Remedies For Cold Sores - Top Cold Sore Cures
By Denny Bodoh | November 1, 2008
How about some excellent remedies for cold sores? If you will let me, I would like to share with you some of the best remedies for cold sores I have ever seen.
There are many over-the-counter remedies for cold sores. These are good comfort treatments, especially if they contain benzocaine. But, do not expect them to shorten the cold sore healing time by much.
But, the best remedies for cold sores will do both - relieve the misery and heal the cold sore fast. And, believe it or not, many of these are easy to find and cheap.
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.
Some excellent remedies for cold sores are described below. You can use more than one of them at a time for superior results.
VITAMINS. Every person, whether you are a cold sore victim or not, should be taking a good quality vitamin and mineral supplement every day.
All the nutrients will help in the prevention and healing of cold sores, but certain ones really stand out.
Calcium helps maintain the healthy alkalinity of your body. Fact is, if you do not provide it, your body will steal it from your bones.
Disease, including cold sore outbreaks, seldom occurs when the body is in the alkaline zone.
Lab tests show B vitamin deficiencies in people with an active cold sore. B12 seemed to be especially low. B vitamins are the stress vitamins so get a good daily dose.
Zinc is your ally in getting rid of a cold sore fast. Your vitamin supplement should contain a minimum of 15 milligrams. If not, change brands.
Vitamin C is a strong anti-virus and boosts the good effects of all the other vitamins. Your supplement should provide a minimum of 500 milligrams per day.
TEA. Tea contains some powerful nutrients that can really help to heal your cold sore. You will benefit by both drinking it and by dabbing it directly on the wound.
You should apply a frozen tea bag to any cold sore that is forming but not broken open yet.
Just wet the bag, put in the freezer and then use in place of ice on the cold sore target area. It not only provides wonderful relief, but can actually stop the cold sore cold.
When your cold sore opens, it begins the healing stage. Now you want to use a hot tea bag, not a frozen one. Heat speeds healing, cold slows it down.
It is important not to heat a tea bag directly in the microwave. The radiation will destroy the healing properties. You can heat the water, then immerse the tea bag.
TEA TREE OIL. This oil comes from the bark of a tree commonly found in Australia. It has a kerosene type smell and taste.
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.
PURE RAW HONEY. One of the earliest remedies for cold sores, honey is a tremendous salve for stopping cold sore activity. Honey does not spoil. It has strong anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties.
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.
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