Cold Sore Treatment - Advanced Tactics For Curing Cold Sores

Discovering a good cold sore treatment is like finding pure gold.

But save your money.

Experts generally agree that most drug store cold sore treatment salves and lotions are primarily for comfort. They are good for relieving the irritation and pain, but do little to shorten the actual duration of your sore.

Medical science has not yet found a solution for cold sores - in spite of their many wild claims to the contrary. Your best bet is still time-proven NATURAL cold sore treatment methods.

Here are three powerful cold sore treatment tactics that work for most of the people, most of the time.

I love them and so will you - especially when you see and feel the results.

ZINC

Zinc is the healing mineral. It is potent medicine when dealing with the herpes simplex virus (the virus that causes cold sores).

Zinc is both an internal and external cold sore treatment. And using it both ways at the same time will greatly increase your success.

As an internal remedy, do not exceed 30 milligrams per day. A little goes a long way with zinc.

Most good multi-vitamin formulas contain about 15 milligrams, which is excellent. This is the best way to obtain zinc for internal use because it has the benefit of other companion minerals.

As an external remedy you must use a form of zinc that is easily absorbed through the sore. This would either be zinc sulfate or zinc gluconate.

Zinc gluconate is available in a commonly available nasal gel used for head colds. This form of zinc is readily absorbed. You can use it both in your nose for fast delivery to your blood stream and directly on the sore.

And it is much cheaper than the zinc sulfate cold sore products.

HOT TEA BAGS

This is primarily an external cold sore treatment that works surprisingly well. Internally tea is very healthy but not specific to cold sores.

Applying heated tea bags benefits you in two ways.

First the warmth draws additional healing blood to the area, speeding recovery. Secondly the tea contains some strong anti-viral micronutrients - bathing your cold sore each time.

Never ever heat up a tea bag directly in the microwave. It destroys the good stuff in tea. You can use water heated in the microwave or on the stove top.

Black tea works very well, but if you use a tea containing mint or lemon balm you will probably see much better results. Everybody is different, but my people have seen the fastest results with the mint tea.

HEALING OILS

There are three essential oils that stand out as good cold sore treatment choices - garlic, oregano and Tea Tree oils.

Garlic (and the oil of garlic) is historically the number one remedy for any viral, bacterial or fungal infection. You can use it internally as well as externally. Do both for awesome results. Always use fresh garlic for optimum success.

Oregano oil is a strong anti-virus remedy used internally and externally. For your cold sores, it will work best as a topical remedy. It is similar to garlic in anti-viral power but without the smell. You can buy oregano oil at the vitamin store in gel-caps or small bottles.

Tea Tree oil has a long history as a weapon again viruses, bacteria and fungus. This is definitely not for internal use - it tastes and smells like turpentine. But as a topical remedy it is excellent for clearing your cold sores.

Tea Tree oil is commonly available at most vitamin counters in small bottles. It is good to have around the house for any first aid use.

Natural science has provided these and several more excellent cold sore treatment options for you to try. You will probably find that combining two or more of them will give you much better results. Most folks do.

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