Patients with herpes can drink milk. Herpes is generally common in two clinical conditions: one is herpes simplex; the other is herpes zoster. Both types of herpes are caused by viral infections; herpes simplex is due to infection with the herpes simplex virus, while shingles is due to infection with the varicella-zoster virus. The diseases that you cannot drink milk for in general are mainly allergic diseases, while herpes has nothing to do with allergies, so patients can drink milk. Herpes is treated with antiviral therapy, such as oral valacyclovir hydrochloride tablets or famciclovir tablets. In the case of herpes zoster, the antiviral should be combined with oral nerve-nourishing drugs, such as methylcobalamin tablets, vitamin B1 tablets, vitamin B12 tablets, etc. Another thing herpes patients should avoid is spicy and irritating food.