Shingles, also called Herpes zoster, is a painful skin rash, and is caused by the varizella zoster virus that causes chickenpox. After you have chickenpox, the virus remains in your body and "sleeps" (is dormant) in your nerve roots.
Later in life, if your immune system is weak, this virus can reactivate and erupt as shingles - a red, blistering and itchy rash, usually accompanied by deep, sharp, throbbing, burning and penetrating pain.
After the virus becomes active again, it can only cause shingles, not chickenpox.
Shingles usually appears in a band, a strip, or a small area of the body. This band is called a dermatome, which is the area where one of the nerves from your spinal cord connects with the skin.
Shingles may also appear on a single side of the face, for example, in the area around the eye and the forehead. But shingles can strike any dermatome on the body. The shingles rash usually lasts up to 30 days.
In this naturopathic adviser, I will give you recommendations how to treat and prevent shingles naturally with Homeopathy, herbal tinctures and Schuessler salts (also named cell salts, tissue salts).
I will present you the most proven homeopathic remedies and Schuessler salts, including the appropriate potency and dosage.
Naturopathy works holistically. It does not treat single symptoms only. It treats the whole body, mind and soul. I wish you much success, joy in life and especially your health.
