I use mostly castor and coconut oils as I've detailed above.
Refined products are the worst. I'd be more inclined to use soya oil than to eat any products made from the soya bean. I wouldn't eat castor oil either because it's so thick and 'gloopy'-but I doubt it would do me much harm if I did.
But anyway.
It's this that made me particularly want soybean oil.
Where are the Cures? - Medicine at Michigan Summer 2011
(detailed about halfway down the page).
NB-001 Treatment of Recurrent Herpes Labialis - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov
Potential cure for viruses-makes me wonder if it would help with follicle infections too as some of those are caused by viruses.