what your home remedy for cold sores?

Question

and fever blisters

Answer 1

use blistex when you first feel the tinge and keep you system clean with green leafy vegetables

Answer 2

Sleep! I always get cold sores when I'm exhausted.

And, this isn't really a home remedy, but it is OTC. Ambesol (the stuff they use for baby's teething pain) is great. It numbs the sore spot, disinfects, and generally helps heal those things.

Try and eat your veggies, too. Cold sores are often a cry for help from the body. They are caused by the herpes virus, and can break out for no reason -- but often break out because of stress (which is also made worse by lack of sleep and a poor diet). You can never get rid of the herpes virus once you have it, but sometimes you can stop it from going active.

Answer 3

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Apply ice for five to ten minutes each hour at the start of the cold sores. This will prevent their further development.
Apply a tea bag for five to ten minutes each hour at the start of the cold sores. The tannic acid in the tea has antiviral properties. This will prevent their further development.
Press a warm tea bag on the cold sore for 20-30 minutes. Within five days the sores will disappear.
Avoid acidic or salty foods.
Foods high in arginine such as those containing chocolate, peanuts and other nuts, grains, peas, seeds, oatmeal and whole-wheat products should be reduced from the diet.
Reduce intake of coffee.
Taking B complex supplements with B12 vitamin and folic acid is helpful.
Make the following formula and store it in a bottle.
Coconut oil : 100 ml, Dettol : 2 ml, and Carbolic acid: 3 ml (available from chemical shops)

Apply it on cold sores once or twice. This formula, evolved by the authors of this web site, has a 100% success rate, not only for cold sores but also for boils, minor itching at under arms, between the thighs, anus, mosquito bites, etc. You can keep this bottle for years.
Apply Witch Hazel on sores.
Press or rub an ice cube on the cold sore for a few minutes every ten minutes for an hour. This will lessen the size of the sore preventing the movement of the virus.
Moisten your index finger and press it on powdered common salt, and then onto the sores for 30 seconds. Do it twice a day for 2-3 days.
Take four acidophilus capsules three or four times a day with milk.
Rub aloe juice or aloe gel on cold sores.
Apply a cornstarch paste.
Lemon balm extract may reduce cold sore symptoms and speed up the healing.
Apply spirit of camphor on the sore.
Herbal Sage, Tea Tree Oil and the herbal sedative Violet have been used as treatments for cold sores. Make a tea by adding two or three Sage leaves and a small ginger root piece or ginger powder to a cup of boiling water and steep. Drink 2-3 cups a day.

Answer 4

L-lysine. You can get this at most grocery stores. It's a simple amino acid that helps heal and prevent cold sores. Also, if you feel the tingling and heat that signals a cold sore try putting ice or a popsicle on the place that is hot. This can also prevent them.

Answer 5

L-Lysine. i take 1500 mgs 3-4 times a day for 4-5 days and if i start when i first feel one i don't even get the sore. I used to have scripts and the L-Lysine works a lot better.

Answer 6

NO HOME REMEDY . . . ABREVA the best!!!