Want some great remedies for cold sores? By reading this quick article, you will discover several very strong remedies for cold sores.
Remedies for cold sores are available from many companies. These over-the-counter treatments usually provide quick comfort for painful sores. But they seldom shorten the duration of your cold sore.
But, there are remedies for cold sores that will shorten the cold sore duration AND provide blessed relief. Many of these are cheap or free and often found in your cupboard.
Try one or two of these home remedies for your cold sores. They nearly always work better than the commercial products and the virus will not develop immunity to them.
Below you will find some of the best remedies for cold sores now in use worldwide. And don’t hesitate to combine several, as they will usually work better that way.
VITAMINS AND MINERALS. A good multi-vitamin is a must for everyone, whether a cold sore victim or not. This provides the energy your body needs to fight and heal cold sores.
Within the multi-vitamin and mineral package there are a few nutrients that are especially important for cold sore relief.
Calcium helps your body stay in a healthy alkaline state. If you do not get enough, your body takes calcium from your bones.
You seldom will get any disease, including cold sore outbreaks, when your body is in the preferred alkaline state.
B12 seems to be quite important also. Scientists have found people with an active cold sore to be deficient in vitamin B12. All the B vitamins together will help to reduce the effects of stress – your number one cold sore trigger.
Zinc is the healing mineral and is powerful against all pathogens, including the cold sore virus. Your daily dose of vitamins should contain about 15 milligrams of zinc. If it does not, find a better vitamin supplement.
Vitamin C is a miracle worker in protecting and healing you. Most good vitamins will provide a daily dosage of 500 to 1000 milligrams. This is critical – do not settle for less than 500.
BLACK OR HERBAL TEA. Tea contains some remarkable healing and anti-virus properties. You will benefit by drinking and putting it on the sore.
Using ice on a forming cold sore is great, but a frozen tea bag works much better.
Let a couple bags soak until thoroughly wet, then put in the freezer. Holding directly on the cold sore area provides instant relief and will slow or stop virus activity.
If your sore is advanced and has broken open, then apply a hot tea bag. This will provide great comfort and will dramatically speed up the healing process.
Caution – do not use the microwave to heat up a tea bag. It greatly reduces the healing benefits. Heat the water first, then immerse the bag. Or you can use the stove-top.
AMAZING TEA TREE OIL. This light oil comes from Australia. It is an extract from the bark of a tree. It smells and tastes very much like turpentine.
Of all the remedies for cold sores, tea tree oil is one of the most universal. You can begin using it at the very first sign of a cold sore.
Once your cold sore blossoms, this oil will help keep the area sterile and prevent virus spreading. When it scabs over, keep applying it. It will aid in keeping the scab from painful cracking.
NATURAL HONEY. One of the oldest remedies for cold sores, you seldom hear about it today. Honey does not spoil. No germ can grow in it. It has amazing properties for prevention and healing of a cold sore.
Our ancestors used honey as a dressing on all types of wounds for stopping infections and quick healing. It smells and tastes way better than tea tree oil. Apply from first tingle through final healing of your cold sore.
Try these remedies for cold sores. You will have excellent success with these – as others have. There are many others that I would love to share with you, but I am out of space here.
You have seen that treating your oral herpes cold sore can be quite easy and cheap. Once you try them, you will discover these methods are very powerful home remedies for cold sores.