The best thing for herpes is lycine, which is an amino acid. I haven't found anything else that works better, faster. I am leery to give you a datura balm recipe to numb the sores due to the negative publicity datura has. But it just numbs them, whereas lycine makes them go away faster.

@lynnewithhim - I have used the berries and heard to start with 1 berry twice a day (2X), then 2 berries 2X etc until you find your personal level. I swallowed them whole (fresh or dried - whichever way I found them). I tried squishing a few seeds with a spoon and they are tough to break! Max dose depends on person (in the above pasted Corrine Wood article, it says up to 25 berries & max dose is when you start getting "spacy", Stephen Buhner indicates 5-10 drops 2X of root tincture for swollen lymph nodes) I've also heard (can't find where right off hand) that 1 berry, fresh or dried, is equivalent to 1 drop of root tincture so I started with berries while tincture is "brewing". I did feel like I had mental/thyroid fog at 6 berries 2X so I will be keeping below 5 berries or 5 drops 2X and I gave myself a rest after 10 days. It definitely helped a swollen lymph gland I've had for months plus it helps the random musical chair joint pains/arthritis I have from chronic Lyme. Regarding the poison aspect: I agree poke should be researched, but I am treating it like I do any OTC - eg: NSAIDS can also cause problems. I personally find fewer side effects with botanicals. NSAIDS did nothing for my aches and only upset my stomach. The statistics of side effects with correctly prescribed & correctly taken drugs seem a worse risk than poke, imo.

Wow! I've been away for quite some time, no I haven't been cought or having any problems with my wife. Actually we have just celebrated a milestone anaversary above 10 years. First I want to say I appreicate parallaxerror & Jimmy71's comments. I have always felt that I belong in an open marrage, and there are a few escorts that I know are married, actually I know a few husbands as well. I am not bi-sexual, but I have been involved in a few orgies and a couple threesomes with the ladies. what memories I have too.... all done safely and without remorse because I enjoy the times I have and I don't want the drama of say going out with the neighbor lady. I have an addiction to sex, and I am willing to pay for my fun. I also have been lucky enough to know a few ladies that like to have fun like me too.

Terilyn, that is BIZARRE. The chicken pox vaccine is, as they all are, dead disease that increases your bodies antibodies to fight live disease. Where it is possible to have such a slight case of chicken pox one might not become immune, to have that many "sever" cases--would be most unusual, if not impossible according to generally held beliefs on disease. My son brought chicken pox home from Kdg. the year the vaccine was just being made readily available. He had maybe 10 pox. His sisters three and 6 mos got it MUCH worse. The 6 month old was COVERED. I do think he is likely not to be immune and I worry about him getting it as an adult. When I asked my doctor about the shingles vaccine she let me know it could be prohibitively expensive and that I should check with my Insurance provider. I was happy to be covered. Thank the lord for private coverage!!! I received the pneumonia shot in my 40's. I had been contracting bronchitis and or pneumonia at least twice a year and the Doc was concerned about lung damage. I was told it was unknown how long that shot was good for--they usually give it to people 65+ and most die still covered. I will likely get a booster in a few years.