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Herpes Help Please
Hello,I contracted HSV 2 almost 3 years ago. I am a 36 year old male, weigh about 175 pounds and work out about 3-4 times a day. Due to my job, I need to go out with clients often and therefore drink alcohol often. I also smoke but am planning to quit soon.
I have tired all different treatments to try to get rid of this disease and found this site.
I am desperately looking for a cure to this and wanted to see the homeopathic experts to help. I have read different types of treatments on this site and was wondering if someone can help.
I would really appreciate some guidance here. Thank you!
deanjones20 on 2010-10-03
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
Please copy the Questionnaire from the following thread
http://www.abchomeopathy.com/forum2.php/188925/
and post all the questions here duly answered. On that basis your remedy may be worked out.
http://www.abchomeopathy.com/forum2.php/188925/
and post all the questions here duly answered. On that basis your remedy may be worked out.
♡ kadwa last decade
1. Describe your main suffering?
Oral and Genital Herpes
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
None
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
I think about this ailment everyday and search for a complete cure on a daily basis.
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
I don't feel physical pain. I feel mental anguish when I see herpes outbreaks.
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
It started about 2 and a half years ago when I had a sexual encounter with another woman.
6. Which time of the day you are worst?
There is no time during the day when I feel worst.
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
I believe when I am tired aggrevates the suffering.
I believe when I am well rested, I feel better.
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
I do not think so.
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
I do not feel weather affects my the frequency or severity of my symptoms.
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
I have a strong personality, confident, and generally a pleasant person. I do get lonely often.
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
No change.
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
Sometimes.
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
Not really.
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?
No. However, I do drink alcohol often due to my job and smoke cigarettes as well.
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
I am single, but my family (parents and siblings) is the most important thing in my life.
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
Fears will be not to succees in life and I dream of not having graduating college and MBA. I have graduated from both already years ago.
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
I do not have any specific cravings.
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
I drink about 4 liters of water a day. I drink more than most people I know.
14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
Normal.
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand?
Cilantro
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
Normal
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
Normal
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
I do not sleep well when I have a lot on my mind.
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
Yes.
20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all?
I may have more confidence than most people I know.
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
I have taken anti-virals before to stop the acute OB. I have tried other NON-homeopathic herbs to see their impact on my condition.
22. What major diseases are running in your family?
None.
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance
I am Asian and about 180 centimeters or 5'10 inches. I work out regularly and have a more athletic body type. I weight about 79 kg.
Oral and Genital Herpes
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
None
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
I think about this ailment everyday and search for a complete cure on a daily basis.
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
I don't feel physical pain. I feel mental anguish when I see herpes outbreaks.
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
It started about 2 and a half years ago when I had a sexual encounter with another woman.
6. Which time of the day you are worst?
There is no time during the day when I feel worst.
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
I believe when I am tired aggrevates the suffering.
I believe when I am well rested, I feel better.
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
I do not think so.
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
I do not feel weather affects my the frequency or severity of my symptoms.
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
I have a strong personality, confident, and generally a pleasant person. I do get lonely often.
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
No change.
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
Sometimes.
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
Not really.
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?
No. However, I do drink alcohol often due to my job and smoke cigarettes as well.
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
I am single, but my family (parents and siblings) is the most important thing in my life.
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
Fears will be not to succees in life and I dream of not having graduating college and MBA. I have graduated from both already years ago.
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
I do not have any specific cravings.
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
I drink about 4 liters of water a day. I drink more than most people I know.
14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
Normal.
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand?
Cilantro
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
Normal
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
Normal
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
I do not sleep well when I have a lot on my mind.
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
Yes.
20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all?
I may have more confidence than most people I know.
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
I have taken anti-virals before to stop the acute OB. I have tried other NON-homeopathic herbs to see their impact on my condition.
22. What major diseases are running in your family?
None.
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance
I am Asian and about 180 centimeters or 5'10 inches. I work out regularly and have a more athletic body type. I weight about 79 kg.
deanjones20 last decade
Please take Arsenicum Album 200c thrice a day at a gap of 4 hours for only one day (not daily) and report back after 15 days.
One dose means
If the medicine is in pills form 4 pills. Don't touch pills with hand. Use cap of bottle to take pills.
If the medicine is in liquid dilution form, 3-4 drops in some 20 ml water. Sip up slowly.
Please follow homeo restrictions like no coffee, no raw onion/garlic, no strong perfumes, don't eat or drink anything within 30 minutes before or after taking medicine.
One dose means
If the medicine is in pills form 4 pills. Don't touch pills with hand. Use cap of bottle to take pills.
If the medicine is in liquid dilution form, 3-4 drops in some 20 ml water. Sip up slowly.
Please follow homeo restrictions like no coffee, no raw onion/garlic, no strong perfumes, don't eat or drink anything within 30 minutes before or after taking medicine.
♡ kadwa last decade
Kadwa,
Thank you for the reply. I ordered the arsenicum album. I was wondering how long I have to be on the homeo restrictions. Is it for just that day, or is it a week, or is it forever?
Also, will this cure the virus, or just suppress it. I was wondering if there was a way to completely cure the virsus.
Thank you!
Thank you for the reply. I ordered the arsenicum album. I was wondering how long I have to be on the homeo restrictions. Is it for just that day, or is it a week, or is it forever?
Also, will this cure the virus, or just suppress it. I was wondering if there was a way to completely cure the virsus.
Thank you!
deanjones20 last decade
The restrictions no coffee, no raw onion/garlic, no strong perfumes apply for the whole treatment period.
If a homeo remedy works it leads to cure and not to suppression.
You are always welcome JH.
If a homeo remedy works it leads to cure and not to suppression.
You are always welcome JH.
♡ kadwa last decade
Kadwa,
Since this treatment only takes one day, is it right to assume that I need to be on the homeo restrictions just for one day?
Thanks,
Since this treatment only takes one day, is it right to assume that I need to be on the homeo restrictions just for one day?
Thanks,
deanjones20 last decade
Hello, I also want to know about the diet restrictions and how long because we eat a lot of raw onions and garlic.
Gardenerd
Gardenerd
gardenerd last decade
A homeo treatment starts with the patient taking the doses of the remedy and it continues till the remedy is successful in stimulating the vital force. So to be on the safer side one should observe homeo restrictions until one is cured.
♡ kadwa last decade
The remedy acts internally and it is not correct to equate the period of dosing with the period of treatment.
♡ kadwa last decade
So how would one know when that person is cured? Based on your previous experiences, what do you recommend one should do to determine if that person is cured? Thank you.
deanjones20 last decade
From the homeopathic perspective, when all symptoms are cured, and when the miasm is completely uprooted, then the miasm is completely cured.
♡ Homeopathy International 1 last decade
Hello,
I just got my arsenicum album. I normally drink two coffees a day, but will stop drink the coffees. When should I start the treatment? I did't drink any today, so is it ok to start tomorrow? Also, can you tell me when I can start drinking coffees again?
Also, I looked at other posts, and it seems like the Jewish Homeopath like to prescribe Nat-M. Just out of curiousity, I was just wondering why I was prescribed to the arsenicum.
Thank you so much.
I just got my arsenicum album. I normally drink two coffees a day, but will stop drink the coffees. When should I start the treatment? I did't drink any today, so is it ok to start tomorrow? Also, can you tell me when I can start drinking coffees again?
Also, I looked at other posts, and it seems like the Jewish Homeopath like to prescribe Nat-M. Just out of curiousity, I was just wondering why I was prescribed to the arsenicum.
Thank you so much.
deanjones20 last decade
I did't drink any today, so is it ok to start tomorrow?
**Yes.
Also, can you tell me when I can start drinking coffees again?
**If you can't do without coffee you may take 2 cups (1 morning, 1 evening) a days after 2-3 days of taking Ars.
The remedy suggestion will differ from patient to patient and from prescriber to prescriber !!
**Yes.
Also, can you tell me when I can start drinking coffees again?
**If you can't do without coffee you may take 2 cups (1 morning, 1 evening) a days after 2-3 days of taking Ars.
The remedy suggestion will differ from patient to patient and from prescriber to prescriber !!
♡ kadwa last decade
Can learn more about Ars. and Nat-M. Smoking and drinking can be indications of Nat-M, if the emotional symptoms are there.
http://homeoint.org/books3/kentmm/ars.htm
http://homeoint.org/books3/kentmm/nat-m.htm
http://homeoint.org/books3/kentmm/ars.htm
http://homeoint.org/books3/kentmm/nat-m.htm
♡ Homeopathy International 1 last decade
Thanks Kadwa and Jewish Homeopath,
I do smoke and drink. Should this change my treatment? I want to cure this once and for all. Thanks again.
I do smoke and drink. Should this change my treatment? I want to cure this once and for all. Thanks again.
deanjones20 last decade
Please read the descriptions of Nat-M and Ars.
The drinking and smoking could be indications for Nat-M.
The drinking and smoking could be indications for Nat-M.
♡ Homeopathy International 1 last decade
I received that Aresenicum and plan to take in on Monday. Is alcohol at part of the homeo restrictions?
Also, thanks Jewish. But I read the links and can not understand what its saying. Please help interpret for me.
Also, thanks Jewish. But I read the links and can not understand what its saying. Please help interpret for me.
deanjones20 last decade
A good advice, never ask a patient to read the materia medica. It will only lead to confusion. Many remedies have similar symptoms. You are the homeopath, not the patient. :-)
Sincerly Parakletos.
Sincerly Parakletos.
♡ Parakletos last decade
I took my morning dose with water. Is that ok? I also had a few cigarettes. I wanted to know if this was permissable.
Next time shold I just take the pills without water?
Thank you,
Next time shold I just take the pills without water?
Thank you,
deanjones20 last decade
Kadwa,
Thank you. So I did ended up doing 4 doses, each 4 hours apart. THe first was with water. The last three I did not use water. Was this ok?
PLease advise. Do you think I should do it again, only three times?
Thank you.
Thank you. So I did ended up doing 4 doses, each 4 hours apart. THe first was with water. The last three I did not use water. Was this ok?
PLease advise. Do you think I should do it again, only three times?
Thank you.
deanjones20 last decade
Kadwa,
This is from Kent's lecture on Thuja, but it is relevant to Ars. in a herpes case.
'In syphilis and psora Arsenic acts a long time and eradicates the complaints, when similar to them, but it is not similar to sycosis. Arsenic does not go to the bottom of the trouble, but Thuja and Natrum sulph. will take up the work and cure. Natrum sulph. and Thuja bring back the primitive manifestation that has been suppressed for years.'
http://homeoint.org/books3/kentmm/thu.htm
I've seen this in some of my own cases that Ars. will cure the rest of the miasms, but not the figwarts. I know that some authors grade Ars. as an anti-figwart, but in this case, I think Kent is right.
You might want to take that into consideration in this case.
This is from Kent's lecture on Thuja, but it is relevant to Ars. in a herpes case.
'In syphilis and psora Arsenic acts a long time and eradicates the complaints, when similar to them, but it is not similar to sycosis. Arsenic does not go to the bottom of the trouble, but Thuja and Natrum sulph. will take up the work and cure. Natrum sulph. and Thuja bring back the primitive manifestation that has been suppressed for years.'
http://homeoint.org/books3/kentmm/thu.htm
I've seen this in some of my own cases that Ars. will cure the rest of the miasms, but not the figwarts. I know that some authors grade Ars. as an anti-figwart, but in this case, I think Kent is right.
You might want to take that into consideration in this case.
♡ Homeopathy International 1 last decade
Thanks. I want to report that I got another OB today. This is 3 days after taking the arsenicum.
Any recommendations?
Any recommendations?
deanjones20 last decade
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