8 Home Remedies for Cold Sores

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Clare Whitfield

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Close-up of lips with cosmetic tattooing for enhanced shape and colour.

3. Milk

Dip some milk onto a cotton ball and apply directly to the cold sore.

4. Liquorice

via Liquorice World

Do you really need an excuse to chew on some liquorice? Well, here is a good one. Liquorice can actually prevent the cold sore virus from forming. The main ingredient, glycyrrhizin acid, is a known cold sore killer. Just make sure you are chewing on the real stuff (liquorice mass) rather than the artificial stuff which won’t prevent anything except perhaps fitting into your jeans later on.

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Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.
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Responses to “8 Home Remedies for Cold Sores”

  1. tam Avatar
    tam

    Glen 20 sprayed onto a cotton ball works…says right on the can it kills the herpes simplex virus 🙂

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  2. Pinky Avatar
    Pinky

    ice! hold an icy pole or freezer block to it and it stops it growing.

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  3. sandii g Avatar
    sandii g

    L-lysene is great at preventing them and reducing the duration. Well documented. Available from the chemist. It’s in the vitamin section. Hubby takes it once a day to prevent them and then twice a day if he gets one. Some people need a higher dosage though.

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  4. Tania Avatar
    Tania

    I mix tea tree into a medium like vaseline or paw paw and I apply every night as a preventer (and moisturiser for my lips) then if I do get one (which inevitably happens) I apply tea tree directly to the area for a couple of days. It gen works well as a preventer and reduces the time that the infection is about. The mix is good for children as the paw paw or vas reduces the sting. Good tip about the toothbrush though.

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  5. Christine Sirko Avatar
    Christine Sirko

    the tv show The Doctors recommended eye drops for cold sores and pimples

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  6. Naomi Greenwood Avatar
    Naomi Greenwood

    Cosmetic friendly coconut oil used like the cold sore cream along with the L lysine tabs

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