| While there is no absolute cure yet for the shingles | | | | One of the ingredients that you can find in most |
| disease, there are many different treatments on the | | | | topical creams for shingles is a lidocaine cream. While |
| market that can help alleviate or reduce the painful | | | | this isn't herbal, it is very effective for your skin due |
| itching and burning that is associated with the herpes | | | | to the strength of the lidocaine. Three of the more |
| zoster virus. | | | | popular herbs that are ingredients in some of the |
| While not all medicines work to reduce the outbreaks | | | | more popular products are St. John's Wort |
| of shingles, there are more medications that are | | | | (anti-inflammatory), Chaparral (anti-herpetic) and |
| finding there way onto the market that are made | | | | Comfrey (skin repair). |
| from holistic herbs and minerals that, when combining | | | | When combined together with other ingredients, a |
| their various properties, are showing some promise | | | | powerful cream is made that can treat most of the |
| to help. | | | | symptoms associated with shingles. The |
| One of the hardest parts of experiencing a shingles | | | | anti-inflammatory and anti-herpetic properties are two |
| outbreak is the painful itching. When the nerves | | | | of the most often desired properties to reduce the |
| become inflamed a reaction is triggered that causes | | | | inflammation and itching when you encounter an |
| the painful itching. Often times this itching can be | | | | outbreak. |
| controlled or reduced by using a topical cream that | | | | When you do have an outbreak, if it has reached the |
| can "numb" the nerve endings on the skin. | | | | blister stage, then you really should avoid using |
| Sometimes this works and other times it doesn't. A | | | | creams or topical ointments without first consulting |
| lot of the problems that people experience is that | | | | your doctor due to the risk of infection or other |
| the outbreak has progressed to far for a topical | | | | complications from having open sores. |
| cream to really work. | | | | |