Applied Phytomedicine Treatment for Herpes Zoster (Shingles)

by Claudia Louch (more info)
listed in herbal medicine, originally published in issue 178 - January 2011

Herpes zoster is an acute neurodermic viral infection of the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord or the extramedullary cranial nerve ganglia. It is caused by reactivation of (Varicella Zoster Virus - (VZV) which lies dormant in the sensory ganglia after an earlier episode of chickenpox and involves the dermatome supplied by the sensory nerve that arises from the ganglion. (Herpes Zoster infection - HZI) is predominantly a disease of the middle-aged and elderly. From 5 to 10 cases per 1,000 persons are seen between the sixth and eighth decades of life. Fewer than 5% of attacks occur in persons under 10 years of age.[1]