Thursday, January 7, 2010

Treating A Cold Sore - Quickly Healing Your Cold Sores

By Denny Bodoh

Are you treating a cold sore right now? If so, you must read this awesome article. It will immediately help you to stop wasting dollars and time with unproven and unreliable remedies.

Treating a cold sore is not pleasant but must be done quickly and correctly if you expect real results. You do not need drug store remedies. All you need are the proven treatments mentioned below.

There are both internal and external remedies that work well for treating cold sores. Your best results will come from combining both types at the same time.

If you do, you will be amazed how quickly your outbreaks will disappear using these simple remedies.

A. EXTERNAL TREATMENT METHODS.

These sores always appear on the surface, so topical remedies are the first choice for best results. Here are four excellent external methods for treating a cold sore.

1. ICE. Ice or other cold object will work wonders when applied before a sore opens up. It greatly reduces pain and swelling. It also gets in the way of the herpes replication process.

Ice will slow down your outbreak if applied at the first itching or tingling sign. It can sometimes even stop it completely.

2. GARLIC. Crush or cut fresh garlic and apply the oil directly to the sore site. Start applying it at the very beginning through final healing.

Garlic is strong medicine against virus infections. It will absorb directly through the skin and attack the virus infection. If the garlic smell bothers you, your second choice would be oregano oil.

3. HEAT. Once your cold sores rupture open, stop using ice. Now apply heat using hot, moist tea bags. This is the healing period. Ice slows healing, warmth speeds it up.

Tea contains phytonutrients that contribute to fast healing. Black tea works fine, but it will work better if it contains some mint also. Do not heat the bags directly in the microwave.

4. PEROXIDE. It is very important to continuously cleanse your cold sores. Alcohol soaked tissues are the most common method used.

I feel hydrogen peroxide is better. It works similar to alcohol for cleaning the wound. However, peroxide also is rich in extra oxygen molecules. This extra oxygen will boost your healing speed.

B. INTERNAL REMEDIES.

Treating a cold sore with internal methods is the secret to boosting the results of your external treatments. And, it is the only true way to prevent future outbreaks.

Do not spend another dime on perscriptions until you try these two internal methods of treating your cold sores.

1. THE LYSINE SECRET. The protein arginine is the main ingredient needed to build new herpes virus. Lysine is another protein that actively flushes excess arginine out of your system. This will stop an outbreak real fast.

The key to success with lysine is it must get into your bloodstream to be effective in treating a cold sore. Do not waste your money on lysine salves. You must get it orally from food or supplements.

You can get high amounts of lysine from Wisconsin dairy products and some fish, such as flounder. But it is almost impossible to get the quantity you need for fast results from these sources alone.

You must use lysine capsules if you expect to see good results. The common daily intake as a treatment is about 2000 to 4000 milligrams spread out through the day during outbreak activity.

2. MULTIVITAMINS. If you are bothered with many cold sores, you can reduce the severity and number by just taking a top shelf vitamin supplement. You will be amazed how well this works for treating cold sores.

Important vitamins for beautiful skin and quick healing are A, D and E. Vitamin C and the entire B family are known as the stress vitamins. They reduce outbreaks by reducing the effects of stress.

Zinc is the healing and prevention mineral. Any good supplement program will give you a minimum of 15 milligrams daily.

Calcium is one of the most important nutrients for treating a cold sore. It helps keep your body in a healthy alkaline condition. The herpes virus cannot get traction in an alkaline environment.

These are the basic methods that always produce results.

You do not need high priced drug store remedies for treating a cold sore. There are many others, but all you really need right now are these well documented and proven treatments.

You will find these cold sore remedies are far superior to most anything else for treating a cold sore.

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