Lemons to control the herpes virus?
Posted on Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 at 6:51 AM
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I prayed to God for an answer I have lived with frequent outbreaks for 14 years then I started craving lemons every day I would squeeze half a lemon into 1 glass of water I would even eat lemons then my sores went away 1 month latter I got tested for herpies and they could only find the herpies anti-bodies in my body. I went on a search about lemons and lemons can kill the hiv in a petri dish according to a web site but I had stoped with the lemons and 6 months latter they came back. .Point being I believe that I have found a possible remedy to reduce herpies frequences in fact I read the lemons actually increase the immune system. Anyway I thought that you would find this interesting
Here’s what I think
Eating lemons does absolutely nothing for the herpes virus. In fact, I don’t think you will find anything clinical that would back up your theory.
Also, having herpes antibodies means that you have herpes. Just because you don’t get outbreaks that you can see or feel doesn’t mean that you no longer have the herpes virus.
Many people out there have herpes and they don’t know it because they don’t get symptoms that they can see or feel. It’s still possible to pass herpes even if there are no outbreaks that you can see or feel.
Once you contract herpes, you keep it for life. To date, there is no way to wipe out the herpes virus from your system once you contract it.
Once you get infected with herpes oral or genital, you will be infected for life, scientists havent been able to remove any virus from the human body, People mostly men sometimes dont show any kind of sypmtom of the virus thats why many people gets infected
Ok, it’s common knowledge that nothing so far can completely get rid of HSV… but that’s great that someone found something that works for them to reduce their outbreaks! That was this person’s point, “Point being I believe that I have found a possible remedy to reduce herpes frequencies”.
Lemons contain a wide variety of vitamins in high concentrations such as ascorbic acid (vitamin C). Ascorbic acid deficiencies present in the form of weak skin and poor wound healing. It’s possible that the reason that this person was having such frequent outbreaks was because of an ascorbic acid deficiency providing opportunity for HSV to cause outbreaks. Toughen the skin and speed wound healing by consuming more vitamin C. Sounds like a pretty solid treatment to me.
I don’t think being a man OR a woman has anything to do with it. Whether or not a person has signs or symptoms that they can see or feel varies from person to person.
There is no proof that this particular remedy did anything for that individual’s herpes. It could have been the type and where it’s located OR it could have been purely all in their head.
Uh no.. eating a lemon is not a clinically proven herpes antiviral otherwise we would all be eating lemons to treat herpes.
It could have been all in their head, but that doesn’t mean it was. Lots of people have outbreaks related to conditions which affect the integrity of the skin in the outbreak site. For example, high sun exposure triggers outbreaks in some people. Lack of ascorib acid affects the skin much to the same extent. This individuals outbreaks could have been due to weak skin triggering the virus.
I agree that lemons are not clinically proven antivirals, I’m saying that the vitamins in lemons could aid treatment and prevention through not triggering the virus and by speeding healing of damaged skin.
There are studies being done on this by the way, here are two peer reviewed articles just as a start:
Topical antiviral agents for herpes simplex virus infections By Hamuy, R In Drugs of Today
Mechanism of copper-mediated inactivation of herpes simplex virus By Sagripanti, JL, Routson, LB, Bonifacino, AC and Lytle, CD In ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
It also could have been due in part to regular stress. Maybe she had a fight with her boyfriend. Maybe she didn’t get enough sleep or there was something else going on in her body. You can’t tell me that lemons do anything for herpes unless you can prove it to me via rigorous clinical studies that help to rule out ALL the other possibilities as well as how the virus travels and mutates, etc.
I’m not saying that lemons were the absolute reason that this person had fewer outbreaks. I’m saying it IS a possibility. There are studies being done on the effectiveness of ascorbic acid on herpes treatment. I read the topic and thought to myself, “Okay this person probably isn’t suggesting lemons cured their herpes unless they saw some sort of results. That’s weird… is it possible that lemons could have an effect?” When I searched around I found that yes, it is a possibility. The statement, “Lemons cure herpes” can’t be made without proof I agree, but I’m stating a hypothesis not a theory.
Well your opinion and hypothesis is all good except that you have no proof.
Hundreds of years ago doctors used leaches for a variety of health issues and modern science dismissed this practice as foolish and just plain archaic until very recently when we finally learned (or relearned ) what the ancients already knew there WAS a practical use for them and now they save damaged body parts, the point being just because it hasnt been proven yet doesnt mean there is no scientific possibility that it may help, most of todays modern cures for everything come from little understood insects,plants, poisens,fungus, mold etc etc… where do you think antibiotics come from?… trials come later… after someone stumbles onto something that works…
I didn’t say that it wasn’t possible.. but at the same time I’m not going to tell somebody to go home and rub lemons all over their outbreak and expect that they will find relief either when their are clinically proven herpes antivirals that are guaranteed to fix the problem.
And you shouldn’t go and tell people to rub lemons all over their outbreaks because it’s a sure fire cure, but dismissing a feasible treatment and cutting someone down for suggesting lemons worked for them isn’t going to help anyone either. Rob’s right, you have to start somewhere and since studies on this topic ARE being done, the proof you’re looking for might be closer then you think.
I’m not into doing self experimentation from my kitchen. Thanks, but no thanks.
- Angela
Folks, Angela is all over the web promoting her insane idea that all people with herpes should be on antivirals. She is probably a drug rep fighting to keep people ignorant to natural approaches to health. Don’t give such people your energy.
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You’re a real live peach there Jessica.
Why don’t you just BUZZ OFF.
Oh please! I’ve obviously debated this topic with Angela, but the fact of the matter is that Angela has helped hundreds of people and cutting her down like that is bs. Angela is an incredible person and should be appreciated for all the things she’s done. I’ve read a lot of Angela’s advice and never though of her as being a drug pusher. Maybe a bit skeptical because of all the false cures out there that try to sucker people in for their money, but someone has to be. Get a life Jessica!
Thanks for sticking up for me Kelso. :]
OMG Angela! You really took a sucker punch from Jessica there. Drug pusher? I’ve been on your site for weeks now and have found only minimal and factual advice for the pharmaceutical anti-viral medications. I must have missed your big *drug pusher* page…
Lemons? That was is new for me. I spent a few weeks doing this thing with honey. What a god awful sticky mess. I don’t know if it worked or not. and I had to keep yelling at my family, “No! No! Not THAT honey…”. And everyone is all like, “what is the honey doing under the bathroom sink?”. Good times.
I do take a lot of vitamin C.
I occasionally get the same sort of comments over on the Original Herpes Home Page, usually from someone who is pushing an alternative treatment scam. It goes with the territory, folks. The only treatments that are proven by double-blind scientific studies published in peer-reviewed journals are the three antivirals, acyclovir, valtrex and famvir.
I only share what I know to be clinically proven and what has worked for me. I am not a drug pusher and even though people have accused me of working for GSK, I will say it again, I do not. lol (It kinda makes me laugh to hear such things)I’ve been taking some extra B complex but that has nothing to do with herpes. I talk a lot about why on my forum. What the alternatives want you to believe is that they are not a multi-billion dollar industry. Pot calling the kettle black perhaps?
erm peeps lemons leave the highest alkaline residue of any fruit (yes I know they’re acidic, but still, look it up). Herpes along with many illnesses and even cancers finds it very hard to survive in an alkaline environment. Interestingly taking lemons also prevents L-lysine from inducing hyperacidity (which can provoke an outbreak if your diet is too acidic).
I do the lemon shiz too, but this is why. Hope this helps people, this girlie stumbled accross something but this is the reasoning behind it. This also explains why her symptoms came back when she stopped doing it.
Stay strong peeps
Valtrax is the best(never had a single outbreak on it)But not everyone has health insurance and valtrax is too expense for self pay. So any natural solution to prevent outbreaks is valuable info for Herpes patients who cant afford hundreds of dollars a month in medicine. People with Herpes who are not on welfare, we appreciate any “naturalcure” avaliable to live day to day without pain. By the way, I work at a DR. office and our drug reps prodive us with dinner every single night in exchange for pushing their drugs!
If you want to squirt lemons all over your hoo hoo you go right ahead. Everybody knows that Valtrex has a generic brand now. Everybody also knows that acyclovir is cheap. As for the drug reps.. they have a job to do. Providing dinner to their clients is a right off. It’s called doing business. Everybody has a job to do. You can’t knock the drug reps for doing their job. Also, the Valtrex drug reps can’t help it if their antiviral is clinically proven and lemons are not. Merry Christmas!
i just got the worst christmas gift ever on the day of the 24th i was diagnosed with herpes. i have been with the same man for the last 4 months, and to be honest i believe it is from him. i have gone through the motions and come up with an action plan, but i still dont want to look down there to see if it has halfway went away i have been walking like an old woman for the last week and yes im still freakin angry…and i have yet to tell my new “friend” im trying to figure out the best way to find out the truth from him…suggestions anyone??
oh also my new friend means the guy i’ve been dating i think i got this herpies from…
Well… you may or may not have contracted herpes from him. You could have had it all along and didn’t know until now OR maybe you did contract it from him. Have you actually discussed any of this w/him yet?