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Cold Sore Remedies
what are some natural cold sore remedies?
Aromatherapy:
To help speed the healing of cold sores, Los Angeles aromatherapist Micheal Scholes, suggests the following essential oils: tea tree, bergamot, geraium, rose and melissa. He says apply a single drop of ny one of these oils first thing in the morning and again at bedtime.
Food Therapy:
Eat more yogurt, recommends registered pharmaacist Earl Mindell,R.Ph., Ph. D., professor of nutrition at Pacific Western Univesity in Los Angeles. " The acidophilus in the live cultures acts as a natural antibiotic to the virus that cause cold sores," he says .
Dr.Mindell also ponits out that certain foods may trigger cold sore because they contain arginine, an amino acid that the virus need to thrive. Arginine-rich food include cola, chocolate, peanuts and cashews, gelatin, beer and peas. So if you're prone to cold sores. Dr. Mindell advise that you limit your intake of these food-and elimnate them completely during an outbreak.
Herbal Therapy:
European depend on lemon balm ointment to treat cold sores, says Varro E. Tyler, Ph.D., professor of pharacgnosy at Purdue University. The leaves and flower tops of this fragrant plant have antibaterial and antiviral properties. according to Dr. Tyler.
You can't ordinarily buy the ointment that European use in the United States, he explains, but you can get similar results by treating cold sores with a wash made from strong lemon blasm tea.
To make the tea, says Dr. tyler, pour 1/2 cup of boiling water over two to three teaspoons of finely cut dried leaves, available in most health food stores.Let the mixture steep for 20 to 30 minutes, he says, then strain the solution so that there's no dried herb left in the tea and let cool. To apply, Dr. Tyler, suggests dipping a clean cotton cloth into the tea nnd dabbing it on the cold sore three or four times daily.
Homeopathy:
Use a damp cotton swab to apply two or three drops of a 10 percent tincture of Calendula to the sore as needed, says Mitchell Fleisher. M.D., a family pratice physician and homeopath in Collean, Virgina.
Calendula is available in many health food stores.
