Home treatments for cold sores are practised by many people all over the world. There are many home treatments for cold sores available, and we will see some of them in the following paragraphs. Home treatments for cold sores includes mostly natural medicines and some allopathic creams that are available in the market without prescription. Application of aciclovir 5 per cent cream to the affected areas of the skin is one of the home treatments for cold sores that is commonly available.

The other home treatments for cold sores include, application of cornstarch to the infected areas of the skin. Aloe juice is also applied as one of the home treatments for cold sores. Some home treatments for cold sores include taking four acidophilus capsules three or four times a day with milk. It is understood that native Americans used the herb chaparral (Larrea tridentata) as a remedy in home treatments for cold sores. Cotton balls containing dimethyl sulfoxide is applied on the sores in some home treatments for cold sores.

To reduce the activity of the herpes simplex virus some people apply ice cubes on the sores few times every ten minutes during the initial stage of the infection. Home treatments for cold sores also include creating equal parts of tinctures of echinacea, calendula, oats, burdock, and lomatium and taking 1/2 teaspoon of that mixture, four or five times a day. This combination of herbs will boost the immune system, soothe inflamed tissues, remove toxins from the body, and kill viruses and bacteria. Some people apply Polysporin ointment to the affected area of the skin as one of the home treatments for cold sores. This ointment prevents the bacterial infection caused by the sores. Some people apply the oil found in the Vitamin E softgel cap to dry the sores within a few days. This is one of the effective home treatments for cold sores, that is used to dry up the sores.

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