Your Questions About Shingles

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There are no home remedies for shingles. You need antiviral medication asap.. Or just let them run their course..usually 2 weeks

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You need to go to a doctor, if possible, to make certain it is shingles. There are medications you can take that can help with symptoms. If you don’t have health ins, i understand, but a proper diagnosis is important. An incorrect one can be dangerous. So do as much research as you can on your own, as doctors can be wrong as well.

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Capsaicin cream or ointment. Capsaicin is the chemical in red pepper responsible for heat
Cayenne or red pepper is not the only “herbal” remedy which appears to be somewhat effective. The homeopathic remedies developed for Shingles are numerous. For example, Arsenicum album can be taken if the pain of the blisters seems to be relieved by heat and if the pain is worse at night. Iris versicolor is often helpful with shingles infection that is accompanied by gastro-intestinal problems and bumps which appear on the abdomen. If the patient is restless and the rash is itchy rather than burns, Rhus Toxicodendron can be taken in a low potency. All three of these remedies, though many claim to have found them helpful, have never been clinically tested. These remedies are probably best used in conjunction with other types of treatment

A tea or hot compress can be made from Saint Johns Wort and Lavender, both of which are thought to be good restoratives for the nervous system . The reason that Saint Johns Wort is thought to help is that it contains compounds that act as manomire-oxidase enzyme inhibitors. A warm lotion made from the flowers and leaves may also relieve the burning of the Shingles blisters

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I’ve had shingles and they are extremely painful. You should go to the doctor and he/she will probably give you antiviral medicines (possibly Valtrex or Famvir), sometimes in combination with corticosteroids, to reduce the pain and duration of shingles. There is not a cure.

Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you’ve had chickenpox, the virus lies inactive (dormant) in your nerves. Years later, the virus may reactivate as shingles. Shingles can have long term effect (PHN) so please go to a doctor.

A few herbs have been known to *help* with the symptoms. Cayenne or red pepper, wormwood, St. Johns Wort, Lysine.
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NATURAL PRESCRIPTION FOR SHINGLES

Cold compresses: Apply towels or washcloths wrung out in cold water (and stored in the freezer if you want them colder) to the lesions.
Lysine cream, available in health food stores, can be applied topically daily or as directed on package label.
Make an ointment of two mashed aspirins mixed with two tablespoons of chloroform (or Vaseline intensive Care). Apply to the lesions and let dry, Calamine lotion can be applied to the lesions.
E capsules can be squeezed directly onto lesions.
Arginine-rich foods such as chocolate, peanuts and nuts, seeds, cereal grains,
IN ADDITION TO YOUR DALLY SUPPLEMENTS, TAKE:
lysine supplements: 500 to 1,000 mg. Three times daily during an outbreak.
Vitamin C: 2 to 3 g. Daily taken 1 g. (1,000 mg.) every six hours at first sign of pain and continued until the lesions clear.
Vitamin E: 600 I.U. Daily.

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Antibiotics are the best thing to get over shingles the fastest, not that it will be fast. It will take a couple of months, and a lot of patience.