Shingles (Herpes Zoster): Therapy

General measures

• Observance of the general hygiene measures!
• Nicotine restriction (refrain from tobacco use).
• Alcohol restriction (abstaining from alcohol)
• Review of permanent medication due topossible effect on the existing disease.

Regular check-ups

• Regular medical checkups

Nutritional medicine

• Nutritional counseling based on nutritional analysis
• Nutritional recommendations according to a mixed diet taking into account the disease at hand. This means, among other things:
  • Daily total of 5 servings of fresh vegetables and fruits (≥ 400 g; 3 servings of vegetables and 2 servings of fruits).
  • Once or twice a week fresh sea fish, i.e. fatty marine fish (omega-3 fatty acids) such as salmon, herring, mackerel.
  • High-fiber diet (whole grains, vegetables).
• See also under “Therapy with micronutrients (vital substances)” – if necessary, taking a suitable dietary supplement.
• Detailed information on nutritional medicine you will receive from us.

Complementary treatment methods

• Acupuncture with or without moxibustion/therapy in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM): heating of specific points of the body.
• Bloody cupping (putting a suction laser on skin in the affected area as well as at the nerve exit point paravertebral (“next to the spine”), which was previously scratched e.g. with a blood lancet; then the blood is pulled out by negative pressure) – in acute herpes zoster to reduce the pain symptomatology and healing time