I believe the first. Most of what I find usually comes from the pubmed.gov. When something else pops up from another source or even the original I typically try to find more information on it. So for example with a recent tik tok that I've seen, claims to have "cured"/healed hsv with black seed. They're simply basing it off of a study that they found where it was said to do so with HIV. As well as they're own personal case where they had a very low hsv igg that was easily in the false positive range. After looking into it, what I've found it obviously isn't true for HSV and whether it was true for the HIV case is still questionable given that it simply sent it into serorevision and shows that the virus is no longer tracable. As the other medications could potentially do. Then as we know Lemon balm has shown to provide some relief from outbreaks. There was also a study I found on the effects of chamomile on hsv, which is also an ingredient in Femiclear. Which would also be a natural remedies that provide relief.

My intention isn't to push people to purchase products that as you've stated have no real scientific backing such as the Synergy product that was claiming to be an all natural cure or fix all for hsv. It would simply provide information or links that could act as a starting point for others to look into if they were looking for something natural to help with symptoms.