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Natural Health Tips for Shingles
by Linda Mackenzie, C.H.T., Ph.D. (c)

Shingles, also known as Herpes Zoster, is a viral infection that affects the nerve endings in the skin and causes a painful rash. When the shingles is activated and the virus hits the nerve endings it send signals to the brain which interprets it as severe pain, itching, burning and makes the skin most sensitive. It can occur to anyone at any age but mostly hits those over 50.

CAUSE
Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus - the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you've had chickenpox, the virus lies inactive in nerve tissue near your spinal cord and brain. Years later, the virus may reactivate as shingles if and when you have a weakened immune system. However more recently Shingles may be caused by getting a COVID vaccine.

A study of the Pfizer vaccine published in the New England Journal of Medicine used two different measures of risk and a data set of more than 2.4 million vaccinated Israelis and the result confirmed the vaccine is associated with an excess risk of shingles - as well as inflammation of the heart, lymph node abnormalities and appendicitis. This and other reports pin blame not just on the Pfizer shots but also on Moderna's mRNA shot and all the other major COVID vaccines in use around the world, including China's Sinovac, India's Covaxin, AstraZeneca and the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Other causes of Shingles are cancer, the use of anti-cancer drugs, stress, spinal cord injuries, HIV, or the use of medications such as corticosteroids or cyclosporin. In most cases one usually cannot determine what the trigger is.

SYMPTOMS
Usually an attack of Shingles is preceded by 3 or 4 days of chills, fever and achiness. Then a crop of tiny fluid filled blisters appear. Although shingles can occur anywhere on your body, it most often appears as a single stripe of blisters that wraps around either the left or the right side of your abdomen underneath the ribs. This can be accompanied by: depression, fatigue, numbness, painful, swollen lymph nodes fever, shooting pain and headache. This stage of shingles can last 7-14 days. The blisters usually form scabs and drop off. Most cases of Shingles last a few weeks however, aggressive cases can be months or years after the blisters have disappeared.

The signs and symptoms usually affect only a small section of one side of your body and may include:

-- Pain, burning, numbness or tingling -- Sensitivity to touch -- A red rash that begins a few days after the pain -- Itching -- Fever --Fluid-filled blisters that break open and crust over -- Headache -- Sensitivity to light -- Fatigue

Other complications from shingles can include:
-- Postherpetic neuralgia (shingles pain continues long after the blisters are gone) -- Vision loss -- Skin Infections -- Neurological problems ( inflammation of the brain (encephalitis), facial paralysis, hearing, balance problems) -- Attacking internal organs such as the lungs, kisneys and liver.

NATURAL HEALING METHODS FOR SHINGLES

AROMATHERAPY ESSENTIAL OIL - use the highest quality oils. Add few drops to a tablespoon to one of these carrier oils: olive, almond. or peanut.
-- Bergamot
-- Geranium
-- Eucalyptus
-- Lemon
--Goldenseal
Add few drops to a tablespoon of one of these carrier oils: Olive, almond. Or peanut

Here is a special formula you can try that may help Shingles in 3 days:
-- 80% Almond Oil
-- 15% Tea Tree Oil
-- 5% Jojoba oil
Pat oil on lesions several times a day.

Another thing you can try to aid to alleviate pain: Capsaicin Cream - Apply topically 4X a day

HOMEOPATHY

-- Arsenicum Album
-- Apis mellifica
-- Clematis erecta

VITAMINS & SUPPLEMENTS

Multivitamin/Mineral, L-Lysine, Vitamin C, Zinc, Calcium and Magnesium, Garlic, SAMe, Vitamin A, Vitamin D3, Vitamin E, Vitamin B Complex (with extra B12), Coenzyme Q10, Colloidal Silver, Primrose oil, Flaxseed oil, Grape Seed Extract, Maitake, Reishi, or Shitake Extract, DMSO, Bee Pollen, Kelp, Bee Propolis,

HERBS

Alfalfa, Dandelion, Chamomile, Astralagus root, Red clover, Burdock root, Cayenne, Goldenseal (do not take more than 1 week at a time or if allergic to ragweed or pregnant), Green Tea, Licorice Root Extract, St Johns Wort, Skullcap, Oat Straw, Olive Leaf, Rose Hips, Valerian Root

FOOD AND DIET

GOOD FOODS: Brewers Yeast, Brown Rice, Garlic, raw fruits and vegetables, whole grains, nuts, bananas, sweet potatoes, potatoes. THE NOs: No junk food, fried, greasy or processed foods, white flour, salt, dairy products (except eggs, butter, cottage cheese), limit red meat

You can be doing something positive to help your healing process. When you get a "worry" thought acknowledge that you have it and let it go immediately.
- Change your emotions to positive ones like hope, joy and happiness
- Make your Environment Happy. Bring your favorite personal pictures, paintings, music, flowers and plants, aromatherapy fragrances with you to the hospital or even spruce up your room at home.
- Avoid negative people and situations.
- Make a list of supportive people and groups in your life and use the list!

Natural Health Tips for Shingles by Linda Mackenzie, C.H.T., Ph.D. (c)

Natural Health Tips for Shingles
by Linda Mackenzie, C.H.T., Ph.D. (c)