Cold sore home remedies, quite often, work better than commercial treatments purchased at the store. Thousands of everyday people, just like you and I, have proven this to be true.
And, not only are they powerful treatments, cold sore home remedies are usually quick and easy.
In recent years, thanks to the internet, we have learned quite a few new home remedies for cold sores - from every corner of the world. Some are very simple and provide great results. A few are a little more complicated and must be used correctly to achieve success.
Now, let us take a look at a few of the most effective cold sore home remedies known today. These are remedies that have proven themselves time and again. And you will learn a few tricks for getting the highest success from them.
Maybe you are using one of them now with success. Good. But you may find much better or faster relief by trying something different or combining one of these with your current remedy.
- CALCIUM - Take 1000 mg. of calcium and 400 mg. of magnesium per day to keep your pH balance on the alkaline side. Cold sores cannot survive in an alkaline environment. Avoid eating acid foods, like tomatoes, during an outbreak. Repeated cold sores often means a calcium deficiency.
- VITAMIN C - Very important support for fighting and preventing cold sores or any viral attack on your body. Small, frequent doses totaling 2000 to 8000 milligrams per day is the best course. Vitamin C must be taken with bioflavonoids or you are wasting your money.
- TEA - warm, wet tea bags for fast healing once the sore has opened up. Any tea will work well but lemon balm or red raspberries have been reported as particularly powerful. Not only does the warmth encourage healing, but also the tea liquid is a strong healing remedy.
- CLEAR NAIL POLISH - You can apply to the area before the outbreak - when it first starts itching - to stop a cold sore in its tracks. The polish will peal off naturally in a day or two.
- WALNUTS - make a salve by grinding up walnuts into walnut butter. This is said to heal a sore in 7 days or less. It seems to be an unusual remedy since we generally avoid eating nuts with cold sores - because of their high content of arginine.
- ASTRAGALUS - This herb is known as a healer and virus killer. Available in capsules for oral intake and a tincture that can be used orally or directly applied. Do not take as a preventative as your body will tend to get used to it. Then it would require higher doses to get the same results.
- TEA TREE OIL - Tea tree oil is the oil of a tree native to Australia. This oil was used extensively during WWII as a powerful wound dressing. Only for use externally. It tastes and smells like turpentine but is a very effective antiviral and antiseptic. It also keeps the scab oiled - reducing painful cracking.
- GARLIC - Down through the ages, garlic has been one of the most powerful and well proven remedies for any illness caused by virus, bacteria or fungus. Both an internal and external remedy for cold sores. Fresh is best. Cut a clove and rub the fresh oil on the cold sore. Use fresh garlic cloves in your salad.
These time-proven cold sore home remedies are just a few of the best treatments for cold sores known today. Quite often they beat the drug store or prescription remedies in results and cost.
Although these treatments work for the vast majority of people, individually they may not all work the same for you. By experimenting, researching and combining various proven methods, you will be able to design your own arsenal of cold sore home remedies.
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