Like most things in medicine, patients rapidly become dis-satisfied with conventional treatment when it come to management of herpes- everyone wants instant relief and Nirvana- and when this fails they seek alternative care.
The alternative health care business is flourishing even without the back up of any scientific data. The reason is patient gullibility because of the false claims made by this industry.
Every type of nutritive and herbal agent has been postulated to help cure herpes. From mega doses of all vitamins, minerals to gouging on the liver, spleen, drinking donkey’s urine (or yours), thymus of cows, chickens and pigs.
Hundreds of herbs are sold as a remedy for herpes-teas, powders, lotions, potions, capsules of every kind are sold- some are recommended to be taken in orally, some to be pasted on the lips and others to placed in the rectum (it sure is a medical miracle if a rectally placed herb can cure an infection in the groin) - yet millions of people buy and use these products.
And the common theme with all these therapies- they do not work.
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