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Need great cold sore treatment ideas? Look no further. Read this short article and you will learn well-proven and very potent cold sore treatment methods. You are only minutes away from blessed relief.

Thousand of people each week need a good cold sore treatment. Go to the store and you will see many cold sore remedy options to choose from.

A few of the over-the-counter cold sore treatment therapies work - but most are of little value. Generally speaking, these are primarily COMFORT remedies for treating a cold sore or oral herpes.

In spite of some wild claims, you should not expect these cold sore remedy products to shorten or cure your sore.

Although there are many cold sore treatment ideas floating around, here are four that have been proven to work for nearly everyone, every time.

1. GARLIC POWER. Garlic is an old and very potent herbal remedy for many ailments. You can use it as both an external and internal cold sore treatment. Scientists have found that pathogens will flee from even the smell of garlic.

You should choose to use fresh garlic bulbs when you can. Fresh garlic is the most potent and helpful for treating a cold sore. Next to that, you can use garlic oil and garlic powder from your health store.

Cut or crush a fresh garlic clove and rub it right on the sore. This is an excellent cold sore treatment during any stage of the sore. Apply garlic oil to the scab to help prevent cracking.

You would enjoy much faster results if you would also eat some garlic during your cold sores. Fresh garlic or garlic powder will work well for this. The less you cook it, the better it will be.

If you don’t like eating garlic because of offending others, you can use the odorless garlic products available at the vitamin store. This may not give you as good of results however.

2. LYSINE. A much talked about cold sore treatment, lysine works well for many people. It is primarily an internal cold sore treatment. Applied externally, it is not readily absorbed into the cells where it needs to be.

By increasing lysine in your cells, you crowd out the amino acid arginine. Arginine is the primary protein necessary to create new herpes virus. Without enough arginine, the herpes virus will not be able to replicate and create cold sores.

You can get a lot of lysine eating fish or dairy products. Most people use convenient lysine capsules. Flooding your cells with lysine will put a stop to the virus replication process and cure your cold sores.

People who use lysine as a cold sore treatment will take about 3000 to 5000 milligrams each day during oral herpes cold sores. Often the same folks will take 500 milligrams per day for prevention purposes.

3. ZINC THE HEALER. Known as a great healing mineral, zinc is a very useful treatment for your cold sores. It heals and protects you from germs and oxidation.

Most multi-vitamins should provide the optimal 15 milligrams of zinc per day. It does not take much - it is that strong.

You must be careful not to go overboard on zinc. Do not exceed 50 milligrams daily for any length of time.

You can use certain forms of zinc (zinc sulfate or zinc gluconate) as a topical treatment to shorten the healing period of your cold sores. These two absorb better than most forms of zinc.

4. ALOE VERA HEALING PLANT. The gel within the leaves of an Aloe Vera plant is outstanding for mending skin. It is like skin fertilizer. Apply often to your cold sores beginning as soon as they blossom.

Bottled gel is available but does not seem to work very well. For optimal results, use live gel from a live plant. Everyone should have an aloe vera plant - they are so easy to grow.

Break off an inch or two of leaf and use the leaf to apply the gel without having to get your fingers in it. Keep some pieces in a plastic bag for later use. It will stay effective for a couple days this way.

These cold sore treatment ideas have helped thousands of others - I hope they help you too.

Not every cold sore treatment will work the same for everyone. You need to give different methods and tactics a try. If you do, you will quickly discover the best cold sore treatment for you.