People
often comes with a common problem of cold to doctor. From the common cold then
it results into cold sore, which generally last from 10days to 2weeks. But if
the cold sore lasts long it would be advisable to take an appointment with a
doctor to heal it quickly. Sometimes when the home remedy does not work, then
treating by allopathic medicines is preferable. There are various home remedies
to treat cold sore but it is preferable to first prevent cold sores firstly.
Prevention is better than fighting with the cause of cold sore.
Several
home remedies for cold sores are available, now how to make use of it lies in
your hand.
First
way of home remedy treatment is to apply ice to the cold sore for 5-10minutes
per hour. Or else there is also another way to prevent is to apply wet &
cold tea bags for the same lapse of time as before because the tea contains
tannic acid which has an antiviral effect. If constantly for five days you are
applying warm tea bags to heal cold sores for half an hour it will surely show
you positive result. Chocolate, peas, nuts, oatmeal and other foods stuff are
the substance that exaggerates cold sores and in absence of it helps as home
remedy. These food stuff acts as a fighting agent to reduce cold sore. If you
are regularly intake tea or coffee, any oily and spicy food stuff that should
be reduced to get rid of from cold sore.
Intake
of proteins, carbohydrates or vitamins will help you in a great way to soothe
cold sore throat. Vitamin B, vitamin B-12 and other food that contains folic
acid plays the role of reducing cold sore from your body. Another home remedy
that can work to soothe the effect of cold sore is as follows: -
Take
100ml of coconut oil, 2ml of dettol and 3ml of carbolic acid. Store the mixture
of this in a glass or plastic bottle. Just apply this mixture once or twice a
day directly on the cold sore. This home remedy works not only for cold sore
purpose but also for boils, minor itching and mosquito bites as well. You need
not out worry for its expiry period, it lasts long so can be used at any time
for various purposes.
A
praiseworthy example if you have catch cold in a
quicker way is taking ingestion of four capsules of acidophilus with milk for
3-4times a day. Different ways to soothe your cold sore throat is rubbing aloe
gel or juice on the cold sores or applying a mixture or paste made of
cornstarch. Well, extracts of lemon balm also works well.
Lastly,
a home remedy for cold sore
is an herbal drink made of a combination of tea tree oil, herbal sage and
violet – and herbal sedative. Even tea made from by adding this mixture, with
2-3 leaves of sage and a piece of ginger root or a little ginger powder while
the tea is being prepared will serve the best to heal your cold sores. Dosage
of this tea is to drunk 2-3 times a day to get the results quickly. Thus, above
shown are the various homely ways to get relief from cold sore quickly at ease.