Home Remedies For Shingles

Go on a 3 day cleansing fast to eliminate acid waste and to alkalize the blood.

Keep the area that is affected clean, dry, and exposed to air as much as possible.

To ease itching and pain, take warm baking-soda baths.

Take vitamin B12 - 1000 mcg twice a day.

Vitamin C with bioflavonoids - 2,000 mg 4 times daily.

More home remedies for shingles:

L-Lysine - Very important for healing and fighting the herpes zoster virus that causes shingles. Do not take L-Lysine for more than six months at a time. Take 500 mg twice a day on an empty stomach with either water or juice.

Use vitamin E oil or gel from an aloe vera plant on affected area to help relieve itchingand apply frequently.

Take 50 milligrams of zinc daily. It helps to reduce the frequency, severity, and duration of herpes flare-ups.

Crush two aspirin and mix them with 2 tablespoons of rubbing alcohol and apply the paste to lesions three times a day, this will help to desensitize nerve endings.

If eyes become infected, see a physician immediately.

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