How to cure cold sore with natural and easy homemade remedies

How to cure cold sore with natural remedies.

Cold sore for many people is a real burden, however at least we can try to use good natural remedies to obtain a little relief.

WHAT IS COLD SORE?

Cold sore is a virus that is caused by the Herper Zoster virus, relative of the chicken pox virus that normally stays latent (therefore without symptoms) inside our body, until stress or other similar diseases weaken the immune system.

At that point it comes out in the form of small bubbles or lesions on the skin or mucous membranes and appears on the lips or their edges, but also in the nose, hands, and in more serious cases next to the eyes.

The labial herpes or cold sore as commmonly known, may occur when the immune defenses of the organism are low, as for example in a moment of great stress, or in the event of exposure to cold or even when we are ill and during systemic infection, including pneumonia. In some women the cold sore also appears during the menstrual cycle or following lip burns.

Very often we hear talking about prevention but in reality the prevention for cold sore is equivalent to protecting ourselves from the cold and trying to increase our body defenses by leading a healthy lifestyle and through the integration of natural supplements, such as preparations with a base of echinacea or containing vitamin C.

HOW TO CURE COLD SORE WITH NATURAL REMEDIES

Once the cold sore is out we can alleviate the symptoms with some simple natural remedies.

Liquorice root: from the root of liquorice the glycyrrhizic acid is extracted that has antifungal and antiviral properties. You can use the dry extract as tablets for oral administration.
Lemon juice: lemon juice may be applied as a pack on the cold sore to speed up the healing. The juice can be gently applied by soaking a gauze.
Burdock: the burdock is one of the most indicated plants for the treatment of skin problems in general and is used once dried for the preparation of infusions, use lukewarm to apply on the cold sore.
Apple vinegar: apple vinegar seems to be used a bit for everything as long as you do not have an acute sensitivity of the skin. Once the cold sore appears, it is possible to treat the part by applying the apple vinegar soaking a cotton bud, without rubbing hard the affected area.
Echinacea: echinacea possesses anti-inflammatory and stimulating properties for the immune system. You can then apply naturally-based echinacea ointments or extracts to speed up the healing process and alleviate the discomfort or you may use it internally with a mother tincture of echinacea.
Propolis: Propolis is rich in bioflavonoids that have antimicrobial and disinfectant actions. You can use it in drops, together with an emollient cream to make local applications on the infected skin.
Grapefruit seeds: Grapefruit seeds have a high content of naringin, pinene, citral, limonene, linalool, vitamin C and vitamin B1, in addition to several therapeutic properties, including a remarkable antiseptic, antiviral and antifungal activity. You can find in trade as drops or dry extract.
Melissa: melissa has anxiolytic and calming action; moreover, thanks to the high presence of phenyl propanes and phenols, it also possesses a powerful antiviral activity. Melissa is therefore a valid remedy to defeat cold sore in both causes (as stress) and in the symptomatic manifestations. You can make herbal teas, or you can apply the infusion with a gauze directly on the affected area.
Neem Oil: Neem oil is obtained by pressing of seeds of Azadirachta indica, a plant originating from the tropical and sub-tropical areas in Asia. Thanks to the high concentration of vitamin E and essential fatty acids it is an oil with powerful eudermic properties i.e. nutritious, emollient, moisturizing, antioxidant. Moreover it also has antibiotic, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-parasite actions. It is therefore able to cope with bacteria, fungi, viruses, and all those cutaneous pathologies of exogenous origin, precisely as the herpes simplex (cold sore). With regards to the cold sore, the Neem oil acts on 3 fronts: 1. With its antibiotic action it contrasts the virus 2. Thanks to its emollient properties it moisturizes and nourishes the labial mucosa which generally dry with the appearance of the cold sore 3. With its antioxidant action it regenerates the mucosal tissue affected the cold sore.