Natural alternative therapies for Bell's Palsy Bell's Palsy Natural Health Consultants Bell's Palsy, also called Idiopathic Facial Paralysis, is a disease which causes partial or complete facial paralysis. It can develop over several hours or days and may include other manifestations such as numbness, strange sensations, altered taste or in some cases, intense pain. The cause of Bell's Palsy is thought to be an inflammation of the facial nerves from either the Herpes simplex or Herpes zoster virus.
Complete paralysis has a poor to fair prognosis and take three to six months for recovery.
Conventional treatment consists of prednisone and acyclovir. A superior treatment may be the use of methylcobalamin , which greatly hastens recovery time, much faster than prednisone. Herpes may be dealt with through the use of Olive Leaf Extract . More information is available on the Herpes pages.