? I think I tried it once..it worked well haha!!
People that say they have been cured of herpes with Oxysiver..really should post their experience here..message boards aren’t contagious (except for a harmless software virus now and then..cureable by switching over to Apple, Incs. Macintosh ^iMacs^
Stay healthy, everyone and have plenty of hot, steamy sex! hehe.
Sorry, I forgot to mention..’sugarwater’ (highly concentrated ‘white’ sugar) mixed with some water *applied to the infected area i.e – genital* works very well as I mentioned above.
I just use toilet tissue to apply the sugarwater on the ‘hot spot’
Sticky, I know (cheap alternative for sure) but would you want to be around a person who hasn’t changed the shorts in 3 or 4 days (Gets sticky by then anywho?) haha! Good luck all.
Genital Herpes: Clean the area first with warm water and soap, rinse the area, then…Take a warm bath for fifteen minutes with 6 drops of Tea Tree oil, and 4 drops of Myrrh (find these essential oils at a health food store, or metaphysical book store). Don’t use soap in the tub, just let the oils do their job, and enjoy the scent, breathing in deep periodically. Pat the area dry. Put 4-5 drops of Tea Tree oil on a Q-tip, and dab the sores. If you have several sores, freshen the drops on the other side of the Q-tip and continue. If you can be alone and relax, go lie out with your legs open to get the air at the infected area, read a book, watch tv, do what ever it is that will de-stress yourself and make you happy and relaxed. The number one thing with herpes is to make sure you are comfortable. Repeat dabbing Tea Tree oil on the sores every few hours, and take your Tea Tree/Myrrh bath before bed. If you don’t have Myrrh, then just let the Tea Tree oil do its job! One can never know if they will get an outbreak again, so if you do, the trick is to get relief and feel comfortable, and I find this does work for me.
Can taking a bath with bleach in it cause me to become infertile?
i have herpes genital at first it was a small pimple like and i shave my genital area and it got spread in 5 areas were i cut my sell when i did shave..
my question have any one try to burn it with hot oil i mean cooking oil after the herpes it gone and it heal , on the small spot just put some burning oil. so it woul form a scar and the herpes can’t come out .
know another question would it como out in another area.
because let all be serious we dont care about the virus y could stay in my sacral ganglion al he wannts but what boder me it the blister.
so if any one try to burn it with hot cooking oil or make a surgical scar on top of the dermis so you will grow a thick layer of dermis and the vesicle can’t or won’t sho.. please let me know
ascorbate-Cu(II)
all these remedied sound great but idk which one would b best i have no insurance 2 go 2 the doctors n i cant tell my mom shell kill me!!
Has anyone ever heard of tje bitter melon extract pills? They say this is good at killing certain strands of this herpes virus along with other things. They say this may be a cure but not aPproved by FDA yet
i was diagnosed 2 years ago this month with hsv 1,which i hear from doctors and other people with the virus has said is way better then hsv2.my first and only breakout(praise the lord) was the initial one and i thought i was going to die from the pain of having to pee and the sores were terrible!i contracted the virus from my boyfriend of 5 years and all from a cold sore that was almost healed on his lip (oral sex)he has been getting cold sores since he was little once a year maybe,anyhow i new something was wrong with me the next day i felt like a flu like sickness and then the next day i woke up and tried to pee and couldnt it hurt so bad i went to emergency and sure enough it was herpes.so they put a catherder in me and hadto leave it for a week just so i could pee and the sores could heal.they gave me acyclovir in pill form for 1 wk 3x daily.i was so sick and depressed i lost 22 lbs in less then 2 weeks.ever since then i take 1000mg l lysine daily with 1 150 mcg of kelp(which some say kills herpes)and a proud to say have not had a outbreak since.i do want to ad ive always been very cautious about diseases and practicing safe sex and been tested yearly and until this was layed upon me always thought that i was also being tested for herpes,well they only test for herpes at your request,so please pass that on.we have children and i make sure they are as informed about this virus now along with everything else out there,and we can now be cautious with them if we were to ever experience another cold sore or outbreak.my silver lining in this is that i am now informed and can further educate myslf and others on what ive learned and will not pass this virus onto my children.
I got checked first and was negative but I told I had genital warts but then another doctor checked me and said I had herpes but Im not sure if I do or not Im scared cause my wife is pregnant and this could hurt our baby. I dont know if I should get a second opinion. could anyone tell me what were their symptoms like
heyy everyone..
im 17 nd i got genital herpes from an ex bf nd i had no idea he had it.. ive only had one outbreak but right now im having another one nd i rly jus want to get rid of it because its really painful.. my current bf knows nd everything is going fine.. i would just really like to know a good way to get rid of it in a day with thing that i would have around the house becasue its very painful and i just want it gone.. anything would help me
thank you everyone and god bless
I’m scared to get tested, but I wanted to try some of these other thing first. I’ve seen people say that lysol works,qtip of bleach,tree oil, ice ect…. I wanted to know witch one works best and the fastest? 28 in fl
Hey Tracy how many zinc tablets do u take a day??
Does anyone seem to get their outbreaks after sex? I have had this for over 15 years but lately it seems like sex is bringing on the outbreaks… or is it just me?
I am very leery of using bleach as anything applied to the skin goes directly into the bloodstream unfiltered… lots of chemicals would work, but they are also harmful to the body in other ways that aren’t apparent on the surface.
I have tried tea tree oil and a lot of L-lysine – i take lysine asap when i get the outbreaks…kills the pain a LOT and quickens healing but i think it could be improved upon.
Hi, I just found out in july of last yr that I have a mild case of herpes 2 (genital) and found out that my ex bf & father of my two children gave it to me, I was with him for 61/2yrs and never slept around, and of course I found out after I broke up with him that he knew he had it b4 he met me he just chose not to tell me which for awhile caused me a lot of emotional pain as well as physical. My outbreaks used to come once every couple of months but I began having the onset of one just a couple of days ago & am going to try the bleach & windex thing then maybe the oxysilver. I did marry in February and had told my husband b4 we became intimate that I have this but just last nite I opened up to him and broke down about how dirty having this makes me feel and about how taking valtrax isn’t a cure. They don’t teach this stuff, I already have kidney problems so I’m not trying to spend my life dependant on a pill to keep this pain away. Does any1 know which method works the fastest & best. The sugarwater, the windex, the bleach???? I’ve been dabbing nailpolish remover on the tiny blisters for the past dy bcus it seems to b drying it out although burning like hell, I can deal with the burning but not the blisters so if ne1 knows which household itemed method works faster & better please let me know asap.
Thank u sincerely,
Jessie
P.S. I too am praying for a cure for this, for us all. God Bless
Hey Yall, I’m here to tell you that a Qtip and clorax works. I got an outbreak and that same day I diluted clorax with water and wet my qtip with it, not soaked twice that day. The next morning it was gone, it dried up. I didn’t even have to take any medication. Try it, it works. Thanks yall for the input!
lalo please get a second a opionion, because if you do your wife might have to have a c- section so it wont harm the baby.
Its not a remedy its a question?? where can you get this Lysine crean and h-balm just curious and can I get tea tree oil at a natual food store???
this is really a remedy i just wanted to ask a question can having genital herpes get me sick like thrpwen up headache dizziness & stuff like that ?
The lysine tablets work wonders if you can catch it when you first feel the tingleing and 91% alcohol kills the virus instantly on the skin lips and genital areas
sherry, i have the same problem don’t freek out its perfectly normal please feel free to email me i know how you feel it can help just to chat, you caN CATCH ME ON MSN [email protected]
i thought i was the only one trying any an everything..i have been drinking organic green tea an since i have been healthy as a horse..that means no outbreaks,you guys are goin after the wrong thing..u have to have a healthy immune system have that then u wont have outbreaks trust been having it for 5 yrs so i kno.
the medicine doctors give u for herpes dnt work trust..i wuz getting outbreaks while i wuz taking it..organci an natural herbs is the best way to go cause all these medicines are man made just like herpes..so there is a cure just gotta go over seas to get it
Successful treatment??
2 or more Magnesium tablets taken in the morning and 1 or 2 vitamin D tablets (both Wal-Mart ‘generic’) taken after dinner.
1 whole grapefruit every other day. Use concentrated ‘sugar water’ (white sugar/water shaken up in a jar) on genital area every 3 days and apply it with a soft tissue (I use toilet tissue)
Hey, I did this last week and (by accident) discovered how effective it really is against this ‘kissing disease’
Very little symptoms (no tingling at all..NO rushing back of virus with burning or itching in areas) and it seems to work for days if not weeks after 1 day of application.
Well peoples? Has anyone heard of this? Try my treatment for 2 weeks or a month and give me a shout out…
maybe I’m onto something………
x-tra note: I have been ‘handling’ Isopropyl alcohol (for sanitizing countertops, skin or surface areas) and ingesting liquid iodine (the iodine is used against virus in foods or airborne such as when people cough..my dad has COPD and it’s the main reason why I ingest the iodine every 3 days. But, I doubt these 2 things ‘kill’ the virus if it’s internal already.
I hope someone benefits from my knowledge. ~~~~~~~~~~
try honeyy, cinnamon, and lemon.. this homemade remedy kills longlasting virus in ur body.. try it out!!! =D
my bro had cold sores on his lips he would always seem to have one so i contacted a very dear friend of mine who makes collideol silver she gave him sea algae and a bottle of collideol silver he mixed them together put the paste on his face on the affected area and hasn’t had a out break for years
I recently gave up drinking alchol and i am having outbreaks of genital herpes alot more often, almost allways there, could this be because of no booze suddenly in my system or because i am drinking more coffee than i ever have?…i have had genital herpes for bout five yrs now. sucks!
I just went to Sunflower market looking for natural remedies that I read in the blog. A men working at the store for the Vitamin section, recommended RMA (red marine algae) He said this kills many viruses including herpes and is very effective. He knew about everything and had a great knowledge on all I asked. I got a good feeling about this one. I’ll keep you posted on the results!
Did anyone cure the Herpes or just treat them ?
I am so happy I found this site. My wife had an outbreak today and I feel so bad for her cause I have yet to have an outbreak. I will take all of these methods and relay them to her and keep them around for me if I ever have an outbreak
The association is starting to use Red Marine Algae in condoms to kill off the virus: (good article- a must read)
http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/article_1624.shtml
list of things that may be helpful:
Juniper Berry (need to try)
Willow Bark? (never tried..heard it’s effective)
lithium (unknown)
Goldbond (heard it works well)
Collodial Silver
Campho-Phenique (would like to try, though it’s not cheap)
Neosporin (works well)
tje bitter melon extract pill *cure???*
RMA (Red Marine Algae) (see above article..works very good I hear)
NOTE: I would not recommend bleach..it is a dangerous poison to the body and may make you infertile.
take st john,s wort it is an anti virial and is cheap makes sores go away sooner.
i just got hsv2 and im devestated. i have 3 young kids im a single mom and im always stressed so what am i supposed to do as far as outbreaks are concerned?thanks for all the advice everyone im on aclovyir but ive had kidney problems too since i was a little girl so i dont know how much that will help me.i think the guy that gave it to me knew he had it because when i told him i had it he wasnt too suprised and he doesnt want to go to the doctor!im gonna try to keep my head up
hi my name is teva and i have been trying to do everything to not have outbrakes it herts and i fell grows. i fell like im loseing my husbend becuase of it we dont have anymore sex and he is more eartaboll. someone plz help me out email me [email protected] i have only hade it for a year and its rowning me. plz help
I was glad to discover this blog… I don’t have herpes – but turns out my boy friend does – and that scares me a lot… am I doomed now as well? Sorry if I sound a bit dramatic, but I am in shock and confused…Is it possible not to get it if the partner has it? What do I do now?!!
As soon as I feel any tingling I put ice cubes on the affected area and then take a q-tip and dab bleach on the spots. Then I put aloe vera on them. Your numb from the ice colds so the bleach doesn’t burn as much. I also up my dosage of L-lysine and olive leaf.
crush tylenol PM and make into paste with hot water. Add valtrex or any other herpes meds.or pain killer. Crush and make paste. BYE BYE herpes
If you think it magically went away or what you were doing cured your Herpes, sorry to say but it can be dormant several years and come back which can also be good news for some though worried that it will repeatedly come back. I thought mine was dormant or magically gone for ever after one outbreak and never would have to deal with the pain of an outbreak again, but it was in the back of my mind from time to time I was so thankful that I only experienced an outbreak when I very first got the STD then after it healed it never came back until now all of a sudden 13 years later. YES I have had only two outbreaks since I got it and they were 13 years apart. I am under alot of stress right now though, so yes stress can cause an outbreak. But out of all this only 2 in 13 years I would say is good… so if you just contracted herpes and are worried how often the outbreaks will come there is hope that it may be a long long ways down the road. Oh and to the question of if your partner can get herpes if you have it, I have been with the same Man for 12 years since 1 year after I contracted herpes. We are married so of course do not use protection and I have never passed it to him, it will not pass to your partner unless you have an outbreak and you cant have one without knowing as it is obvious and painful. We also have 3 kids and did not affect them.
I contracted the HS2 from a boyfriend 3 yrs ago. Had problems with it off and on since. A couple of months started using a tincture in a witch hazel base of Burdock Root, Goldenseal and Echinacea. I use it at the first sign of an outbreak 3-4 times a day. Signs are gone by the end of the first day, use it for another day to be sure. I have not had an outbreak since I started using this method. I also take burdock internally on a daily basis, as well as vitamin C and garlic, and coconut oil. all 4 are immune boosters, and all but C are known anti-virals. This combination has kept me out break free for the past few months.
This is for linda. IN the past my boyfriend had it and I didn’t but now i got it because he gave it to me. He was on valtrax and he forgot to take it one day and thats how I got it. S0 yes you can get it if your partner has it. The best thing you can do is to go get checked for herpes. If you don’t have it, leave him, but that’s only if you don’t see yourself in love with him and is not going to marry in in the future because you might do get it from him one day and yall might not be together forever and you’ll be stuck with it until you find something that cures you. what cured my was a company that is called biogetica. I had to be on it for three months. Now i don’t have it and im now happy and blessed. The medicine is exspensive though but I didn’t care because thats how bad i wanted to get rid of these things. But I hope that you don’t have the and I hope that this help’s you out.
HI.
I HAVE A NATURAL HOME REMEDY TO SHARE FOR THE MOUTH COLD SORES (HERPES 1)WHICH I USE TO GET. TAKE AN ICE CUBE AND PUT IT ON THE SPOT. DO THIS FOR ABOUT A MINUTE OR TWO. I PUT THE ICE CUBE IN A PAPER TOWEL AND TAKE IT WITH ME WHILE I DRIVE. DO IT IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU FIRST START TO FEEL THE TINGLING OR SEE THE RED AREA START TO DEVELOP. IT CLEARS IT UP (LITERALLY DISAPPEARS)AND A COLD SORE NEVER GETS THE CHANCE TO FORM. IT WORKED FOR ME EVERY TIME AND I THINK IT’S STOPPED THE OUTBREAKS BECAUSE IT’S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I HAD A COLD SORE. YAH!!!!! GOOD LUCK AND I HOPE YOU GET THE SAME RESULTS.
FOR HERPES #2 THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE VERY BENEFICIAL AND ARE NATURAL. I TOOK MYSELF OFF THE ACYCLOVIR AND TRIED THEM AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON NATURAL HEALING FOR THE OUTBREAK AND I ONLY HAD ONE SMALL SPOT BUT IT HURT LIKE HELL. MY DR. DIDN’T THINK IT WAS HERPES 2 BUT TEST RESULTS SAID IT WAS. SHE WAS VERY SURPRISED AS I WAS TOO DUE TO BEING A CLEAN WOMEN ALL MY LIFE. OLD BOYFRIEND WHO KNEW HE HAD IT BUT DENIED IT.
ANYWAY PLEASE TRY THESE:
LYSINE/ 500MG. TABLET ONCE A DAY,
ZINC 50 MG TABLET ONCE A DAY,
ECINEACEA TWO TABLETS A DAY (ONE IN THE MORNING AND THE OTHER AT NIGHT).
THEY ARE SOLD AT WALMART IN THE VITAMINS SECTION. IT SAYS RIGHT ON THE BOTTLES FOR IMMUNE SYSTEM. I HOPE IT HELPS YOU AS MUCH AS IT HAS ME. I HATE DRUGS OF ANY KIND IN MY BODY AND THE ACYCLOVIR DIDN’T REALLY HELP. IT FEELS SO MUCH BETTER NOW. THE ITCHY, BURNY, TINGLY FEELING ARE GONE AS WELL AS OUTBREAKS.
FOR COLD SORES (HERPES 1). USE AN ICE CUBE AS SOON AS YOU FEEL THE TINGLING. IT DISAPPEARS AND NO COLD SORES ANYMORE.
If someone asked me how to cure HPV I would tell them how I did. I took 3 to 4 Red Marine Algae capsules daily, each capsule contains 375mg. On the max it’s a total of 1.5g or 1500mg daily of Red Marine Algae. At the same time I was taking, daily, 3 capsule of a Lysine mix “super Lysine +”, it’s marketed as an immune system boost. Each capsule contained 1500mg of l-Lysine, 200mg of Garlic Bulb, 100mg Vitamin C, 100mg of Echinacea Whole Plant, and a few others. I think the most important part of that mix is Lysine.
I did the daily doses listed above, drank a little more water the normal, ate a little healthier until the symptoms, warts, disappeared on their own. After a month they just went away and I stopped taking the supplements, went back to normal life. It’s been just about three years and no signs of anything. I’ve read this a few time on other sites and feel compelled to pass on one last bit of advice of, take the supplements religiously, no skipping days. I would consider missing a pill “Ok” because I did but I always took the same daily amount, even if that meant taking two or three pills at a time.
I’m not a Doctor, that’s just what worked for me.
to nichole and other young girls who dont have insurance and dont want to tell their mothers. go to plan parent hood. tell them you make less then 500 a month even if its a lie. they will give you a card and you can get free check ups and free treatments for certain thing. herpes is very common so they should be able to help. also. bleach is poisonous but i just tried it on my first mouth sore and i can see the inflammation already going away. next i want to tr the alcohol seeing as it is not as poisonous and should do the same job. DOCTORS DO NOT TEST FOR HERPES UNLESS YOU ASK. its a sad thing they dont do this. they dont do it because they need to sell valtrex along with all the other pills they push on you. natural remedies are always the best and only use modern medicine if natural remedies do not work. but the key is to have a good immune system. also i am going to try some of these so called cures because i think it is the worlds largest lie that there is no cure. the reason doctors and company’s especially in a merica dont want a cure is because you dont make money selling someone a one time cure. you make money selling them drugs they will need for the rest of your life.
people say im crazy but things like aids and herpes are diseases that are sooooooooo perfect in defeating our immune system i personally believe they were created in a lab by religious government officials who try to poison lower class sexually or drug active people. i believe both were created by science and or perfected and enhanced by science. and not only created by science but created with a cure. but like i said you dont make money selling cures. also doctors say you can not get it from things like toilet seats or sharing drinks but you can. they tell you this becuase it has not been proven 100% through science. but there are people where there is no other explanation. they make toilet seat covers for a reason. i was diagnosed with hsv 2 but had such minimal outbreaks i never notice. but recently i simply kissed a girl and two days later my face is a wreck. she showed no signs.
bleach seems to be working. must try others. my biggest thing is anything that is a pottential cure i think is worth trying. and i see people complaining about price but what is money compared to getting rid of or stopping this horible disease from comming back. to cure it or stop it is priceless. just watch as soon as oboma finishes his health plan and the governement has to pay for all thse treatements. magically there will be a cure. theyll probably ban all this horrible fast food too. but untill the government pays the bills they will keep all disease cures secret. population control by governments through disease is real. and when they have to pay for it they will find a new way to controll population. think about it. 80% of aids victums are gay,drug users, and black. Religious officials and government officials love this. those are all the people they hate. and dont forget that the aids virus first appeared AFTER the government was FORCED to make sodomy (anal sex) legal. Most people forget that prior to the late 70′s anal sex was illegal. thus being gay or doing ur gf in the but is illegal and they would lock people in jail for it. everyone i know has anal sex with girls, no aids. but gay men have the highest rate of aids. how they do this i dont know but it seems its easier spread through men. modern science does more harm then good because the government and cooperations manipulate it to there advantage. i have never treated my herpes but now that its on my face i cant hid it. time to take every single remedy on this page. couldn’t hurt. and if it did its worth trying to get rid of this shit.
i will bet my soul that there is a cure and it is not going to be released in america. it will be released in other country’s first and the FDA will ban it until they figure out how to make it so you have to buy it annually. natural remedies just for my allergies work way better then western medicine. even though my doctor denounces it. he cant deny real results. but he does because he gets gifts and kick backs from pharmaceutical company’s to that he can push medicine on you for restless leg syndrome. restless leg syndrome is also known as being a normal person. smoke pot and it goes away. and i know some doctors and they do get benefits from selling certain drugs over others. they say the don’t but they do. ive been told by our family doctor. and one last thing.
its nice to pray but it does not do anything. when you pray you prolong your pain. get active and do something. science has proven you have herpes. it has also proven that no one listens when you pray because GOD is just another way for a small group of people to control massive amounts of people. religion hold people back from actively doing something about things. weather its your herpes or crim, or the murder of a loved one. so stop praying and do something. so far bleach is working.
also check out this page. good reference to non prescription supliments and such
http://effectiveherpesproducts.com/?gclid=CJGt8-nT8aUCFR9NgwoddiY5mw
to anna or anyone else who has claimed oxysilver or collideol silver cured them. how much did you take and for how long?
im pretty sure a good dose of lysine, vtamin c and zinc, also vit b can keep the monster at bay. get lots of rest and eat lots of veggies and fruits is another great key to fight the little monster. be well.
So what really works here olive. Oil slid that the cure from herpes
Wow these stories r heart breaking I just found out yesterday I got herpes complex 2 never had signs I thought I got check for it but I guess not u have to askto get checked for herpes is there a cure I really need to know or an organization we can donate money to help for the cure let me know [email protected] God bliss all I will pray for all of us
I tried Cansema and it reacted as if it was a skin cancer, but took 2 weeks to heal and didn’t really cure anything. there is a new product on the market called Dynamiclear, contains copper sulfate, hypericum, glycerin, water, sometimes sodium ascorbate and aloe vera. one application stops burning and clears lesions fast.
@ Linda – I was with my husband for 8 years and he never contracted it. I have two kids, I didn’t give it to them during either natural birth. I have been with my boyfriend now for two years and he hasn’t got it either yet.
I was diagnosed while in my relationship with my ex-husband, before we were married. I didn’t know I had it until about a year, maybe two, into our relationship.It was uncomfortable enough when I was having an outbreak, to not want to have sex, so we didn’t.
There are prodromal syndrome that comes before the actual outbreak, your boyfriend should be aware of what is going on with his body so that he doesn’t pass it on to you.
As far as treatment goes, I have been on presciptions with not much relief. I have found that taking “Super Lysine +” daily at the recommended dosage has done well to keep the outbreaks at bay. When I do feel one coming on, I take an extra 3000 mg of plain L-Lysine throughout each day until I no longer feel like it is trying to come on. This has worked wonders for me over the years and I have even made it through almost a full year without having any outbreaks. I used to get them on almost a monthly basis.
Keep praying for a cure!
L-lysine; Try it, it works!
I was recently diagnoised with the herpes virus and was put on valtrex and already i have been having many of the side effects of this medication. This blog is wonderful I am going to try some of the things that various persons posted here hopefully it will work. Thanks to all and may God bless each and everyone of us.
i have had herpes since july 2010, and after my first initial outbreak i havent had one since. i take 1500mg of L lysine 150 mg of zinc and co enzyme A. i take these vitamins 3 times a day. i also do yoga and workout 5 times a week. i have had a GF for some time now and i have not passed it on to her or any other women i have been with this, i know 100%. i never have tingling sensation, burning or itching as well. if you take these vitamins every day you will reduce your viral shedding to only 10% of days or maybe you might not even shed at because i have not passed it on to any of my partners we have had unprotected oral, and genital sex which i don’t recommend this because there is always that possibility i might pass it. When i first had my outbreak i was devastated, but you can beat this life is not over!!!!
People should try going to herbal store and reading up on these man made diseases! Like all,there is a negative and positive to and for all things!Therefore,the negative which is herpes or whatever disease,followed by the positive:the cure. Though none of the companies who sale natural cures will actually say its a cure because of legal reason,the earth was made with everything we need. Dherbs.com is a great site,curing people of HIV and herpes,along with everything else!Just remember,you have to change your lifestyle,eating right and exercising and consistently taking the herbs will give you the full benefit!Get healthy ppl!!Remember,meats are a major cause for immune system down hill action because of the steroids,and any pharmaceutical will weaken the immune system;notice they all cause another problem:side effects?Get educated&lets LIVE!
Neosporin isnt getting enough credit!! IT REALLY WORKS!!! At first, i was really scared to try it on the external vaginal area, but i realized that it works best when applied as soon as you get that itching and tingling sensation. DO NOT USE IT DIRECTLY ON THE SORE AFTER IT RUPTURES! It will make the open sores feel strange and all youll want to do is go and wipe it off. This method is only used to PREVENT the awakening of the warts to the surface. It seems to make the virus dormate again or vanishes as if you never had the sensations. You can place the neosporin AROUND the open sore to keep it in check so that it can absorb and stop it from spreading, thus ending your outbreak.
Women, when bathing or taking a shower, use Summers Eve sensitive skin feminine wash. it helps to keep your common outbreak area clean. Also, for those of you wondering if neosporin is dangerous to use, on its packaging it says for External Use Only, so as long as your not sticking it inside of yourself, your fine.
I just started dating someone who told me they had herpes. I’m in love with this person and would like to know a couple of things.
1. How paranoid should I be? I mean is it really only contagious when it tingles or have there been experiences where you or they got it otherwise?
2. Which of these items listed in here like that one from India Hyperisince(sp?) and liquid dandelion actually work? Has anyone you know been tested negative after use? Others?
I’ve declared war on this thing. She got it from her stupid x of like six years he starts sleeping around on her….POS….
Thank you and good immune systems,
James
Hi there,
I too got HSV-2 on June 24th, 2009 from a selfish guy who didn’t bother to tell me he had it. I was supposed to be “saving” myself… it’d been 4 yrs, but I stupidly believed he likes me and… (you can fill in the rest).
So I was introduced to a great man (long time friend of my BFF) around May of 2010 I really liked him and he likes me too… he’s across the country to start, but things were going REALLY well on the phone and online. Then, about 2 months after many great conversations I was going out there and felt it necessary to tell him I had HSV-2 before anything physical happened. So now it’s been almost 6 months since I told him and he’s still not over it, but not gone either. I DON’T REGRET TELLING HIM… wish I’d been given the info B4. So now I’m constantly researching online to see what can help both physically and mentally/socially.
I’m not totally sure how to go a about a relationship (now that I have this) with someone so that I minimize the risk to them. Then I found a REALLY GOOD BLOG of people in various relationships and how they deal with one or the other having HSV-2… this will relax your mind and make you feel better. Here’s the link: http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=61159
Thanks to everyone for the info on this blog… it’s been very informative and some just validated what I’ve already heard. I’m dying to know more about “ascorbate-Cu(II)” as a vaccine (this is from NIH, so it’s legit findings, but only testing now, from what I see) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15288958
I read just about all of your comments and have made an “ingestible” and “topical” list based on what you all have suggested (minus the bleach and Lysol baths… that logically seems like a bad idea without a Dr.’s blessing, not to mention, wet is NOT GOOD – everything should be clean and dry as can be).
So here are my lists… good luck all!!! ☺
INGESTIBLE SUGGESTION LIST:
(I would also like to add two items to the list – first two) I’m going to put an asterisk (*) next to the items that seem to be the most popularly recommended, proven to help, or valid in some other way.
Elderberry Extract* (anti-viral) – a.k.a. “Sambucus” it’s in liquid form @ a health food store and tastes good too , they also make one with the Echinacea and zinc included.
BETA 1,3 Glucans* – don’t know, but the vitamin expert in Sprouts (health food store) recommended it highly for any viral issues including HIV
Vitamin E
Vitamin C
L-Lysine*
garlic*
goldenseal
Red Marine Algae*
Olive leaf extract*
Echinacea
Zinc*
Aphanothece sacrum (edible blue/green algae found in health food stores, I imagine) check out http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20699552
TOPICAL SUGGESTION LIST:
Olive Leaf extract*
Grapefruit oil
Tea Tree oil*
Oil of Melissa
Lysine cream*
Myrrh oil
Oregano Oil* (a.k.a. “Oil of Oregano” or “Oreganol p-73″)
Campho-Phenique* (this is in lots of pharmacy stores)
Acidophilus capsules – (it’s refrigerated so ask the pharacist)
Goldbond powder
Neosporin
Am am not an expert, Dr. or any other kind of health professional… just another victim of an inconsiderate and selfish carrier of HSV-2, but if anyone wants to have someone to talk to or just to vent to, please feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] and I’ll try my best to at least be an open ear.
I would have taken someone up when I first found out I had it… didn’t even tell my BFF for over 6 months.
Take care of yourselves!
I am now coming up on the 25 year mark of living with this disease, thank you to all who have participated to this site! still learning how to cope
Here are a few natural things that work, do all of them like I do and you will have success controlling this virus.
Every Morning and Evening:
3 drops of oil of oregano
3 drops Limonene (Orange Essential Oil)
Drop in cold water and drink.
1 Tbs liquid Aloe arborescens (drink only in morning)
2 Trace Mineral tablets contains lots of zinc
2 Multi vitamin (has to be organic and processed correctly)
At night along with Oil of Oregano and Limonene I also take 2 highly concentrated garlic pills.
Your body has the ability to heal itself internally through eating correctly and helping your immune system with natural products. Don’t put bleach or even alcohol on your infections, I haven’t tried it but its just to harmful and toxic for your body. The only two topical treatment I use is very good Vitamin E or Aloe arborescens (this type of aloe can cure many diseases)
I would also like to share a treatment everyone should try and its based of the healing uses of aloe arborescens. If you can find this form of aloe go out and buy it. Its amazing for your skin and there and many other remedies you can make from this plant. Look up on Google aloe arborescens cures cancer. If it can cure cancer it will defiantly help, or maybe even cure herpes.
I’m 17 . This REALLY works. Read it on a website. For the pain take about 4 tylenol pm and crush it into a fine powder. Add clean water mising into a paste and smear on the blisters. It REALLY works. Try it. Doesn’t burn or annything. Instant pain relief
Has anyone tried taking extremely hot baths? I think if you’re in a bath of about 108 degress F you’ll induce a fever. wait till that fever reaches about 104 degrees that should help kill the virus or any virus and continuous use of this should kill the virus, I think. I want to here people’s opinions.
Besides agreeing that tea tree oil is very effective and that resting and chilling out are essential, I can add a remedy that’s used in France : green clay. Here you buy it in any pharmacy, or in bulk in health food stores. It costs very little. You mix with water and stir to a thick paste – not too thick, but not runny. You can add a few drops of tea tree oil. You apply this “mud” as thick as possible (1/4″)to the sore parts and just lie down in a nice warm place and relax, maybe read a book. The cool mud pack soothes the burning & itching right away. When it begins to dry, after about 25 minutes, depending on how thick you’ve applied it, remove the clay, which will now be warm. Do so GENTLY with lukewarm water in the shower, don’t rub ! If a bit of clay is difficult to remove, just leave it, it will fall off by itself. Clay removes toxins and heals the skin, and is full of minerals like zinc. You’ll see immediate improvement. You can do it as many times and as often as you want. I also tried a warm bath with clay (about 2 cups) & tea tree oil, and sea salt. This helped too.
My herpes cleared up in a few days doing this (and resumed sex with my partner, we’re both fine, don’t panic, it’s not forever), but also by avoiding chocolate, alcohol, sugar… and by drinking lots of herb teas, lemon water, veggie soups, spirulina, vitamin C… Do everything possible to be clean & healthy inside. Good luck everybody !
I’m so glad I’m not the only one. I haven’t had an outbreak in about a year and a half until today. I found out about it four years ago when I was pregnant with my first child. I was already destined to become a single mom and when I found out I was completely alone and devastated. My first outbrake was horrible to say the least. I had flu-like symptoms and a fever for about two days and began noticing a lot of blisters down there. It was unbelievably painful. I was panicking because all I could do was think about the baby so when my Ob told me at 5 months pregnant I felt disgusted, angry, and extremely sad at the same time. It was on my birthday too. My Ob told me that I probably didn’t even get it from my last partner at the time, because when pregnant youre more suceptible to an outbreak anyway. She said I could’ve gotten it years ago and that the baby does not autmatically become infected. I had to take Acyclovir for that outbreak and in the last 3 remaining weeks of my pregnancy. She told me that they would examine me to make sure there weren’t any blisters so that way I could deliver the baby naturally. Needless to say, I had normal delivery and was able to breastfeed just fine, and my three-year old boy is perfectly healthy today. Fortunately, I only have hsv 1 but I discovered that when youre overwhelmed by a lot of stress, the outbreak becomes so severe that it os almost like a hsv2 type. But that only happened twice and I’ve only had a couple of outbreaks since I found out, which haven’t been bad really.
I highly recommend working out and eating healthy. I mean exercise already develops feel good hormones which help reduce stress as it anyway. I also opt for natural stuff and take Acyclovir when needed. All I’ve tried so far on my blisters are tea tree oil and hydrocortizone.
For those who are new to this disease, don’t worry cause you can still lead normal and healthy lives. Honestly it’s not even something I think about all the time. Just make sure you’re honest to your partners about it.
Hello everybody! Don’t worry there’s a cure for herpes. I am the living proof. I never had an STD in my life until last year after I met my ex-boyfriend. After I confronted him about it I never heard from him again. I was crying about it after I found out. I never told anybody about it even my family. One day my mom told me a story about my cousin that had a breast cancer but taking this medicine or herb, she was cancer free. My cousin live in another country. It’s a natural herb & no side effect. I’m originally not from the US so after I found out about it. I called my brother & told him to send me a bunch of those herb pills. I took 2 times a day for 1 month. I never had an outbreak since then. And I am completely cured. Not even in my blood. I learn my lesson to take your boyfriend to the doctor & get him tested before kiss him or having sex w/ him.
I just want to say to whoever said you should remain celibate .. you don’t only get it thru having sex however it is more common that way …there are also victims of rape with this disease and ppl come on this site for advice on how to help them with their CURRENTcondition not to be told what they shouldn’t do in the first place … its ignorant ppl like you that make dealing with something like this even more irritable … way to be a jerk …
For everyone else I am too hoping for a cure however it says this virus is located in the cells of your spine it is intracellular so to kill the virus you would have to kill the cells but I pray there is another way
I have herpes and living with the virus for a year and got it from my ex boyfriend who performed oral sex on me…so I have genital herpes and since then I have tried ozone therapy which has worked but can cause outbreaks while treating the virus. The next remdy that has worked for me would be olive leaf extract and cleaning the area everyday with first soap and water then wiping down with hydrogen peroxide which kills the virus at the surface. Then applying lemon essential oil, this I have found works wonders it heals the outbreak alot faster and it smells great.Also for those with frequent outbreaks try drinking aqua sol technology colloidal silver and take VSC-TCM you shouldnt get any tingling or itchiness when taking this everyday. Cut back on alcohol as this exaserbates the virus causing it to come out of hiding. Do not use bleach or clorox it is very dangerous, soak a cotton ball with hydrogen peroxide on the breakout for a few minutes at a time 3 time a day, it will bust and dry up very fast and promote faster healing. Dry the affected area after using the hydrogen with a fan, always keep the area dry. One more thing keep your body alkaline as viruses cannot sustain in an oxygenated environment thats where the colloidal silver comes in to play and grapefruit seed extract for internal use.
Thank u every1 for yall support bcuz i dont wanna have to get on a pill wen i can jus do it naturally…i am 18 n im kinda sad cuz i aint no slut, do women have more symptoms than men cuz my bf knows, n he doesnt even care, but he has NO symptoms, but i have had 2 outbreaks since i was diagnosed a month ago…..wat can i do so wen my period comes i wont get ourbreaks???
Iodized Salt on open sores helps a lot..alcohol 91%..do not shave with a razor..use a trimmer to remove hair..triggers immediate breakouts…..take garlic and oregano oil..if you have acyclovir in capsule form..open it and put the powder directly on sore. Do not have unprotected anal sex…the virus will travel to that area and you can get sores on your cheeks. Many men will not show symptoms and testing is not given for herpes unless asked for when doing STD checks…so your partner could have it and not even know he is passing it to you. There are a couple of things online that claim to cure herpes and I almost bought into them (one costing $300). However I found another blog where people discussed using these products. No one seemed to have benefited from them and after getting retested still had postive results so don’t waste your money on those products. I can’t stand scam artists. When you read those blogs..there will usually be someone who says it worked but you can tell it’s someone who posted from the company in order to sell more of their products so keep your money and do the stuff listed throught this page..people have good advice. Oh and don’t think about it..one person mentioned there is something connected with the mind. I have the same thing happen..if I realize I havent had an outbreak and then think about it..within the next day or two..there it is. Keep your mind right…chill..and live positive and stress free as much as possible…sounds cheesy but it works for herpes because it stems from the nervous system. Also keep hydrated..overuse of diuretics (water pills) will cause outbreaks.
does anyone else have discharge bc of the herpes? anytime i have an outbreak i have discharge as well, and it smells awful! im not sure what to do about it, and im scared to ask my doctor. anyone relate?
Has anyone tried miracle mineral solution from Jim humble if anyone has please let me know if it works.
yeah mms works better than any else people mentioned it just stinks but if thats not a problem you can stay outbreak free if u take it everyday up to 15 more drops. monolaurin is another good one can stop a outbreak the same day.
So I just read this whole thing. The one thing that stands out is that we’re obviously willing to do literally ANYTHING to alleviate symptoms – Clorox? Really? But you bet I’m going to try it. If necessity is the mother of invention then desperation is the godmother.
It makes me so mad that there is so much misinformation out there about herpes. For instance, when I was diagnosed years ago (info is different now) I was told that it was not transmittable unless there was an open sore. Not true. Everyone says that the first outbreak is the worst. Again, not true. On the contrary, I’ve had it for 21 years and I am now in the middle of the worst OB I’ve ever had. It hurts, burns and itches so bad that I seriously thought I was going to lose my mind. It’s been getting progressively worse and actually spreading for 3 weeks now.
My life study (literally, my mother began teaching me when I was a kid) has been natural cures and to date, I have found nothing that will cure this forever. Believe me, I’ve tried and had a long 21 years to do it. It’s unpredictable enough that even managing symptoms is a challenge. I’ll always go to my herb cabinet before the medicine cabinet, but I do recognize the value of certain pharmaceuticals in some cases. However, when the risks outweigh the benefits, which is how I feel about taking herpes drugs regularly, IMO, it’s not worth it.
The best treatment I’ve found for myself up until now is the application of TTO with a q-tip several times a day and cornstarch to keep the area dry. Sometimes if it’s in a place where I can use a wet green clay poultice (as Val mentioned above) on it overnight, that seems to soothe and speed healing. Green clay is the best thing I’ve ever used for infections also. If I get an acne zit, I cover it with a wet green clay poultice overnight and the zit is gone the next day. Amazing stuff, but I digress. I had great luck with calendula ointment, but I ran out and haven’t had a bad enough OB to necessitate getting more. Until now.
Maybe TMI, but hey, we’re talking about herpes here. My life has fallen apart and I’m under more stress than I’ve ever been. My body reacted badly. I have a spot that is probably 5×5 that is blistered and raw on my bottom. I have never had anything hurt or itch so bad in my entire life. I cannot even describe the absolute misery. And it wouldn’t stop. It would wake me up at night and I’d scratch until it bled. I’ve had it covered with breathable gauze in an effort to keep it from spreading and to try to keep me from scratching. Futile effort. Nothing I tried was working so I got on the interwebz and hallelujah!! Here is what has saved my butt (quite literally) and my sanity:
HOT epsom salt bath (I actually put epsom salt straight on it. Dear GOD it hurt, but it was better than itching.)
Then I made a paste of 3 crushed Tylenol PM, Abreva, clove oil(numbing), calendula oil, vit E oil and tea tree oil. Heavy on the calendula because it soothes and regenerates skin. Smeared it on my terrible wound with a disposable rubber glove and covered it with breathable gauze that I taped on. I’ve also been taking Benadryl capsules and ibuprofen for the anti-itch/anti-inflammatory properties.
I have been doing this for two days. I haven’t scratched once and it appears to be getting better. It’s going to be a long healing process since it was so bad, but at least I have some relief!!! Seriously, whoever came up with the Tylenol PM thing, bless you.
ITA with the people above who are skeptical of the drug companies. Disease is an industry. We just have to take what good they might have to offer and outsmart them the rest of the time.
Best wishes to everyone here. Keep your head held high. There is no shame in having herpes; it can happen to ANYONE.
Wow — reading everyone’s “Cure” has just blown my mind. I was diagnosed in 2000 — I did a ton of research and between my research and being lucky enough to have a Holistic Doctor for a brother, I want to share with you. I am amazed some of you are using bleach, window cleaner (alcohol), etc. You couldn’t get me to use those with a ten foot pole. I could possibly understand the tea tree oil and oregano, etc. When I had my outbreak it was absolutely horrific! Pain of the unknown just added to it. Ofcourse, like most – I was numbed by the diagnosis. So here it is- my research:
1) STRESS – Yes it is definitely stress induced. Ladies (and gentlemen), it is VERY important to keep your “anxiety” levels down.
2) PROTEIN — amino acid Lysine — and garlic — great antidotes. Most of us are amino acid poor. This means you need to up your protein intake.
3) ASPARAME — Yes! Definitely stay away from aspartamane — this is in the form of ANY diet drink. Besides, it will keep the anxiety down and keep you from having future MS symptoms or a possible brain tumor (yes aspartame is BAD stuff!). Also, the carbonation in soft drinks is a HUGE kidney killer.
4) CAFFEINE — (coffee, diet cola) get off it — if you are like most, you crave caffeiene during PMS — and ofcourse, it is the worst thing for you. Most outbreaks are during PMS cycle — ya think? During the “anxiety” period of your body — an outbreak occurs! Try Starbucks combo — Zen and Refresh tea — I like it with Honey (another one of mother natures natural cures)
5) Genital Herpes is painful – that’s all there is to it. And it almost always occurs during a period of stress – either mind or body stress. It HAS to take it’s course once started. However, to keep the pain level down and get it to proccess through as fast as possible I do the folowing:
a) Yes a hot bath – opens the pores and acts like a hot compress, thereby bringing the “poison” to the front. Kind of like hot copressing a boil on your face. It is also soothing when you get out. Let the water run on the infected area for about a minute.
b) Yes air dry with a dryer — don’t bother to pat dry — it is painful remember?
c) Heres the BEST part — and the CHEAPEST !!!!
Open a Vitamin E Capsule and get it all over the area infected. Takes the pain away immediately and allows the capsule to get to work for healing.
d) Obviously now wear cotton underwear. Who cares if the Vitamin gets on it. It will act as a barrier and soother being close. AND AGAIN another BEST Part:
WE all think to keep the area open to the air and dry right? But who can walk around underwear-less all the time? With the Vitamin E — no worries of manifesting more infection or spreading due to heat or moisture in the area. The E wards off this idea and keeps the area pain free!!!! Yeahy !!! If I have to have an outbreak – I am a lucky girl to be pain free.
Summary – Cancer, a cold, the flu and Herpes don’t just HAPPEN overnight. They are all derivitives of us abusing ourselves one way or another. Time to soul search the stress we have placed on ourselves – whether it be emotional, physical, food, etc. Time to re-evaluate the situation in order to avoid future outbreaks. I have been free for almost 5 years now. I know if I am about to get an attack, it is based on the level of stress I am under. I immediately look at my life and do a quick STOP to whatever it is I KNOW I am doing wrong – whether it be caffeeine, general stress, lack of sleep, poor diet, etc. You can do the same. Deep down you can feel an outbreak coming on based on your lifestyle.
I have a small theory that herpes may be linked to HIV — so it is vitally important to keep it away and stay healthy. Once we have an outbreak- we are always carriers — it stay dormant in the nerves cells. I am including a website for the “medical” explanation of what herpes is for those of you more curious.
Just found out I have Herpes today and I havent even been sleeping around. At the same time I got a UTI and kidney infection. Its all hurting like crazy and will not go way. Please email me and tell me what helps you that is quick and easy?
Thx for all of the support, kind words, and remedies. I am 25 years old and was just diagnosed yesterday after going in for an outbreak on my genital area. I felt so devastated, ashamed, dirty and like a jaded women. I am also clueless as to how long i had the virus or who gave it to me being that i recently learned it can be dormit for sometime. I have always been a sexual creature and enjoyed sex. But now i cant help but think that my sex life and romance is ruined for me. I am fearful that no one will ever accept or love me with this. Sorry for the rampage, but im still trying to soak all this in…
As for treatment I have always avoided drugs and presectiptions because I am weery of side effects and possible long term consequences. I am relieved to see that there are so many NATURAL remedies and I am going to Whole Foods tomorrow to purchase some of the suggested items. I will return with feedback.
Thx again for the wonderful blogs…praying for a cure…God Bless
I have had this horrid disease for nearly 10 years now and I have always had pretty regular outbreaks (at first I had them every month with my period and now about 6 to 8 times a year). My doctor put me on Valtrex which worked for a while but really upset my stomach and caused constipation. It was not cutting back on the outbreaks enough to justify the side effects.
I almost always know one is coming because I get terrible nerve pain on the back of one or both of my thighs a day or two before the sores show up. It feels as if I have been whipped with a belt – stinging, burning and my whole leg becomes super sensitive to touch. The best thing I have found for the sores that just out-of-this-world painful and itching is to apply liquid bandage with a q-tip. It hurts bad right at first but it dries the sores up and they go away in less than half the time it took on Valtrex. I have also used Epsom Salts in the tub and that is great for drying them out too but be very careful. There is not much worse than getting some salt into/onto the sore(s). Seriously!
Sorry that we all have this awful thing. Life is just not fair.
I have been diagnosed with the herpes 2 virus for 6 yrs now with about 10 outbreaks. These outbreaks only occur on the back of my left thigh and I can always feel tingling, itching sensation before they actually blister. I have tried valtrex and acyclover, but either of them help very little. I find the best way to clear them is drying the area out with rubbing alcohol, bleach, or lysol, and keeping the area covered so it don’t spread. I also recommend l-lysine, I took it for 2yrs with no outbreaks, and then started forgetting to take it, and now have an outbreak. @Jim I have the same issue, as with this outbreak now, I was laying in bed and just remembered that its been a long time since I’ve had an outbreak, woke up itchy, and by noon had blisters. So I do think that it has something to do with mind-control. The less I think about it and stress the less the outbreaks come. I want you all to know, this is not the end of your life, remember there are ppl that love you and you are more than a person with herpes to them. And if your spouse/partner cannot be supportive of you in your difficult time, then maybe that’s a sign they are not the one for you. I struggled for years thinking this disease made me ‘ugly’ and a bad person, but it only does if you let it. Learn to accept the fact that you may have been wrong with having unprotected sex with someone and contracted this annoying disease, but don’t let yourself become the person that did it to you. Don’t be afraid, be open, and despite what hurtful things ppl may say, there are others dealing with this issue and we all have your back. You are not alone.
So Queenbee what is the remedy that you used to “cure” your herpes virus?
I am committed to get a cure, a natural one. A healer from the Amazon jungle gave me the way of healing the outbreaks: mix 12 droops of lime juice with white a bit of sugar until getting a syrupy consistence. Apply at any point of the outbreak over the irritation or pimples or sores. It will burn momentarily, not so bad but the relief is almost instant. Rub until relieving the itch or break the pimples applying the syrup generously in the area you are cleaning or the affected spots. The scars or area will darken (a good sign and feel) and will heal at the first or third day. It was recommended to me do it for seven days, even if the physical signs have disappeared. After the first try, since the itching could come back due to a severe outburst, try again. This will stop any discomfort and make you go back to the regular life again. I have seen in case of the type 1 the blisters never come back. I have seen this when I healed other peoples’ mouths. In my case I got the type 2 from my ex-wife who never told me but had wild colds and blisters. I did not know at that time that such sickness was herpes; she said that she always has such viral colds. Five years after that I have not seen her anymore the first pimples appeared I did not know until very late, when the outbursts were more common and more severe. That is when, so ashamed, I had to confess this to this medicine man what I got. He did have cured people this way, women also can cure themselves this way. He used drops of Kreoline on water to balance the contamination, to wash the area. I could not have found such product in the USA.
So far this cure has helped me to go on with my life. This remedy had not cured me but make the herpes attacks go very quick and relieve me of the symptoms which have become more frequent since I know my immune system is getting weaker. I work in the nights, I do zero exercising, I feel tired… this is like a snow ball that at every turn make things more difficult. I am so thankful I found this site that I am going right now to buy stuff recommended here.
I write this note for the horror it caused me to read how people are suffering using bleach and other very painful things to get some cure. That above mentioned healer has not read a thing about the use of sugar nor vitamin C. It kicks me the way he found out his simple yet superb solution. He got surprised, in my case, why I did not got cured with this mix.
The T-bone lady in this blog writes brave lines. Maybe she is not aware that is Buddhism that asks to deal ourselves with our own suffering first, then we can go to the God we believe in. Particularly, it has been a long journey looking for such super being that I have never believed in but, how great is to find the path to know Him/Her. I write this because the healer I mentioned used element-therapy. He addresses to the being, the Anima, which lives inside every element of nature, in this case plants. It works this way: In the name of God ask the blessing of the brother or sister plant that will help you. You make the Anima the promise that the same Universal low of Love that will sacrifice him-her (the plant) will sacrifice you. You must have in mind a good cause or a good deed you will perform. If there is sincerity and straight forwardness in your hearth the result will be dramatic. Right now if you are getting upset, angry or laughing like crazy reading this, sorry; skip this last paragraph but I have to honor the knowledge of the person who has helped me.
clean the infected area, get it real dry then moisten your finger with water and put Sea Salt on it, then apply it all around the infected area, do this everytime you go to the bathroom or every few hours it burns but it will dry the sores up quickly and cut your infected time to 2 days tops instead of 3 to 7,8,9 days, i also put tea-tree oil first if i have it…be ready to jump up and down ’cause this stuff burns like nobodies business, but you gota do what you gota do…i feel your pain
Hello,, I was date new boyfriend but he didn’t tell me nothing what he gave me a herpies so I told my friend about him who he and my friend told me they knew him and my friend told me no no no sex with he have herpies,, I said what is too late..make me mad. I went to Doctor check my draw blood.. next day final call me yes I got it oh ohohoh wowow,, I was so mad,, gave me medication ACYCLOVIR 400MG TABLES SO YOU THINK IT WILL GOES AWAY?? PLEASE HELP ME I WANT COMPLETE GOES AWAY NO MORE OUTBREAK… I DON’T HAVE BLISTER ANYWHERE WHAT CAN I DO??
I was in a lot of pain for the past few days and going potty would make me.cry. I saw people saying to use tea tree well I happened to have some and thought I’d give it a try, all I can say is WOW!…pain was cut down to like 1/4 right away and no more tears I don’t feel 100 % but I can say without any.question it helped the pain. I will see if it seems to speed up the healing. Thank you all who said to try it.
My x was infected,I never got any soars. After we split up I went to the Dr. and they said, don’t worry you are not infected, new boy friend came up with it after a year and say’s I gave it to him. Can you have this with no soars? If so, how do you treat it, again with no soars?
i need help….. how much bleach and water should i mix to put on my infected area?
I found a great cure for herpes. It’s called Vick’s Vapor Rub.
I have used it for many years now. I apply it to any outbreaks I get. And it will disappear within a couple of hours.
just trying vicks vapour rub as one of my latest remedy, which may work.good luck to every one,
So ive had this virus for about 3 years and i never really got any outbreaks. Now i keep getting them every few days and they dont hurt they just ich really bad. && they keep leaving scars all over. I dont have any inssurance so i cant see a doctor. Please someone help me. Im going crazy. Is this bleach thing really safe. Im scared to try it. Someone i know told me to try salt and water but im afraid it will hurt like hell. Oh please someone let me in on your secrets
I found out three days ago via cultures that I have HSV-1 on my genitals. Six days ago I was having bad itching so I called my GYN and she got me in the next day. By the time I woke up the next morning (day of appt) I was broke out in blisters. I am in the medical field myself, I have worked in OBGYN offices so I know what herpes looks like – I was stressing, crying, freaking out. Doctor cultured it and took bloodwork and both came back only HSV-1. I am on 1000mg of Valtrex, The Zovirax Ointment and I started taking 1000 mg of L-Lysine on my own after reading up on it. I am also doing perscription saline solution soaks to dry the blisters out per dr and Epsom Salt baths I decided to do on my own. I also have Vicodin cause the pain is unreal (I have six tattoos and fake boobs and I never used any pain meds after my boob job), so I can handle pain. Not to mention I can’t shave so all the little pricklies are poking causing worse pain.
Four days since outbreak, my whole area is still swollen, red, painful. Zovirax doesn’t help pain, vicodin really doesn’t do much. I am scared to use something down below with the Zovirax ointment but I am getting desperate. I want these things gone, I can barely walk, I have to sleep spread eagle on the couch so I don’t keep my husband up (who apparently needs to be tested now we’ve been together 7+ yrs) and I sweat like a pig down below, always have, and its making it worse cause I run daily (well not during this outbreak) and I don’t want sweat to cause an outbreak again even tho I shower immediately after I get home from the gym.
I guess my question is what do I need to do to get rid of these lesions faster that will also allow me to continue the Zovirax?
do you put the alcohol on the pimples or on the open sores?
How does vapor rub work on herpes?On hsv2?
I,ve had herpes for many years it suck,s the best thing to take for it is st.john’s wort 1 tab and take one tab of L-Lysine if you take it as soon as you see blisters come up it will go away in one day it realy works try it .
st. john’s wort is a natural anti viral lots of people do not no this it fight,s the vires off
I have had it for several years.I have had alot of luck with using vinegar.
I have read that you should stay away from apple cider vinegar, but what about apple cider?
I have never heard of L-LYSINE, I take Valtrex 500 mg and havent had an out break in yrs… 2 pills a day. Try it
I have genital herpes, I am so stressed at the moment. I got very drunk at the weekend and had sexual conact with someone I know. I didnt tell them.
I woke to find I had a breakout. I am so angry with myself for being so stupid and horrible.We did not have sex just lots of touching with hands.
I am so worried that I have passed this on to someone else, I am disgusted with myself and afraid of what this person might do and say if I have passed it on. I cant sleep and Im not coping with this.I cant believe I have been so nasty , after how bad I felt when my partner passed it onto me without ever admiting it.
Please dont hate me Ill never be so stupid again .I dont know what to do, Its only been a few days, I keep waiting for a call or a text from this person.