OK, we all know that as sufferers of herpes, there is no cure for herpes. You will have to live with it for the rest of your life. However, that statement actually sounds much worse than it actually is.

The key to living with herpes is to be able to control or contain the outbreaks. OBs do happen and truthfully, they happen more often for some people than others. But there are a few home remedies that seem to have worked very well for some people. Because these are home remedies, there is no real scientific evidence, just some testimonials from people who have benefited from it.

We try to sift out a few that sound promising and share them with you.

The first of these home remedies would be Tea Tree Oil. Yes, you must have heard of this before. It is a natural anti-septic and anti-fungal essential oil. In fact, some natives first used the leaves as a tea replacement.  Tea tree oil contains terpenoids, which have been found to have antiseptic and antifungal capabilities.

When do you use Tea Tree Oil?

When you have an outbreak, Tea Tree Oil can help to relieve some of the symptoms. It helps to relieve itch and in some cases, reduces pain.

Do I take my medication?

Yes, while Tea Tree Oil might help to relieve some of the symptoms of herpes, you do need to take your medication. Some people have shared that using Tea Tree Oil helps them to reduce the discomfort during outbreaks and even shorten the outbreak periods. But that could be just the herpes medicine working.

Whatever it is, Tea Tree Oil is generally a well known essential oil and will not harm you.

According to Dr David Hoggs,  he has developed an all-natural program – that does not include drugs! – that teaches you how to create a lifestyle that in some instances is better than when you were limited by genital herpes.>

And over the years, many patients have benefited from his Stop Herpes Now program.

There’s a difference between his patients and online patients who are also suffering from herpes: Dr Hoggs’ patients pay him $180 per hour for visiting him.

Now, herpes sufferer can download his online treatment program for a one-time price of US$49.95. Talk about saving! But according to the doctor, this JUST AN INTRODUCTORY price because he had just updated it, incorporating even more refinements.

Check out his Nathopathic Wisdom website by clicking HERE

By Maggie M Turner

Nothing is worse for a young adult about to set out on the path of their life than discovering from one’s physician during a routine check up or through blood work that the young adult has unwittingly contracted a sexually transmitted disease. Worse yet, is the discovery that the disease in question is in fact genital herpes.

This is then compounded by the fact that there is no known cure for genital herpes, and there is no real effective medical treatment for the condition either. This has led many people so afflicted with the disease to the Internet, in search of other potential remedies, and this had led to the discovery of several types of herbal cures and natural herpes cures.

First, it will help to know a little bit about what genital herpes is exactly. Genital herpes is a form of the herpes simplex virus that effects the patient’s genitals with painful and uncomfortable flare ups, rashes, dry skin, pus filled blisters and painful and irritating soars throughout the pubic region.

There are also a host of other symptoms, including pain in the legs and arms, pain in the rectum and anus, pain during urination, nausea, involuntary urethral discharges for men, and involuntary vaginal discharges for women.

Worse yet, genital herpes is a chronic condition that there is no known cure for, and few viable medical treatments are available either. Though there are anti viral drugs, they are largely ineffective. So it is little wonder then that so many patients are seeking a natural herpes cure. And while there are many out there on the market, they too are largely ineffective at treating the actual herpes virus, or even the symptoms during a flare up.

There are two basic types of natural cures for genital herpes. There are the herbal treatments and there are the topical treatments. Technically there is a third method, which is basic attention to hygiene, but that is not so much of a natural cure for herpes as it is just plain common sense.

Herbal Treatments
Taken in the form of oral supplements or as an herbal topical solution, whole body healers and herbalists swear by the abilities of the herbs at their disposal to abate the flare ups of the herpes virus and to ease the pain, discomfort and frustration of the condition itself. Unfortunately there is little evidence that these herbal treatments are in any way effective.

Additional Reading:
Stop Herpes Now and From Coming Back For Good by Dr David Hoggs

Positive Single – Support site for herpes members.

Herpes is one of the most common viruses affect people today. It is believed that up to 98 percent of the population is affected by one strain or another of the herpes virus. It is also related to Epstein-Barr disease and more commonly the chicken pox and shingles. What was once seen as a common childhood ailment, science now understands will cause shingles, it is also now understood that these viruses are stored in the nerve cells of the spine and can lay dormant there for sometimes years or even decades, before emerging.

While in America science says there is currently no cure for herpes, this is the subject of some controversy as there are those in the alternative medicine and natural medicine communities that insist that there is a cure for herpes in other countries around the world, but in America due to the colossal nature of the pharmaceutical industry, it is only good business for doctors and drug companies to just keep putting a band-aid on the problem but not actually fix it, and the topic is a further thorn in the side of the drug companies because most alternative cures are naturally occurring meaning that they cannot be patented and profited from.

While this debate rages on, patients afflicted with one of the herpes viruses, should know that there are many possible treatments available with regard to essential oils.

While the choices are many, there are several that have been distinguished as the best ones. First and foremost is Tea Tree oil. Once one of the most expensive essential oils, its popularity has helped to regulate the price some and it can now be easily obtained at any pharmacy. It is Anti viral, Anti Bacterial and anti fungal, it is also a powerful immune stimulant. Tea Tree oil also helps to relieve dryness, itching, and pain of cold sores or genital herpes lesions, and can also help to prevent scarring, this is very important in cases of Herpes Simplex Virus-1 that causes cold sores or lesions on the face.

Lavender oil Is a great skin protectant that is anti-viral, anti-septic and anti- inflammatory that protects both the lesions and the surrounding skin tissue helps to relieve the pain and discomfort during the outbreak, as well as the anxiety associated with the condition, and is useful for any lingering neuralgia after the outbreak has stopped.

Eucalyptus oil is also very useful in treating herpes it has a cooling effect that helps with the “heat” associated with herpes outbreaks, specifically when the outbreak occurs in the anal region, it is also anti viral and anti-bacterial.

All of these things can be used in conjunction with suppression therapy, and your acyclovir treatments. So if you have recently been diagnosed, or if you have suffered with this since childhood, help is available please give one of these a try and you will be so glad that you did.

by: Debbie Gez

Additional Reading:

Stop Herpes Now and From Coming Back For Good by Dr David Hoggs

Positive Single – Support site for herpes members.