subject: Do Natural Cures For Genital Herpes Really Work, Or Are They Just Hogwash? [print this page] Do Natural Cures For Genital Herpes Really Work, Or Are They Just Hogwash?
Nothing is worse for a young adult about to set out on the path of their life than discovering from one's physician during a routine check up or through blood work that the young adult has unwittingly contracted a sexually transmitted disease. Worse yet, is the discovery that the disease in question is in fact genital herpes.
This is then compounded by the fact that there is no known cure for genital herpes, and there is no real effective medical treatment for the condition either. This has led many people so afflicted with the disease to the Internet, in search of other potential remedies, and this had led to the discovery of several types of herbal cures and natural herpes cures.
First, it will help to know a little bit about what genital herpes is exactly. Genital herpes is a form of the herpes simplex virus that effects the patient's genitals with painful and uncomfortable flare ups, rashes, dry skin, pus filled blisters and painful and irritating soars throughout the pubic region.
There are also a host of other symptoms, including pain in the legs and arms, pain in the rectum and anus, pain during urination, nausea, involuntary urethral discharges for men, and involuntary vaginal discharges for women.
Worse yet, genital herpes is a chronic condition that there is no known cure for, and few viable medical treatments are available either. Though there are anti viral drugs, they are largely ineffective. So it is little wonder then that so many patients are seeking a natural herpes cure. And while there are many out there on the market, they too are largely ineffective at treating the actual herpes virus, or even the symptoms during a flare up.
There are two basic types of natural cures for genital herpes. There are the herbal treatments and there are the topical treatments. Technically there is a third method, which is basic attention to hygiene, but that is not so much of a natural cure for herpes as it is just plain common sense.
Herbal Treatments
Taken in the form of oral supplements or as an herbal topical solution, whole body healers and herbalists swear by the abilities of the herbs at their disposal to abate the flare ups of the herpes virus and to ease the pain, discomfort and frustration of the condition itself. Unfortunately there is little evidence that these herbal treatments are in any way effective.
