Genital herpes is a class of more stubborn diseases, the chance of recurrence, mainly related to the patient’s immune deficiency and repeated infections in the later stage, there are many treatment options, such as Western medicine treatment and traditional Chinese medicine, and so on. But because the genital herpes virus has a certain latency, most of the treatment can not completely remove the virus in the body, after a period of time may recur again. Therefore, it is difficult to completely eradicate, patients should actively do a good job of preventing recurrence after treatment. The current treatment is based on oral acyclovir medication, coupled with cleaning of the affected area, antibiotic ointment can be used to treat localized infections. As acyclovir and other drugs belong to antibiotics, in the dosage and duration of medication need to pay attention to, can not be long-term or large doses, so as to avoid the body to produce drug resistance, can not control herpes virus, at the same time, this kind of antiviral drugs are metabolized by the kidneys have a certain degree of nephrotoxicity, renal function of the poor patients should be careful with the use of. Ask your doctor about specific usage. Since western drugs such as antibiotics cannot fundamentally block the virus from replicating in the body, there are now treatments that use Chinese medicines to curb the development of the virus, such as Andrographis paniculata, Paeonia lactiflora and Radix et rhizoma sanguinis, etc., all of which are of some use. Chinese medicine is a holistic process of diagnosis and treatment, which not only has the effect of directly killing the virus, but also improves the mobilization of the patient’s immunity to fight against the virus, that is, the so-called “positive qi within the body, the evil can not be dry”. The most important thing is to pay attention to the cleanliness and hygiene of sexual life, in order to avoid repeated infections and recurrent episodes. There is no good cure for genital herpes, but it can be treated with medication or traditional Chinese medicine to achieve better results. If you can do a good job of daily prevention, do not stay up all night, avoid spicy food, and exercise can also prevent recurrence.