Re: Cold sore remedy?

goldensrbest · ‎03-10-2010

Don't kiss anyone, got my first one way back in high school, from a boyfriend!!!!!

When you lose some one you L~O~V~E, that Memory of them, becomes a TREASURE.

Harpa · ‎03-10-2010

H-Balm by Forces of Nature.

I understood an outbreak was due to cold viruses, not by what people ate or did. Whatever....! This natural herb solution has eradicated any outbreak for me for years. I think it's the Northern White Cedar that is the healing agent with the antiviral properties.

ScrapHappy · ‎03-28-2010

@CherryHugs wrote:
I woke up with a cold sore and wondering if anyone has any non toxic diy remedies or anything that helps heal it? It is so sore!

I've been getting cold sores all my life. Abreva work very well.

shoechic · ‎06-10-2015

Agree with others who said Abreva. For me I had to use it at the very 1st sign (tingle). If I was at work & had to wait til I got home to apply, it was too late. It didn't do any good.

Abreva's not cheap. I only got cold sores every couple of years, so the Abreva would expire. Which meant I had to purchase a new one every time. When I get one, my whole bottom lip triples in size & soooo sore. So nasty, I've had to call off work because of.

No doubt that I got the virus from someone else who kissed me, but the first time I got one was after a bad sunburn when I was about 25.

Tried all kinds of stuff before Abreva. Nothing worked for the pain or the size.

Hope you feel better soon.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

@Harpa wrote:
H-Balm by Forces of Nature.

I understood an outbreak was due to cold viruses, not by what people ate or did. Whatever....! This natural herb solution has eradicated any outbreak for me for years. I think it's the Northern White Cedar that is the healing agent with the antiviral properties.

Cold sores are not caused by the cold virus. It's inappropriately named that b/c some people break out with cold sores when they have a cold due to the stress on the immune system which weakens it and causes the herpes virus to proliferate.

Herpes viruses thrive on the amino acid arginine which everyone has in their system naturally. But when arginine levels are high in people with the herpes virus inside them then it can cause sudden outbreaks with no other reasons at all.

Sunlight (UV radiation) also causes stress on the immune system giving way for the virus to multiply also.

CherryHugs · ‎07-21-2014

Thank you for all your replies! I was going to the store so picked up Abreva! I appreciate all of the messages.

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nycalady · ‎02-16-2018

Abbreva helps with the pain & does somewhat shorten they stay of the sore.

SoCal Bred · ‎05-04-2020

I used to get cold sores quite often, and before Abreva came out, as a home remedy, I use to crush an aspirin and wet it a little to form a paste and dab it on the cold sore, after a while you could feel the pus being drawn out and drying up, may take a few times to apply the aspirin paste but it did the trick for me.