DJ
Please give this a try, it has worked for me but there are several different strains of herpes and what will work for one, might not work for another. Dice up 3 cloves of garlic very small and put them in a pill container and cover them with olive oil and make sure that there is about an inch of oil above the garlic. Cover and let sit for three days. When you have a break out of herpes and the small little waterlike blisters appear - take a cutip and dip it in the oil and rub it really hard on the breakout breaking the blisters. It will hurt, but not for long then take the other end of the cutip and dip it in the oil and rub it over the area. Do this several times a day. You will end up with a large red area, but that will be the end of it. My itchiness is usually gone by the first day. Good luck and please post as to your results. The oil keeps forever and I still have the diced garlic in it - it stays at the bottom.