Things You'll Need:
- Dietary items
- Herbal and vitamin supplements
- Herb guide
- Book of food counts
- Juicer (optional)
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Step 1
Eliminate foods such as chocolate, cashews, peanuts and coconut from your diet during an outbreak. These foods are high in arginine, an amino acid that tends to allow herpes sores to remain on the skin for extended periods of time. Medical experts believe that because arginine is an amino acid that the human body naturally produces, there is no need to include high amounts of it in your diet.
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Step 2
Replace foods high in arginine with foods rich in lysine. Lysine is an essential amino acid that the body does not produce. During a genital herpes outbreak, foods high in lysine will help keep your body stay rich in collagen, which helps keep the skin healthy. Vast amounts of lysine are found in lean organic beef, sardines, eggs, soybeans, tofu, and chemical-free chicken breast. Increase your calories from these foods by 20 to 30 percent during an outbreak.
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Step 3
Drink one 12-oz. glass of potassium juice with breakfast and lunch. Potassium is a powerful agent that will act as a cleansing tonic when ingested in liquid form. Creating a potassium juice involves juicing carrots, celery, spinach, parsley and sea greens. If you don't have a juicer, simply mix 2 oz. of Noni juice with an 8 oz. glass of spring water. Noni juice can be purchased from most health-food stores. There are several brands of Noni on the market. It is important to buy pure Noni juice and Tree of Life is one of the few companies that offers pure Noni juice.
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Step 4
Drink 8 to 10 ounces of pure carrot juice between breakfast and lunch, and with dinner. Carrot juice will help alkalize your body during a herpes outbreak. Carrot juice is also a powerful detoxifier that will help your body rid itself of harmful toxins that can make your sores hard to manage.
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Step 5
Take 500 mg of olive leaf extract before going to bed. Olive leaf extract is commonly sold in capsule form in most health food stores and online. It will help control the herpes virus and its tendency to spread through areas of the skin.
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Step 1
Eliminate drugs that depress the immune system. Drugs like nicotine, caffeine and alcohol rob the body of oxygen, water and other nutrients. During a herpes outbreak, it is important to keep your body in good overall health. A weakened immune system will result in prolonged and often severe bouts with herpes sores.
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Step 2
Expose your body and sores each day to at least 20 minutes of early sunlight . It is important for healing to draw as much vitamin D from the sun as possible, without damaging your skin.
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Step 3
Take hot baths at least twice a day. Sit in the tub before running the water and bring the temperature to a point where it is as hot as you can stand it. Do not use over-the-counter soaps while bathing. Natural herbal soaps work best for sores.
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Step 4
Spray grapefruit seed extract on your sores after you bathe. Grapefruit seed is a powerful antimicrobial that will help rapidly repair damaged tissues and heal your skin. It is rich in citricidal, calendula, hypericum, plantain and goldenseal. "Seed-a-Sept" spray by Imhotep is among the top brands.
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Step 5
Rub 4 to 5 drops of tea tree oil on your sores before you go to bed. Tea tree oil has a vast amount of health properties. It is strong in its fight against infection and it soothes the skin.
