Can somebody advise me on a natural remedy for a cold sore?!

There is another book out in the 4 ingredients series (very famous best selling series of cooking books here in Australia) and at the end of the book is a list of home health tips..it states in the book....

Cold sores: Dab a bit of acidophilus yoghurt on sore 3 times a day and watch it disappear! Also drinking Yakult will help it go quickly too.

I have followed many of their tips and they work just as stated. Sounds like good advice. :)

RedAngel

Cold sores are not curable, and reside in the body for the rest of your natural life. The cold sore, (a virus) erupts every so often, and usually is around the facial area, the lips and nose region. I think it's called the simplex B virus. You can get them around the groin area, the herpes virus.

Go to the pharmacy or chemist and ask for what is the best solution for tackling the sores. You will be well advised and told what's best. You can get treatments that help to take the sting away and make them less irritating.

Some people suffer more than others with the regularity of the occurrences of the sores. And some get them only infrequently. I sympathise with you.

givemestrength

Use a compress using whole milk . This can help ease the pain associated with a cold sore, as well as help to speed up the healing process.
?Let a glass of whole milk sit at room temperature for 10 minutes.
?Soak a cloth into the milk and place the compress onto the cold sore.
?Keep the compress on the cold sore for 10 minutes
?Remove the compress and rinse the milk to avoid a sour smell.

I can not suggest any natural remedies as I always used the creams until i used this:

http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Pharmaceut…

It shines a bright light and neutralises the virus. Before I used this I would have them reoccur every 6-8 weeks however I have now been cold sore free for 9 months.

As the previous person said you have them for life.

The research:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11298…

http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Pharmaceut…

Use The Canker Spanker, it's fast, naturopathic, pharmacist recommended and I swear by it. You can use it for breakouts and to prevent future cold sores (which is how I use it). Anyway, Google them. Good luck I know how painful they can be.

Order it and avoid having cold sores all together.

Homeopathic treatment can remove the cause, which is the herpes simplex virus, so that you don't get any more cold sores. It's the only form of medicine that can do this.
The supplement route is to use Lysine, and there are also Lysine creams/gels.

The only natural remedy I can suggest is a fortnight.

Vegemite, or anything salty that will draw out the moisture.

My old nan alway used to put vinegar on a cold sore.

It will sting a bit but lightly dab it with TCP