My cold sore is killing me today (I always get one in the winter) so I thought that I would write about natural ways and foods that can help with this. Maybe you are one of those lucky people that doesn’t get cold sores but if you are like me and you have one each year, here are a few things you can do to help avoid them and shorten their vacation on your mouth.
Foods To Avoid With Cold Sores-Foods high in arginine
Milk
Nuts like almonds, walnuts, pecans, peanuts
Dark Chocolate
Flax, sesame and most other seeds
Shell type seafood
Oranges, grapes and other fruits and berries-
Caffeine
Basically cutting back on foods that are high in arginine can shorten the healing time of the fever blisters. Adding B12 and folic acid into your diet can also help shorten the healing time.
Foods That May Help With Cold Sores-Foods rich in lysine
Chicken
Eggs
Beef
Apples
Papaya
Beets
Cheeses and Yogurts
A couple easy home remedies that I found at www.oohoi.com are:
-With clean hands, moisten your fingers and press them into common salt. Apply to the fever blister for 30 seconds or so. Just as gargling warm salt water can help a sore throat and canker sores, placing salt on fever blisters may reduce healing time.
-Apply ice to the sore. When applied for ten minutes approximately every hour, this solution may prevent the cold sore from developing any further. Other substances that you can apply which may help are witch hazel and spirit of camphor.
I think that I am going to give this a try as my cold sore is making me miserable!! I will let you know how it turns out.
It's a crazy world 2020!
2 years ago
24 comments:
Davida
I'll pass along the food to avoid and those that may help...
I do know my daughter buys a special salve(expensive)that she uses at the first sign of a cold sore coming which stops it in its tracks!! It isn't a natural product though!
Cheers
Thanks for sharing. In fact, I'll make a special link to this post as part of my medical links.
A friend who is a doctor told me about Zilactin. . . .oh it burns like crazy, but it dries it up faster than anything. . .
Hope it gets better soon.
Ciao
*hugs*
Have you tried applying an all-natural salve containing zinc? That usually helps.
Interesting list of foods there!
I get a cold sore about once a year. So the next time I feel that little stinging in my mouth I'll definitely try your remedies.
Happy trails.
Happy New Year btw
I you feel better soon. I am glad I don't get this cold sore.
Thanks for sharing this great tip :)
Get well soon!
Beth
I love natural remedies. I always seek those first.
-Mig
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