You didn't drink enough to make an impact, and eating the tea is useless.  Drink 1 liter or so of tea to really have a big statistical effect (yes, a full pitcher, made with respective quantity of full-leave tea).  Make the tea by soaking in sub-boiling water for 1-3 mins max.  Preferably avoid the type of tea already in tea bags (i.e. heavily processed). When the super-flus were infecting people a few years ago, and certain labs were actually very convinced the end-of-days might be coming, a couple well respected guys I knew said they were gargling with green tea, morning and night.  You could also use the (filtered and cooled) brewed green tea in a neti pot.

Also you can't drink green tea and simultaneously take vitamins and expect adsorption to be the same.

 

Leaving garlic out to oxidize at least 10 minutes (longer is better) is said to boost benefits, several publications on this.  Raw garlic is really tough to stomach though.  Best do it the greek way, have it on bread.


No one mentioned honey but instead referred to prescription medication.  Hmm.  Once you've already got it, maybe you can try honey.   "Topical honey application is safe and effective in the management of the signs and symptoms of recurrent lesions from labial and genital herpes."[*2]

 

That's what they all say.

Anyway,
surprised no one mentioned cloves, or witch hazel, or eucalyptus oil, or tea tree oil [*1].  Several drops of each, in tea, a couple times a day to go way overboard.  Watch out if you're allergic though, it might place you in the hospital.  Also, perhaps go to the grocery store and buy 5 pounds of kale and seaweed and make soup.  Is it possible to freebase kale?  ;-D

and subsequently, do 4 hours of meditation for the following 3 days (lower stress boosts immune system).   As long as you really want to go all-out.

BTW  check this out as an immune system booster as well.  Apparently flying under the radar of most.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstrap_molasses





[*1]- "Australian tea tree oil exhibited high levels of virucidal activity against HSV-1 and HSV-2 in viral suspension tests.  ...   These results indicate that TTO and EUO affect the virus before or during adsorption, but not after penetration into the host cell. "

Antiviral activity of Australian tea tree oil and eucalyptus oil against herpes simplex virus in cell culture.

[*2]-"Two cases of labial herpes and one case of genital herpes remitted completely with the use of honey. The lesions crusted in 3 patients with labial herpes and in 4 patients with genital herpes. With acyclovir treatment, none of the attacks remitted, and all the lesions, labial and genital, developed crust. No side effects were observed with repeated applications of honey, whereas 3 patients developed local itching with acyclovir."

Topical honey application vs. acyclovir for the treatment of recurrent herpes simplex lesions.

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