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Best Cold Sore Remedy
by Denny Bodoh

Do you want a great cold sore remedy?

How about several of the top cold sore remedy tactics known today?

If you want to be done with cold sores quickly, read this article now and you will enjoy blessed relief in just a few minutes.

A good cold sore remedy will not likely be found at the store.  Yes there are many to choose from but they are mostly comfort remedies that do little to stop and quickly heal your cold sore or oral herpes.

Here are four excellent cold sore remedy methods that have proven themselves over many years to be quite effective.  Give them a try.

1.  ZINC

Well known  as the healing mineral, zinc can do wonders against your cold sores. Zinc is a strong anti-oxidant and anti-virus used both internally and externally.

For internal use, a little goes a long way.  Most good quality multi-vitamins will provide you a daily dose of about 15 to 25 milligrams. 

And, if you get a lot of cold sores, you should be taking a good vitamin supplement every day.

Now, you probably will still get cold sores, but hopefully fewer and shorter in duration.  

When you do get a cold sore, there is a product sold for the common cold that you should try as a cold sore remedy.  The product I use is called "Zicam".  It is a zinc gel that you swab inside the nose.  This form of zinc gets into your bloodstream very quickly.

It also works great as a topical cold sore remedy.  It is one of the few forms of zinc that will work this way because it is so easily absorbed.

2. LYSINE.

In recent years lysine has been much talked about as a oral herpes cold sore remedy.

Lysine is an amino acid (protein) that can stop your cold sore fast. 

The herpes simplex virus that causes cold sores needs another protein - arginine - to create new virus.  Without available arginine, a cold sore will not occur.

Flooding your cells with lysine will replace the arginine stored there - and a cold sore cannot be created using lysine.

Eating high lysine foods will help but the best and most convenient cold sore remedy is to take lysine capsules.  They are cheap and they make it easy to fight cold sores without changing your diet. 

Most people take 4000 to 5000 milligrams during a cold sore, and 500 milligrams between cold sores.  Everybody is different so you will have to experiment a little.

Lysine is quite safe.  It is a simple protein fraction found in most foods.  Wisconsin dairy products are very rich in lysine.

3.  GARLIC

Garlic is one of the oldest and most respected herbal remedies known to mankind.

It is very potent as both an internal and external cold sore remedy.  Garlic has the amazing ability to absorb right through your skin into your bloodstream.  Put it on your feet and in 20 minutes you will smell it on your breath.  THAT is some powerful medicine.

Fresh garlic is best.  Cut a garlic clove and rub the fresh oil on the sore area.

For convenience you can purchase garlic oil at the health store, both in a little bottle and in gel-cap forms.

Taking garlic internally in salads or other food will help greatly to reinforce any other cold sore remedy you use.

If you do not want to smell like garlic, then give oregano oil a try.  This too is available in bottles for external use and gel-caps for internal use.  It is not as powerful as garlic but is far more socially acceptable.

4.  ALOE VERA

Aloe Vera is an amazing plant.  The liquid or gel inside the leaves of a live Aloe Vera plant has remarkable healing properties.  It is like "skin fertilizer" in how quickly it will aid new skin growth.

Here is one cold sore remedy that will be best to use once the sore blossoms open because of its strong healing properties.

But remember, there is no substitute for fresh gel from a live plant.  The bottled stuff just does not seem to give good results as a cold sore remedy.

This is a cactus-like plant that is easy to grow.  Itis a wonderful first-aid plant that should be in every home.  Great for all cuts and burns.

Whenever you want, just pinch off a small piece of leaf and use it as an applicator.  For travel or work, you can pinch off a longer piece and store it in a small zip-lock bag.  It is good for a couple days this way.

There are many more excellent cold sore remedy methods but these four will give you a good start.  They are among my top favorites of all time.

No matter what other cold sore remedy you use, any or all of the methods mentioned will greatly improve your chance for success.