I am also curious if touching a 9-V battery to the sore during an outbreak would be a cheap and simple way to do the same thing?

success story from an acquaintance of mine: "After suffering with Herpes Simplex sores on my lips for years, the pain lasting as much as 3 weeks, I decided to look for an answer. I tried the Zorivax cream and pills but this only shortened the cycle to 2 weeks. I tried drinking food grade hydrogen peroxide in water and this was a little better than Zorivax. Then I obtained a HSV Zapper from BioElectric and started using it when I felt the normal slight tickle on my lip which indicated an upcoming Herpes outbreak. Every hour I applied the Zapper to the area on my lips where the sores usually appear. This eliminated the tingling sensation of the impending outbreak. Then I experimented by stopping the use of the Zapper and, sure enough, the tingling sensation started to return and sores started to appear. Then I restarted using the Zapper which greatly diminished the pain and limited the outbreak to a week and a half.
About 2 months later another herpes episode started and I applied the Zapper hourly (for 1 minute) two days in a row and then less frequently for about 7 days and no sores appeared at all.
The next Herpes episode happened when I was away from home (where the Zapper was) but it never progressed past the first few days of minor symptoms. This was highly unusual because of the high amount of stress I had at the time.
From these experiences I can tell that with Zapper usage the Herpes Simplex outbreaks can be stopped and the viruses lose their punch afterwards. Definitely I can say that the Zapper does work against the Herpes virus."