Treatment of herpes with folk remedies
Herpetic rash on the lips is caused by an extremely common virus, the herpes simplex virus. According to experts, about 90% of all people are infected with this virus, but for most of us, the development of herpes is suppressed by the immune system, and only 5% of people develop symptoms of the disease. Herpes, like many other viral infections, is a strange disease - it is incurable, since there is no effective antiviral agent that can completely cleanse the body of it. Meanwhile, spontaneous self-healing is quite possible, since the body's own immune system can cope with the insidious pest, if it is active enough.
Thus, when talking about how to quickly cure herpes, they usually mean the elimination of its symptoms. It must be understood that the virus remains in the body until the next convenient case, and without measures to enhance immunity, such a case will certainly present itself sooner or later. Treatment of herpes with folk remedies can be used both as a local effect of herpetic rashes on the lips, and as a general strengthening measure that helps to increase the body's own defenses.
Herpes on the lips proceeds in several stages, each of which requires its own approach. At the first stage, there is a feeling of tension and itching at the site of future rashes. People with herpes are usually already familiar with these sensations, and know that the disease will develop in a day or two. At this, the initial stage, treatment of herpes with folk remedies may be as follows: make yourself a good tea, leave a silver spoon in a cup of hot tea. When the tea has cooled to a tolerable temperature, drink it with honey, and often apply a hot silver spoon to the itchy area, reheating in a cup as it cools. Honey will strengthen the immune system, disinfect silver, and high temperatures will create unfavorable conditions for the vital activity of the virus. The disease either does not develop further,or it will be much less pronounced.
Then, small bubbles appear on the affected area of the lip, which burst every other day, and merging sores form in their place. At this stage, the treatment of herpes with folk remedies consists in the use of antiseptic agents. These are infusions of medicinal herbs: chamomile, string, sage, celandine, eucalyptus, oak bark. It is not necessary to use alcoholic tinctures, as the wounds are quite painful. It is convenient to use infusions and decoctions in the form of lotions.
In the final stage, the herpetic ulceration crusts and heals underneath. Healing can be accelerated by applying rosehip oil or sea buckthorn oil to the affected area.
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