Propolis and Reduced Time to Lesion Encrustation

• Herbal Medicine for Treating Herpes Labialis: A Systematic Review.

  • 2025-11
  • Systematic Review · n = 250
  • Journal of integrative and complementary medicine 31(11)
  • • Melanie Anheyer
    • Holger Cramer
    • Thomas Ostermann
    • Alfred Längler
    • Dennis Anheyer

  • PubMed: 40526027
  • DOI: 10.1089/jicm.2025.0131

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Time to Lesion Encrustation

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Compared with acyclovir, propolis formulations significantly shortened the median time to lesion encrustation and complete healing compared with acyclovir.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes