Both red pepper and black pepper caused significant increases in parietal secretion, pepsin secretion, and potassium loss. Gastric cell exfoliation (as reflected in DNA loss into gastric contents) was increased after red or black pepper administration; the increase after red pepper administration was dose dependent.
L-lysine may work the same way on virus that causes shingles, however UMHS cautions that this remains unproven. Sources. Nutritional medicine specialist Alan R. Gaby, M.D. explains that foods such as turkey, chicken, salmon, tuna, halibut, sardines, cheese, tofu and beans contain relatively high amounts of L-lysine and low amounts of L-arginine.
The following three-day program is recommended for anyone who has just been diagnosed with shingles or if you have post pain from shingles or if you have just developed a cold sore or an outbreak or genital herpes: 1  2,000 mg of buffered vitamin C every hour for three days, then 1,000-3,000 mg per day for maintenance. 1  2,000mg of lysine per day with food. 2  1 mg injection of vitamin B12 (or 500 microgram (mcg) sublingual tablets of B12 every hour) for three days, then 1,000 mcg sublingual tablets per day thereafter.