Re: help! mom has shingles or herpes zoster on her face/ear!!

Thankya!

You know what else I forgot to mention? Elderberry.

Altiva makes a really good Elderberry Tea and Elderberry is high in anti-oxidants, and anti-viral properties. You can do a Google search for it online under "Altiva Elderberry tea" to find out where to get it if you cant find it in your healthfood store. It comes in separate teabags in a white box.

I use the same tea bag twice in a jumbo mug and squeeze what I can out of it.



The tea only has a SLIGHT sweetness from the dried berries. Another high anti-oxidant fruit she can try is Acai fruit. They sell it frozen to make Acai smoothies out of it, and it is barely sweet by itself, unless you get it in a commercialized fruit juice.


What she should DEFINITELY Do when taking that medication is to make sure she is also taking Probiotics afterwards-- at least after she is completely done taking all her prescription.

Probiotics will restore her destroyed healthy bacteria that any med may have destroyed. It will restore her intestinal health that meds often disturb.

She can get naturally derived probiotics from Kombucha drinks(though they may be too sweet for her) from organic Yogurt with live cultures, or organic Kefir milk . They also sell naturally derived probiotics in capsule form too.


I really truly reccomend the Epsom Salts bath. Epsom Salts in warm water will leach some magnesium into your tissues and nervous system. It has a strange calming effect that no other bath salts give. Shingles effects the nervous system, and magenesium is commonly deficient in modern society as it is. It won't cure her shingles but it may give her some relief. Tweet