Heal Cold Sores Now Using These Cold Sore Remedies

by Denny Bodoh

If you must quickly heal cold sores, then this article was written just for you. Let me show you powerful, tested ways to heal cold sores.

Want to heal cold sores? You will find there are only two basic ways. Either way can be used by itself. But, combining the two gives you a big edge in your effort to heal cold sores.

Yes, your body knows how to heal cold sores by itself. But it could take up to four weeks or longer. Who wants to go through that long and painful process when you can easily cure it in half the time?

If you want to heal cold sores as quickly as possible, it is important to understand the underlying cause of the outbreak. Perhaps you know, but let us touch on it briefly for those that do not.

The cold sore virus is the herpes simplex virus - either type 1 or type 2. This microscopic virus drills into a cell and forces the cell to create virus clones. Once full, the new virus is released by destruction of the host cell.

When you see the swelling, you know thousands of cells are infected and creating new virus. Then, all these cells burst open to spill out the new clones and a new cold sore ulcer is born. It is quite fortunate that all this occurs only on the surface.

Following are the two methods you must choose from - if you want to quickly heal cold sores.

1. HEAL COLD SORES BY USING THE INTERNAL TREATMENT APPROACH.

If you suffer from frequent cold sore events, you should first begin using a high quality multi-vitamin supplement.

Without a doubt, this is the most important first step for fast healing and defending yourself from future outbreaks. A good multi-vitamin will strengthen your immunity against this parasite virus - and all other viruses also.

Also, it would be very helpful to take some large doses of lysine. If you flood your system with additional lysine, it can stop this virus in its tracks.

Lysine capsules are cheap and convenient. High lysine foods, such as dairy and fish, will help also. During an outbreak, 2000 milligrams to 4000 milligrams per day is common. 4 ounces of flounder contains 3000 milligrams.

It is simple. To heal cold sores fast, you must stop the virus from reproducing and send it back to the latent state.

Multiple and frequent outbreaks often is a sign of calcium deficiency. Your body uses calcium, either from diet or your bones, to keep your body from becoming acidic. The higher your alkaline level the higher your oxygen levels. Oxygen is very anti-virus.

If you start taking 1000 to 3000 milligrams of calcium per day, you will be amazed. It will make a noticeable difference how often and how severe your sores will be. A good vitamin will already provide the minimum recommended 1000 milligrams.

2. HEAL COLD SORES BY EXTERNAL APPLICATION OF REMEDIES.

A good cold sore treatment, put directly on the sore, is still the best way to heal cold sores in a hurry. The virus is very easy to get at and treat this way.

Ointments that contain zinc, either in the form of sulfate or gluconate, work very well when applied to the sore. Watch out for other forms of zinc, such as zinc oxide, as they do not absorb readily.

Two, strong anti-viral oils that are great as topical remedies are garlic and oregano. Either of these will chase away the cold sore virus quickly, and promote speedy healing of the wound.

Your sore enters the healing phase right after it bursts open. Ice will give you blessed comfort but will slow down healing. It is better to use a warm tea-bag anytime you want to speed heal cold sores.

Additionally, constantly cleansing the sore with alcohol or peroxide is very important for fast healing. It can also prevent re-infection, or spreading the virus to a new location.

As mentioned at the top, your body is perfectly able to heal cold sores without your help. But, the cold sore treatment methods mentioned above will definitely increase your comfort and shorten the duration of your outbreak.

Imagine eliminating the embarrassing and painful sore in less time than ever before. Plus, you can now reduce the number of future outbreaks.

Using internal remedies to support the external remedies you are using is the best and quickest road to heal cold sores rapidly.

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