First chicken pox and now shingles- varicella zoster is the one to be blamed for this. Medically speaking, shingles is the infection of the nerve and the skin covering the nerve by the same virus that causes chicken pox. So if you ever suffered from chicken pox and the virus again plans to hit you, it might just do so by causing shingles.

So what now? How do you find your way out of this? There are a number of pills and tablets that can help you, but traditional medicines might as well have something to tell you. Let us try to hear what Mother Nature has to offer.

Amino Acids Ratio

The Herpes family of the virus is dependent on the lysine to arginine ratio in a human body. So if your body has a high level of arginine, you are just giving varicella zoster another reason to bank on you and cause shingles. To balance the ratio and increase lysine levels in your body, you need to rearrange your food platter.

Start saying yes to yogurt, fish, milk, pears, cheese, apples, eggs, apricots, and asparagus because these food items are rich in lysine. But what if you eat this and still your arginine levels in the body is getting high? This can be due to one big reason. You are just not giving up on rich arginine food, and that does matter a lot. You are still digging in tomatoes, grapes, cashews and chocolates.

Oily Cure

Flaxseeds are found to be rich in essential fatty acids. These fatty acids are known as essential because your body can’t produce these, but neither can your body function without these. These essential fatty acids pump life into your nervous system and make it healthy. These also boost the healthy life of your skin. Flaxseeds are recommended natural cures for shingles.

Pain-killing Mint

Peppermint is not just made for your bad breath, but it does have other wonderful features. Being a painkiller is one of those wonderful features. Peppermint produces a cool and soothing effect on your skin and thus overruns the painful zoster related sensations in your body.

So, if you are affected by shingles, these are the basic steps to get rid of them. Try them and get healthy skin.