Honey Works Better than Drugs for Herpes

By Dr. Mercola, Food Consumer, 8/7/2010

Mainstream physicians usually prescribe Acyclovir ointment or other topical medications to treat herpes outbreaks. But new research shows that nature has a better solution. This remedy works faster than any of the mainstream treatments, and with fewer side effects.

When a researcher treated patients with Acyclovir for one herpes outbreak and honey for another, overall healing time with honey was 43 percent better than with Acyclovir for sores on the lips and 59 percent better for genital sores…