Herpes - The Homeopathic Treatment
Dr Francesca Swainston, homeopathic doctor, author and well-known pioneer of natural medicine talks about herpes, an insidious infection for which there is no known cure and once contracted stays with the patient for life.
The herpes virus sets up home in the nervous system, in the ganglia, which are nodes containing the cell bodies of the nerves that transmit messages to and from all parts of the body. The visible effects of a herpes infection may be minor, such as fever blisters or vesicular eruptions around the genitals or eyes, but the long-term negative effects are much more serious and profound, because it is the vital nervous system that these viruses damage.
Homeopathic treatment will speed up the primary infection resolution and also help to prevent further painful manifestations of the infection. The primary infection, if not treated well, can cause considerable damage such as ulceration and scarring and sometimes the nerve pain remains long after the visible symptoms have disappeared.
Arsenicum album: Blister -like eruptions that itch and burn violently causing excruciating pain. The blisters sink forming ulcers that can become blackened. May have a discharge with a fishy smell. Herpes of face. Pain can persist after eruptions have disappeared. Skin generally very dry and can peel off. Can be caused by food poisoning, excess alcohol, insect stings. Feels very distressed with the pain that makes him restless, moving from place to place. Cannot bear the sight or smell of food. Thirsty for small sips. Can be a result of eating too many fruits and vegetables. Tends to have diarrhea and an allergic constitution.
Cantharis: Blister-like eruptions that burn and become inflamed. Redness. Constant need to urinate which can be burning and passed in drops.. Very strong feelings of sexual arousal. Worse by drinking coffee.
Causticum: Herpes of genitals. Also tends to have warts. Ailments from long lasting grief and is very sympathetic. Restless legs at night.
Dulcamara: Blister-like eruptions brought on by exposure to cold, damp rainy weather, sitting on a cold floor or a sour stomach. Herpes of genitals and hands. Inflammation of lymph nodes in the abdomen, may feel like appendicitis. Cold-sores on lips.
Graphites: Herpes in people who are fat. Blister-like eruptions that ooze a sticky honey-like fluid. People who are exhausted by study or mental work, get weepy when listening to music and lack confidence. Tends to have moisture or eruption behind the ears.
Hepar sulph: Eruptions occur as a circular collection of watery blisters that soon develop pus and pain like the pricking of pins or splinters. Can spread by coalescing into a big ulcer surrounded by little pimples. Most often eruptions form in genital region and in the bends of knees. Very sensitive and painful cold-sores. Likes wine and acidic foods. Very irritable with rapid angry speech.
Kali bichromicum: Blister-like eruptions that look like smallpox in overweight people that tend to have sinus problems with a stringy nasal discharge and pain at root of nose. Can be the negative effect of drinking too much beer. Tends to have both liver and kidney weakness.
Mercurius: Herpes in people that have a history of an STD. Very sweaty all over the body with moist hands, produces a lot of saliva and tends towards mouth ulcers with a metallic smell to their breath. Tends towards diarrhea with greenish stools. Hands tremble. Pain gets worse at night.
Mezerium: Especially useful for the nerve pain that remains after the infection. Intense itching of the skin eruptions that form crusts under which pus collects and oozes. Very sensitive to cold.Like to eat ham fat. There can be an enlargement of testicles with increased sexual arousal. Increased saliva.
Natrum muriaticum: Fever blisters around mouth and chin in people who have experienced grief, fright or anger from which they have not recovered. Greasy skin. Eruptions in flexures such as behind knees, ears and at the hairline. Tends towards constipation. Can be the effects of eating too much salt. Does not like affection and consolation, but will release their tears while coughing or laughing. Can dream of being robbed.
Nitric acid: Vesicular eruptions that form ulcers i the soft palate of the mouth. Genital herpes. Eruptions have sharp splinter-like pains. Also has a tendency of warts. Can have a history of STD. Perspiration smells of urine. Becomes easily breathless on going upstairs (also ars alb and calc carb). Likes to eat fat and salt. Can tremble from anger.
Ranunculus bulb: Herpes with bluish blister-like eruptions that burn and itch intensely. Herpes of face. Especially good for pain that remains after the infection. Shingles. Pain along the margin of the shoulder blade in the back.
Rhus toxicodendron: Intensely itching blister-like eruption with swelling of the surrounding tissue like an allergic reaction. Wants to drink milk. Often develops due to exposure to cold or too much exercise. general water retention in various parts of the body. Fever blisters and herpes of the face.
Sarsaparilla: Herpes as a result of STD with kidney and bone pains. Severe pain at the end of urination, can have blood in the urine. pain in kidneys, worse on right side with pain extending downwards.
Sepia: Herpes on the scalp, behind ears, face, on the neck and in the bends of knees. Circular herpes in spots that can look like ringworm. The eruptions are dry. Generally exhausted worn-out patients with a feeling of prolapse and weak back. Like to eat vinegary pickles and chocolate. Does not like to eat fatty food. Indifferent, sarcastic with an aversion to those loved best such as family. Very sad.
At the beginning of the infection, during the acute inflammatory painful stage use the selected remedy hourly for 3 hours. If there is no improvement by the end of this time select a different remedy and do the same. Once improvement is experienced, give the remedy twice times daily for 1 week, then once a week for 4 weeks.
If treating a chronic condition, give the remedy twice daily for 2 days and if no improvement, change the remedy. If there is improvement, continue the remedy once a day at night for 1 week. Stop the remedy and only repeat as a single dose if symptoms get worse. If improvement stops, find a remedy that is more suited to the whole symptom picture at that time, and give as at the beginning of chronic treatment.
Use a 30c potency of the remedy. However, if you cannot get the 30c use any potency of the remedy that is available.
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The herpes virus sets up home in the nervous system, in the ganglia, which are nodes containing the cell bodies of the nerves that transmit messages to and from all parts of the body. The visible effects of a herpes infection may be minor, such as fever blisters or vesicular eruptions around the genitals or eyes, but the long-term negative effects are much more serious and profound, because it is the vital nervous system that these viruses damage.
Homeopathic treatment will speed up the primary infection resolution and also help to prevent further painful manifestations of the infection. The primary infection, if not treated well, can cause considerable damage such as ulceration and scarring and sometimes the nerve pain remains long after the visible symptoms have disappeared.
Arsenicum album: Blister -like eruptions that itch and burn violently causing excruciating pain. The blisters sink forming ulcers that can become blackened. May have a discharge with a fishy smell. Herpes of face. Pain can persist after eruptions have disappeared. Skin generally very dry and can peel off. Can be caused by food poisoning, excess alcohol, insect stings. Feels very distressed with the pain that makes him restless, moving from place to place. Cannot bear the sight or smell of food. Thirsty for small sips. Can be a result of eating too many fruits and vegetables. Tends to have diarrhea and an allergic constitution.
Cantharis: Blister-like eruptions that burn and become inflamed. Redness. Constant need to urinate which can be burning and passed in drops.. Very strong feelings of sexual arousal. Worse by drinking coffee.
Causticum: Herpes of genitals. Also tends to have warts. Ailments from long lasting grief and is very sympathetic. Restless legs at night.
Dulcamara: Blister-like eruptions brought on by exposure to cold, damp rainy weather, sitting on a cold floor or a sour stomach. Herpes of genitals and hands. Inflammation of lymph nodes in the abdomen, may feel like appendicitis. Cold-sores on lips.
Graphites: Herpes in people who are fat. Blister-like eruptions that ooze a sticky honey-like fluid. People who are exhausted by study or mental work, get weepy when listening to music and lack confidence. Tends to have moisture or eruption behind the ears.
Hepar sulph: Eruptions occur as a circular collection of watery blisters that soon develop pus and pain like the pricking of pins or splinters. Can spread by coalescing into a big ulcer surrounded by little pimples. Most often eruptions form in genital region and in the bends of knees. Very sensitive and painful cold-sores. Likes wine and acidic foods. Very irritable with rapid angry speech.
Kali bichromicum: Blister-like eruptions that look like smallpox in overweight people that tend to have sinus problems with a stringy nasal discharge and pain at root of nose. Can be the negative effect of drinking too much beer. Tends to have both liver and kidney weakness.
Mercurius: Herpes in people that have a history of an STD. Very sweaty all over the body with moist hands, produces a lot of saliva and tends towards mouth ulcers with a metallic smell to their breath. Tends towards diarrhea with greenish stools. Hands tremble. Pain gets worse at night.
Mezerium: Especially useful for the nerve pain that remains after the infection. Intense itching of the skin eruptions that form crusts under which pus collects and oozes. Very sensitive to cold.Like to eat ham fat. There can be an enlargement of testicles with increased sexual arousal. Increased saliva.
Natrum muriaticum: Fever blisters around mouth and chin in people who have experienced grief, fright or anger from which they have not recovered. Greasy skin. Eruptions in flexures such as behind knees, ears and at the hairline. Tends towards constipation. Can be the effects of eating too much salt. Does not like affection and consolation, but will release their tears while coughing or laughing. Can dream of being robbed.
Nitric acid: Vesicular eruptions that form ulcers i the soft palate of the mouth. Genital herpes. Eruptions have sharp splinter-like pains. Also has a tendency of warts. Can have a history of STD. Perspiration smells of urine. Becomes easily breathless on going upstairs (also ars alb and calc carb). Likes to eat fat and salt. Can tremble from anger.
Ranunculus bulb: Herpes with bluish blister-like eruptions that burn and itch intensely. Herpes of face. Especially good for pain that remains after the infection. Shingles. Pain along the margin of the shoulder blade in the back.
Rhus toxicodendron: Intensely itching blister-like eruption with swelling of the surrounding tissue like an allergic reaction. Wants to drink milk. Often develops due to exposure to cold or too much exercise. general water retention in various parts of the body. Fever blisters and herpes of the face.
Sarsaparilla: Herpes as a result of STD with kidney and bone pains. Severe pain at the end of urination, can have blood in the urine. pain in kidneys, worse on right side with pain extending downwards.
Sepia: Herpes on the scalp, behind ears, face, on the neck and in the bends of knees. Circular herpes in spots that can look like ringworm. The eruptions are dry. Generally exhausted worn-out patients with a feeling of prolapse and weak back. Like to eat vinegary pickles and chocolate. Does not like to eat fatty food. Indifferent, sarcastic with an aversion to those loved best such as family. Very sad.
At the beginning of the infection, during the acute inflammatory painful stage use the selected remedy hourly for 3 hours. If there is no improvement by the end of this time select a different remedy and do the same. Once improvement is experienced, give the remedy twice times daily for 1 week, then once a week for 4 weeks.
If treating a chronic condition, give the remedy twice daily for 2 days and if no improvement, change the remedy. If there is improvement, continue the remedy once a day at night for 1 week. Stop the remedy and only repeat as a single dose if symptoms get worse. If improvement stops, find a remedy that is more suited to the whole symptom picture at that time, and give as at the beginning of chronic treatment.
Use a 30c potency of the remedy. However, if you cannot get the 30c use any potency of the remedy that is available.
For more information about homeopathy click here
For more information about Dr Fran Swainston click here
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