Cold Sore Remedies - Best Methods For Curing Cold Sores

Finding good cold sore remedies can be quite frustrating. There are so many to choose from it seems with the epidemic of cold sores today. Well, if I may, I would love to show you some great natural cold sore remedies you can begin using at home, for free.

Commercial cold sore remedies you buy at the drug store are considered mostly comfort treatments. They reduce your pain and discomfort primarily with oils and a numbing chemical such as lidocaine. And that is good.

However, drug store cold sore remedies are not very helpful in getting rid of your cold sores in a hurry. Natural home remedies still will give you the best results.

The following are some top cold sore remedies that have proven to be excellent at curing your sores. Give them a try. They will out-perform most store-bought remedies.

1. GARLIC OIL.

Garlic is a very powerful and easy cold sore remedy. Under a microscope, you can watch viruses flee from just the smell of it.

Garlic also has the unique ability to pass right through the skin and attack the virus underneath. Rub fresh garlic on the bottom of your feet and it will be on your breath in about 20 minutes.

Fresh garlic, either cut or crushed, will give you the very best results.

You can also get garlic oil in gel-cap form at the store when fresh is not convenient. Just snip or prick the end off the gel-cap and squeeze the oil right on your cold sores.

Take garlic orally too as it will greatly speed the results of topical treatment. In addition, you will have a higher protection against cold and flu viruses.

2. PEPPERMINT OIL.

Mint has been discovered as a powerful healer of cold sores. It has shown to be able to stop cold sores and heal them in a hurry. Of course, it does not have the garlic odor.

The best source for safe peppermint oil is to buy peppermint gel-caps normally used for digestion purposes. Just as you would with the garlic gel-caps, you prick them and squeeze the oil directly on the sore.

You can also find peppermint oil in little bottles for aromatherapy use. These essential oils are very strong and not for putting directly on your skin from the bottle. Be sure to get aromatherapy information and follow their plan for diluting in olive oil.

My top recommendation is to mix the oils of garlic and peppermint for highly effective and fast results.

3. TEA BAGS.

Heat application speeds up the healing of any wound. This is the case with cold sores that have blossomed open too. It gives you a flood of extra oxygenated blood to the wound.

Your best way to do this is by applying heated tea bags. Common black tea works great. If you can find black tea with lemon balm or mint it will work much better and faster.

Caution. It is very important to never expose the actual tea bag to microwaves. Heat the water separately, then heat the bag with this boiling water. The microwave radiation ruins the special healing nutrients in tea.

4. LYSINE.

Lysine is a very effective and highly proven treatment. Lysine is considered one of the most important cold sore remedies and should always be included in any regimen.

Lysine is an amino acid found in large amounts in dairy products and some fish. It effectively lowers the amount of arginine stored in your cells. Arginine is a protein that is essential for the herpes virus to create new virus particles.

By stopping the herpes virus from creating new virus, you can avoid - or quickly eliminate - any cold sores. Lysine really discourages the herpes replication process.

Folks find the best results if they start taking it at the first suspicion of an outbreak. They usually continue to take it until total healing has taken place. Common dose during this time is 3000 to 4000 milligrams spread out each day.

Lysine is quite safe. For example, a normal dinner serving of Flounder gives you nearly 7,000 milligrams of lysine. Personally, I believe lysine capsules are the best choice. They are inexpensive, easy to find and very convenient for this purpose.

You will find these to be some of the finest cold sore remedies around.

Be sure to try them. You will get awesome results and return to your social life quickly when you use these potent cold sore remedies.