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Herpes sufferers may find relief in holistic methods of treatment.
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Being both open-minded and desperate, I tried drug therapy and immediately got migraine headaches for the first time in my life.
Frustrated with the lack of consistent and lasting results from most of the touted natural remedies for herpes, however, I started developing my own treatment program, based on my family's multi-generational background as herbalists.
Obviously, changes in nutrition and lifestyle were important, but the deep shame and psychological effects of the disease were equally, if not more, important to treat than the outbreaks.
I think that suppression inevitably leads to the disease expressing itself in other ways -- ways that may be more devastating than conventional outbreaks -- so the protocol is not designed to suppress outbreaks altogether, but rather to lengthen the period of time between outbreaks and to shorten their duration and greatly lessen their severity.
The protocol does not cure the disease, nor does it stop all symptoms from appearing.
I learned a great deal from studying how other natural practitioners were treating HIV, especially people who had both HIV and herpes, or who had drug-resistant HIV.
In North America, many people with HIV also have herpes, and many of the same substances that are effective for HIV are also effective for herpes.
The most common homeopathic remedies prescribed in the protocol are Rhus-tox, Mezereum, and Ranunculus, but there are over two dozen homeopathic remedies that I use depending on the symptom picture and another dozen or so herbal substances.
One of the principle natural tools used in controlling
herpes has been L-lysine, an amino acid that has been proven to reduce the frequency of outbreaks in some people.
I'm not sure what the answer would be to gaining more support and sympathy for the sufferers of herpes, but it's something we could all work on.
About the author: Mike Adams is an award-winning journalist and holistic nutritionist with a passion for sharing empowering information to help improve personal and planetary health He has authored more than 1,800 articles and dozens of reports, guides and interviews on natural health topics, and he has created several downloadable courses on survival and preparedness, including his widely-downloaded course on personal safety and self-defense. Adams is an independent journalist with strong ethics who does not get paid to write articles about any product or company. In mid 2010, Adams produced TV.NaturalNews.com, a natural health video sharing website offering user-generated videos on nutrition, green living, fitness and more. He's also a noted pioneer in the email marketing software industry, having been the first to launch an HTML email newsletter technology that has grown to become a standard in the industry. Adams is currently the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit, and enjoys outdoor activities, nature photography, Pilates and martial arts training. Known on the 'net as 'the Health Ranger,' Adams shares his ethics, mission statements and personal health statistics at www.HealthRanger.org
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