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The widespread desert shrub, creosote bush (Larrea tridentata)has an extensive folk medical history among Native Americans and has attracted a great deal of interest from medical researchers over the past four decades because of its historicl uses in several kinds of human disorders. These include chickenpox, digestive disorders, sores, inflammation, rheumatism, venereal disease, influenza, bronchitis, and the common cold. The connection between this list and herpes is evident from the folk use of Larrea against chickenpox, which is caused by a herpes virus. The use of Larrea against influenza and the common cold suggests that this plant has broader antiviral effects than just against herpes, a notion that is now supported by several recent scientific studies.

Herpes viruses inflict widespread suffering around the world. Nearly everyone will be affected by some type of herpes virus at some time in his or her life. Depending on the individual, some infections will be minimal and some will be drastic, even fatal. And depending on the particular type of herpes virus, the resulting disorder could be oral sores, genital sores, chickenpox, shingles, Kaposi's sarcoma, and Epstein-Barr syndrome, to name only the most commonly known afflictions caused by this family of viruses.