HSV and HPV are common genital infections, and any dermatologist
should be able to diagnose, then treat them.

The first generation drug for them was acyclovir (Zovirax) but since
then, second and third generation ones have come out.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/16816493


A particularly good one is cidofovir. Ask your doctor about it.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/8701600



Otherwise, go to the pharmacy and ask for a five-day course of
generic Zovirax.

As for creams, they also have generic Zovirax, or you can also try
the old one, Viru Merz (tromantadine).


As for herbs and supplements,

1. Lemon balm
2. Monolaurin, or lauric acid, from coconut oil
3. Olive leaf extract

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/22377592

http://www.lauric.org/

http://www.iherb.com/New-Chapter-Lemon-Bal...gels/38842?at=0

http://www.iherb.com/WiseWays-Herbals-LLC-...60-g/35598?at=0

You can't find the supplements here.

Order from Iherb or other US health food stores.

A substitute for monolaurin is coconut oil, so you can use virgin oil.
Not sure how good the conversion from lauric acid is. I'm taking both.


You can, however, grow lemon balm in your garden. My mum use to
pick the leaves and boil them in an egg stew for me to take whenever
I came down with a cough as a child.

The mint family displays potent activity against HSV and HIV.


If you have HIV, include selenium and EGCG.


http://www.lauric.org/


Inhibitory activity of Melissa officinalis L. extract on
Herpes simplex virus type 2 replication.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/19023806


Antiviral effect of aqueous extracts from species of the Lamiaceae family
against Herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 in vitro.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/1709143


Antiviral activity of the volatile oils of Melissa officinalis L. against
Herpes simplex virus type-2.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/1563618



Aqueous extracts from peppermint, sage and lemon balm leaves display
potent anti-HIV-1 activity by increasing the virion density

http://www.retrovirology.com/content/5/1/27


Inhibition of HIV-1 infection by aqueous extracts of Prunella vulgaris L.

http://www.virologyj.com/content/8/1/188

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Ds6M6S6IY


Natural remedies for Herpes simplex.

http://www.altmedrev.com/publications/11/2/93.pdf



Olive leaf extracts contain oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol, which act to block
HIV's docking receptors, gp41 and gp120, onto the CD4 receptors on our
T-cells.


That means the virus gains entry into our immune T-cells by
using its docking genes, gp41 and gp120.

http://www.dnatube.com/video/1229/HIV-Entr...membrane-fusion


In other words, olive leaf extracts act similarly to the new generation of
drugs against HIV, called fusion inhibitors, the first being enfurvirtide.


Oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol also act as integrase inhiitors aganst HIV.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2790717

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17261269






This post has been edited by Tham: Jul 4 2012, 05:30 AM

Mulberries have antiviral (including HIV and herpes), antibacterial and anticancer properties.


" Anti-HIV activity of mulberry juice was concentrated in the lignin fraction, whereas
blueberry juice, which has no precipitating fibrous materials, did not show anti-HIV
activity. The present study suggests the functionality of mulberry juice as an
alternative medicine. "

http://iv.iiarjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?...g&pmid=17591360