Treating Cold Sores Naturally
Treating cold sores naturally with dietary changes, cold sore cream, herbs and vitamins is a more gentle way to heal these annoying eruptions. Cold sores occur in about 40 million people each year and can be activated by infections, fever, stress and hormones. Just like a cold, there is no cure for them but you can reduce occurrence by making sure you eat right and keep your immune system healthy.
Treating Cold Sores Through Diet
Eating lots of fruits and vegetables and taking vitamin supplements can help keep you in good health and your immune system will be better able to ward off colds and cold sores. If you do have an outbreak, you might try eating garlic for it’s antiviral properties, or try some apple, pear or cranberry juice (made from real organic fruits, of course!)
Cold Sore Cream
When you have an outbreak, treating it with a soothing cream can help. Some recommend a topical zinc cream. Incidentally, zinc is also reputed to ward off colds and when taken in pill form can help in treating cold sores from the inside. Another natural cream is lemon balm cream which has antiviral properties. Lemon balm was shown in studies to cut the healing time of cold sores and may even help prevent outbreaks.
Using Herbs For Treating Cold Sores
Certain herbs have shown to be effective when ingested or as a cold sore cream. Echinacea in a tincture or tea form is said to stop an outbreak. St John’s Wort is reputed to help clear up outbreaks – just brew a tea and dab some of it on the sore. Garlic has strong antiviral properties so eat as much as you can when you have a cold sore!>/p>
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