Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Cold Sore Home Remedy - Here Are Some Killer Tips

By C. Sorrenado

Would you like to discover a good cold sore home remedy? Cold sores are a real pain, they always show up at the worst of times and they're not exactly easy to hide. It's embarrassing to have to deal with and not easy to cover up.

If you don't want these outbreaks to cause you any more grief or suffering, I feel your pain. There are ways to get rid of them quick and with things you'll just find lying around the house. Here are a few tricks you can try out starting today:

1. Toothpaste + Salt

With this cold sore home remedy, you will be able to quickly dry out your cold sore. Just get some toothpaste from your washroom and salt from the kitchen and mix about equal amounts of each until you get a gritty paste.

Now all you need to do is put this onto the cold sore at night, right before you head off to bed. In the morning, this should have done it's job and reduced the size of the sore and helped dry it up.

2. The Tea Bag Treatment

Ya, that's right, with a warm teabag you can speed up the healing of your cold sores. Just leave a tea packet to steep in some boiled water and after a few minutes, take it out and place it on the sore. Now, hold it there for a few minutes.

What will happen is the tanic acid in the tea will kill the cold sore virus before it can spread any further. Additionally the sore will end up scabbing up and healing faster than it otherwise would have.

Now with a cold sore home remedy, you will be able to get some results, however you will not be able to get rid of them as fast as you could with a more powerful treatment

One last thing to take note of is that you will also need something to prevent the sores from reappearing. If you want to tackle this problem once and for all, it will do you good to look into some more potent treatments. - 16004

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