Rowena... what is the "Herpes zoster remedy"?     Lola H.

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Rowena <new...@internode.on.net> wrote:

> I had chickenpox as a girl.
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> 30 years later I had shingles in my eyebrow near the top of the nose. I
> guessed what it was and took some homeopathic Rhus Tox    while I waited to
> get to my homeopath, who gave me Herpes zoster remedy.  It was all over in
> a week or two, which was great because it can be nasty so near the eye.  It
> recurred slightly once a year for a few years, when a little soft scab
> would appear; if I scratched it away it would bleed. Then it didn't happen
> any more.
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> All the best
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> Rowena
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> On 11/08/2012 2:45 AM, Joyce Miller wrote:
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> Even though many who have had chicken pox do not get shingles, that is not
> because of having had chicken pox. I think of Shingles as adult chicken
> pox, but those who get it, would not get it if they had not had chicken pox
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