Shingles Symptoms, Remedies & Treatments
Shingles (Herpes Zoster) is the term given to a painful viral infection, which affects the nervous system and is caused by a virus named Varicella Zoster. This is the same virus that leads to chicken pox infection in children. Shingles occurs in adults but is not a result of direct infection.
If you had chicken pox as a child or were inoculated against it, after you recover, the virus remains dormant and migrates to the nervous tissue of your skin.
The Varicella Zoster virus can remain hidden for many years without causing …
Shingles an often painful nerve infection can be treated with homoeopathic natural remedies..
L-lysine as a Shingles Remedy
Lysine is an amino acid. It helps in treatment by stopping the spread of the virus if taken early during an attack It has been shown to work by preventing the virus from absorbing substances it needs to remain active – thereby inhibiting the viruses ability to spread in your body and cause you harm, also decreasing the length of the attack and seriousness of the attack.
It can also be used in combination with the mineral selenium and flaxseed oil …
Vitamin E for Shingles
Vitamin E helps to boost your immune system. It also:
• Has the ability to protect cells from viral attack
• Protects against the nerve damage that leads to lingering shingles pain.
• Accelerates tissue healing.
• Reduces the pain of shingles attacks.
• Helps prevent your skin from getting scarred from the rashes and blisters.
Vitamin E speeds healing, prevents scarring and reduces pain. Vitamin E assists the immune system, protects cell membranes from viral attack, and helps prevent the nerve damage responsible for residual pain.
It can be used either or both orally in capsule …
Bioflavonoids (Vitamin P and Citrin)
These are plant produced pigments that have been found to have anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, antiviral, Anti-cancer and antioxidant activity. They help increase the rate at which vitamin C is absorbed in the body and how efficiently it is utilised and are often used in combination with it.
Vitamin C use in Shingles
Vitamin C boosts your immune system. It has antioxidant properties. It is useful in attacking and destroying viruses in the body. It is also useful in the prevention of PHN (Post-Herpetic Neuralgia). Its anti-oxidant effects prevent damage to cells and help to regulate how they work.
It can be taken orally or injected to relieve the pain of shingles and help dry up the blisters or heal shingles rashes.
