Herpes Simplex is a very common virus. Herpes is also known as HSV-1, HSV-2, cold sores, or fever blisters. If you have a painful, red, itching blister and are not sure what it is, see your doctor. They can take a swab of it to verify the diagnosis as well as a blood test for the antibodies for HSV-1 or 2. These recommendations would also help with shingles or chicken pox, also strains of the herpes virus.
Try any combo of the following to help reduce outbreaks:
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Consume less or no nuts, chocolate, coffee, or alcohol, these have L-Arginine, which feed the virus
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L-Lysine amino acid supplement, or something like Super-Lysine
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Olive Leaf Extract
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Medicinal Mushrooms, like Reishi or Turkey Tail (Coriolus) can be anti-viral
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Lemon Balm salve topically or sip on Lemon Balm tea
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Yin Care soak topically
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Long Dan Xie Gan Tang Chinese Herbal Formula, also called Coptis Purge Fire from Health Concerns, Astra Isatis is also great
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Try other immune tonics like Astragalus, American Ginseng, Eleuthero Root
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More greens in general, or chlorella, or spirulina
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Many of these herbs and supplements, you can order here, just create log-in, take a look at my favorites, or search for anything
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Reduce stress, rest, say no to things you don’t want to do
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Avoid being in direct sunlight before or during an outbreak, for some, the sun is a trigger
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Take anti-virals like Acyclovir or Valtrex during an outbreak or to prevent one, there is also a topical Acyclovir cream
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Reach out to community and resources like Reid Mihalko. Here is a very compassionate, helpful, thought-provoking video:
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