Cold Sore Cure

Would you like to know how to cure cold sores?
Whether you have a special event soon, or just want your social life back, give me a minute and I will show you how to cure cold sores (oral herpes) in the quickest time.
The herpes simplex virus causes all cold sore outbreaks. It is a parasite virus that hides in your nerve roots.
Stress is a well known trigger in causing a cold sore by activating the virus. Stress can be either physical or mental. This includes illness, injury, or anxiety of a big event.
Because the herpes virus lives in your nerves, it can immediately sense a change in your immunity and pH balance.
When it sees an opportunity, it rushes to the surface for the purpose of replicating new virus.
A cold sore is the collateral damage caused by this reproduction process.
Although your body knows how to cure cold sores, it can be a very long and painful journey. You can shorten or prevent a cold sore with very little effort.
Check out these three cold sore treatment secrets. They will give you the greatest success no matter what other cold sore treatment methods you also use.
1. DON’T FEED THE HERPES VIRUS.
The herpes simplex virus needs the amino acid arginine to make new virus particles. Without arginine, herpes virus replication will not take place.
Arginine, along with lysine, are common proteins found in many foods. Arginine is stored in special receptors within your nerve cells.
Lysine is also stored in these same receptors. There is limited space so more of one means less of the other. The herpes virus cannot use lysine to create new virus. Fact is, it is like pouring water on fire.
The key here is to flood your cells with lysine. The cells will store more of it and expel much of the arginine to make room.
The most common way for you to accomplish this is by taking lysine supplements. Most folks take 3000 to 5000 milligrams per day during an outbreak or just prior to one.
This is a great cold sore treatment – try it.
2. COOL THE COLD SORE FIRE.
As with most pathogens, the herpes simplex virus does best in a warm environment.
At the very first inkling of a pending cold sore, cool down the area immediately. You can use ice, a cold can of soda or a cold anything. Dousing the herpes virus with cold really discourages the reproduction process.
This will delay a cold sore. Or it could even prevent one if you act quickly.
3. KEEP YOUR BODY ALKALINE.
An acid body is probably the biggest contributor to the activation of the herpes virus – and a resulting cold sore.
Your body will try to maintain a slightly alkaline level of 7.4 on the pH scale. It will even rob your bones to do this – it is that important for your healthy life.
Many things, including stress and diet, will cause your pH balance to drop below 7 into the acid zone. This will make you open to many diseases including oral herpes cold sores.
How can you prevent this?
First and foremost, you should begin using a top shelf vitamin program. I prefer Dr. Williams or Dr. Whitaker vitamin packets because they contain optimum amounts of what you need and they are quite convenient.
Look for high levels of B and C vitamins. These are the stress vitamins. They reduce the effects of stress on your body. Vitamin A and E will greatly help your skin and are quite good at helping to prevent disease.
However the most important nutrient for maintaining a healthy alkaline state is the mineral calcium. This is a calming mineral that your body uses to stay alkaline. If you don’t get it in your diet, your body takes it from your bones.
Getting a minimum of 1000 milligrams of calcium daily (plus calcium rich foods) is essential if you are serious about curing cold sores.
Avoiding carbonated drink, sugar and white flour is a great help also.
There are many more cold sore treatment measures you can take that work great. And it would be to your advantage to try other things for your best success.
But these three cold sore treatment tactics should form the base when you want to learn further how to cure cold sores in your life. Thank you and good luck.

Avoiding foods in your diet that are high in arginine can help you greatly if you suffer from repeated cold sores.
The herpes simplex virus causes cold sores as a side-effect of its replication process. The main protein needed during replication is arginine.
If you get two or three (or more) cold sores per year, then this information can be of great help to you.
Our diet is one of top three causes of frequent cold sores. Most food choices contain many proteins. The two that have a serious affect on cold sores is arginine and lysine.
First, let us understand what actually causes cold sore ulcers.
The herpes simplex virus is a sub-microscopic particle. It is a parasite type germ that cannot reproduce itself. It enters a nerve cell at the surface of your face and forces the cell to create new herpes viruses.
It is almost like science fiction.
The original herpes virus must eventually kill the cell to release its evil offspring – which then looks for new victims. It is the destruction of many cells that forms the open crater we call a cold sore.
Arginine is the primary protein used to create new herpes simplex virus. Arginine has many good uses in your body too.
Your cells store arginine in a special area within the cell.
You may have heard of lysine. It is a similar protein that is also important for many body functions and is stored in the same area within your cells as arginine.
Lysine does not support creation of new virus any more than water will support fire.
Reducing the amount of available arginine in your cells can make those cells off-limits to a herpes virus infection. This will stop current cold sores fast, and prevent new ones.
You can accomplish this in a couple ways.
You can reduce stored arginine by reducing high arginine food in your diet. You can also flood your cells with lysine, thus forcing out arginine from the storage area.
Here is a short list of foods that contain higher levels of arginine.
1. Legumes and nuts – this includes tree nuts
2. Oysters and clams (most shell-fish)
3. Cocoa and chocolate
4. Oats and wheat
5. Seeds such as sunflower and sesame
Most vegetables are neutral because they contain nearly equal amounts of both lysine and arginine. Squash, carrots and rutabagas are three vegetables to watch though.
Avoiding the above foods will help, but may not be healthy for many people. Increasing your lysine intake will often accomplish the same results by flooding the cells with lysine.
If you get frequent cold sores, try adding more of these high lysine foods to your diet.
1. Dairy products – cheese, yogurt and milk (especially Wisconsin dairy products)
2. Fish – particularly Flounder. Flounder is amazingly rich in lysine – the highest of any known food.
3. Apples – always great no matter what ails you
4. Chicken, eggs, beef – but not pork
It may be impossible for you to change your diet in any way. Perhaps you don’t eat meat. Maybe you are allergic to dairy.
The best solution for you – and most people – is lysine supplements. Most people that use lysine as a cold sore treatment prefer 500 milligram lysine capsules. Capsules dissolve quickly.
Lysine is an inexpensive supplement found anywhere you find vitamins.
Lysine is very safe, even in large doses. For example, if you eat one pound (454 grams) of Flounder, you will get the equivalent of about 28 lysine capsules.
Most people take about six to eight capsules per day – from the first indication of a new cold sore event until totally resolved.
Lysine is a powerful cold sore treatment. Many folks use this therapy – and nothing more – with great success.
Sometimes a cold sore treatment, such as this, will not work as well for you as someone else. Do not be disappointed.
You simply may have to search for additional remedies. But, lysine should be your base. It will help you a lot in fighting cold sores no matter what other cold sore treatment you use.

Cold sore cures? Wondering if there really is are cold sore cures – or are just Internet hype?
This short article should clear up a lot of questions for YOU. Read it now and you will finally know the truth about cold sore cures.
Many experts, such as my good friends at Mayo, state that there are NO cold sore cures.
Other, equally trustworthy professionals, state, YES, there are cold sore cures. And they are being used with much success today by hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world.
Someone lying?
The fact is – they are both absolutely, 100% correct. It just happens that they are not referring to the same thing.
The group saying there are no cold sore cures is right. With their statement, they mean there is no known way to remove the herpes simplex virus from your body once infected. This is known as the cold sore virus.
Right now, the herpes virus is definitely a lifetime resident of your body. No vaccine, nor any other method, has yet been discovered that will find and kill it within the body.
And don’t be fooled. Those anti-viral prescription drugs do not work either. They do nothing to rid your body of this tough, parasite virus.
There are better choices, as you will see shortly.
But first, let’s set the record straight.
Those who claim viable cold sore cures exist are right also. They are referring to the ability of a remedy to clear your face of a cold sore and prevent future outbreaks.
After all, if you never get cold sores again, is that not a cold sore cure? Who really cares about the cold sore virus, as long as we do not get the actual sores – right?
Think about that.
Every disease in the world is diagnosed based on the symptoms specific to that disease. We all carry pathogens that can cause a variety of serious diseases.
But if your body keeps these germs from creating symptoms, you will not get sick. You do not have the disease.
And if you do get sick, and the doctors can cure the symptoms, they will declare you cured. You see this every day with cancer, as well as other illnesses.
And the same holds true for cold sores, fever blisters and oral herpes.
Nearly everyone in the world carries this highly contagious virus. Yet, a good third of those people will never know it because they will never get an oral herpes cold sore.
Their bodies have built-in cold sore cures. Their immune systems and the associated antibodies do not allow the virus to come out of dormancy.
The rest of us have to work at finding our own cold sore cures.
But one thing is for sure.
We now know ways the herpes virus can be pushed back into hibernation, and kept dormant for up to a lifetime. People are doing it everyday. No reason you can’t be one of them.
Do you want to cure a current cold sore? Or are you looking for a way to prevent future cold sores?
Whichever is most important to you at this moment, the very first thing you must do is start taking the highest quality vitamin supplement you can afford.
This one thing is all many folks need to be cold sore free.
In addition, start taking a lysine supplement. This is a very safe amino acid found in fish and dairy products. Flooding your system with lysine, fights cold sores like pouring water on a fire.
Commonly, folks use 2000 to 4000 milligrams of lysine during a cold sore, and 500 milligrams daily for prevention.
There are many other proven cold sore cures. I would love to tell you about them. But it would take pages.
Some will work, others will not.
Often they depend on your immune system being in tip-top shape. You do that with the nutritional boosters mentioned above.
Yes, there definitely are cold sore cures. Some are very simple. Some work best when combined with other methods. You must try different things to successfully discover your own, personal, cold sore cures.

WHAT ARE COLD SORES?
Cold sores interrupt your life and usually appear at the worst possible times. They are quite unsightly and uncomfortable.
Cold sores, fever blisters or oral herpes are three names for the same thing. They commonly appear on the border of the lip or nose but can form anywhere on your body where the herpes simplex virus can get through the skin.
The herpes simplex virus is the root cause of all cold sores (fever blisters, oral herpes). The herpes virus creates the sores as a side effect of creating new virus particles.
When the virus first invades your body, it will claim a nerve fiber near the entry area and reside in that fiber for life. All cold sores created by this virus family will appear at the surface end of that nerve fiber.
WHAT CAUSES COLD SORES?
When dormant, the herpes simplex virus hides in the root cells of that nerve. If and when it becomes active, it will squirm along the nerve to the surface and drill into the nerve cells there.
The herpes virus cannot create its own offspring. It needs the nerve cells to do so. When the virus enters a cell, it takes control and forces it to produce new virus clones. The herpes simplex virus is truly a parasite.
You will notice swelling of the target area as the cells fill up. Once the cells reach maximum capacity, the controlling virus destroys the victim cells and all the new virus spills out.
The open cold sore ulcer is the result of this massive cell destruction. These cold sores are exceedingly painful because you now have exposed nerve endings.
ARE COLD SORES CONTAGIOUS?
The herpes simplex is a very small sub-microscopic particle. It is aggressively contagious and can enter the body through even the tiniest crack in the skin. You are contagious from the first sign until the final healing redness disappears.
Please use every caution with your cold sores. Kissing passes on most cold sores. Contaminated fingers also spread cold sores. Most children catch the herpes virus before they are 12.
You can easily spread cold sores to just about anywhere on your body. Sores on finger tips, arms and cheeks are not uncommon. Folks that get these claim they are a lot more painful than the normal lip cold sore.
Getting a cold sore in your eye can cause serious vision damage.
The herpes simplex virus is so contagious and tough that about 90% of the people on earth over 12 carry it. Around 65% of these folks will get one or more cold sores per year.
This virus does its damage only on the surface where you can easily cleanse and apply a cold sore treatment of your choice. The herpes virus, as far as we know presently, does not travel or create damage internally.
HOW DO I GET RID OF COLD SORES?
Stress is the primary trigger that activates the herpes simplex virus. When you encounter stress, your body gears up for battle, your hormones change and your pH balance drops into the acid zone. The herpes virus loves an acid environment.
Your body will heal your cold sores, fever blisters and oral herpes outbreaks without any help from you. But it often takes three to four weeks. With a good cold sore treatment plan, you can cut this time in half.
Your best choices for cold sore treatment are still the natural home remedies. They still work better than anything the drug companies have come up with so far.
Some of the most proven cold sore treatment remedies are lysine, zinc and garlic. These can and should be used both internally (supplements) and as topical treatments. Continual cleansing of the area with alcohol or peroxide is very important also.
Cold sores, fever blisters and oral herpes really hurt your social life. And they are tough to deal with. But with what you have just learned, you now have a great advantage in the cold sore battle.
With a little experimenting, you will develop your own cold sore treatment plan and enjoy much more freedom in your life.

There are many cold sore treatment products and methods available to you today. Some work and some do not. How do you know whom to trust?
In this article you will learn of three favorite cold sore treatment options that have proven themselves to work for nearly everyone who tries them. Give them a try before wasting money on another cold sore treatment.
One big problem with cold sores, they can be quite painful. Most of the cold sore treatment products in the stores contain numbing agents – such as benzocaine – that helps relieve the pain.
These products work very well for immediate comfort, but do not expect them to shorten the duration of your cold sore.
To get rid of your cold sore quickly is most important for you to reclaim your social life. These three cold sore treatment methods are some of the most effective tactics for cold sores, fever blisters and oral herpes that we know about today.
1. LYSINE AMINO ACID.
Lysine is a very powerful cold sore treatment when used as an internal therapy. There are some salves that promote using lysine as a topical remedy. It does not work well this way because it does not absorb well through the skin.
When you flood your body with lysine, your cells will get rid of some of the cold sore friendly arginine and replace it with lysine. Arginine is the main protein in the herpes simplex virus. Without sufficient arginine, cold sores cannot continue and will heal up quickly.
To get extra lysine you can eat high lysine foods such as fish and dairy products. Usually this is not enough to quickly get rid of a current cold sore.
Better yet are lysine capsules. They are a very easy and cheap way to get a lot of lysine in a hurry. Most folks use about 2000 to 4000 milligrams per day as a cold sore treatment, and 500 milligrams per day between cold sores.
2. ALOE VERA GEL.
Aloe Vera is a very easy to grow green plant. The leaves contain a thick liquid gel that is an amazing healer. You will be surprised how fast your cold sore heals with application of this gel. It is like skin fertilizer.
Keep in mind that bottled Aloe Vera gel does not work very well for cold sores. You will be much more successful using LIVE gel from a live plant. Every home should have one of these plants.
Simply pinch off a few millimeters of a leaf and the leaf sap will start oozing out. Apply this to your cold sore using the leaf section as an applicator. The plant heals itself very quickly.
3. GARLIC CLOVE.
Garlic is a powerhouse when it comes to disease healing and prevention. It is a tremendous cold sore treatment. Garlic is a great internal, as well as external, remedy. It can actually enter your body right through the skin. (Put some on your feet and you will taste it within 20 minutes.)
As with Aloe Vera, fresh garlic is best. When it is more convenient, garlic oil and powder will work fine. Garlic oil is available in bottles and gel caps you can snip open.
Take a garlic clove, cut off a chunk and rub the oil on your cold sore area. This cold sore treatment works great at every stage of a cold sore. Crushing the clove into an oily paste works well too.
Taking garlic internally will more than double its effectiveness as a cold sore treatment. Yes, it does have a strong smell. If it bothers you can use the odorless garlic capsules, but they do not work as well.
There are several other great cold sore treatment tactics, but these are some of the best as reported by many cold sore victims worldwide. You can use these together or with other remedies for enhanced performance.
As you can see, you do not need to waste money on prescriptions or expensive salves or lotions. You will find that the best cold sore treatment techniques are simple, cheap and often in your cupboard.

Beware of remedies for cold sores and oral herpes available in the stores and pharmacies.
Many of them are good for comfort but fall far short when it comes to preventing or getting rid of your cold sores fast.
Don’t get me wrong. Cold sores are quite a pain and a cold sore treatment that gives comfort is very important. But the quicker you can get rid of it the sooner you get back your life.
The following remedies for cold sores are well documented to give you immediate relief. And they will help your cold sore to heal much faster than store-bought salves and lotions.
Don’t spend another dime on miracle cures before you give these remedies for cold sores a try. They work for others and they will work for you.
TEA TREE OIL
Tea tree oil is an oil from the bark of the Australian Tea Tree. This oil was a very important antiseptic and wound dressing during World War II. It tastes and smells much like turpentine, but tea tree oil is a powerful anti-virus, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal remedy.
There are currently some studies in progress regarding tea tree oil and cold sores. You don’t need the studies. All you need to know is that people have been successfully using it for cold sores for over 100 years.
Tea tree oil is not for internal use. As a topical treatment it soaks into the wound, chases away the herpes virus, sanitizes the entire cold sore area and greatly speeds healing.
During the scab stage, tea tree oil will keep the scab soft and pliable. This prevents painful cracking and the need for re-healing. Look for this essential oil in the vitamin section of bigger department stores.
Tea tree oil is inexpensive and will come in handy time and time again for a multitude of uses. A little goes a long way.
CALCIUM
Calcium is a key player in cold sore healing and prevention. Calcium is the main mineral that keeps the body alkaline. Your body is healthiest when it is slightly alkaline. The cold sore virus hates an alkaline environment.
It is almost a sure bet that if you have a cold sore, or get them frequently, your body has turned slightly acid due to stress or illness. Sufficient calcium intake every day can help prevent these cold sores by helping to reduce the acidity of your body.
Most good multi-vitamins should contain a daily dose of 1000 milligrams of calcium. If yours does not, you may need to get an additional calcium supplement.
If you are under a lot of stress, or get a lot of cold sores, a daily dosage of 2000 milligrams would be in order. With supplements, calcium is poorly absorbed. Search for a high-absorption formula.
The best form of calcium is from real food. Canned salmon (with bones in) is an excellent food source for calcium. Asparagus, cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower are also excellent sources of body-ready calcium.
Usually a combination of food calcium and supplement calcium is the right choice of remedies for cold sores.
HERBAL TEA
Tea – in the form of tea bags – is one of the more powerful remedies for cold sores. Most of those who use this remedy use black tea. A growing number of folks, however, are discovering herbal tea to be even better.
You can experiment with different herbs, but it seems the most success has been with mint tea. There are many blends that contain mint. As long as the tea contains mint, you will do fine.
Make as strong a batch of this tea as you can take. Sipping on it is quite refreshing and will help attack the cold sore virus internally.
The best results come from applying the hot, wet tea bag to the cold sore area. The phyto-nutrients from the tea will stop the progression of the virus and heal the cold sore quickly.
These are just three of several great remedies for cold sores that have been well proven over time. Give them a try the next time you get a cold sore.
The more cold sore treatment options you have, the more you can combine them and fine-tune them for your personal needs. Keep searching and discover the best remedies for cold sores for a lifetime of cold sore freedom.

Some say cold sore cures have yet to be discovered. Others say cold sore cures are being used by millions of people today.
Who is telling the truth?
Amazing as it may seem, BOTH are telling the truth.
Let us see how this can be.
The group telling you cold sore cures do not exist is primarily referring to the herpes simplex virus.
This is the virus that causes all cold sores, fever blisters and oral herpes. Once the herpes virus gets into your body, it lives in your nerve fibers for life.
Cold sore cures, to this group, must be able to remove the virus from your body. Since there is no way currently known to remove this virus permanently, they maintain that there are no cold sore cures.
What are those people talking about that claim cold sore cures exist?
These folks are talking about preventing the cold sores and their associated symptoms from happening.
They feel that if you get rid of a current cold sore, then you cured that cold sore. They also feel that if you no longer get the symptoms of cold sores – the actual sore – then you are cured of cold sores.
Think about this for a moment.
You are diagnosed with a disease only when the symptoms of that disease manifest themselves.
Every day we are all carrying a variety of viruses and germs that can cause many different diseases. But we do not worry about it because we do not have the disease unless we show the symptoms. Usually your immune system takes care of it.
The same is true with cold sores.
Nearly 90% of all people carry the herpes virus. This can be considered everyone. Over one-third of those people will never have a single cold sore, fever blister or oral herpes event in their lifetime. Their immune system – and the antibodies – is protecting them.
It is a fact – their bodies have their own built-in cold sore cures.
The rest of us have to find our own cold sore cures.
We will always have the virus among us. There is no vaccine or medicine that can remove it. Anything like this is still many years away.
But it does not matter. The herpes virus can be driven into hiding and kept dormant for life.
Do you desire to cure a current outbreak? Do you want to stop getting cold sores for the rest of your life?
The great news is that there are cold sore cures being used successfully by millions of people today. There is no reason you can’t be one of them.
But, be ye warned.
The cold sore cures you find in the stores are comfort treatments only. They will not significantly shorten the duration of any cold sore. They do work great for comfort. Do not expect any more than that and you will not be disappointed.
But, you probably already know this or you wouldn’t be here right now.
Do you seriously want to cure cold sores – both present and future? Then the first thing you must do is to boost your immunity. The quickest way to accomplish this is by starting a premium quality vitamin supplement regimen.
There are many people that have gone years without a head cold, flu or cold sore attack by simply taking a good nutritional supplement array.
Also, taking additional lysine in the form of supplements has proven to cure cold sores for thousands of people.
Do you get a lot of cold sores? Do your cold sores seem to last a long time from start to finish?
Then, before trying any other cold sore cures, attack the herpes virus first with vitamin and lysine supplements. This is basic and will super-charge any other cold sore cures you many try.
Believe me, there are quite a few good cold sore cures. But they do not work for everybody because each person has different triggers for their cold sores.
Getting proper nutrition may not be the complete answer, but it will certainly help any other cold sore remedies you try to work much better.
This surely will aid you in finding your own cold sore cures.

Lysine and cold sores – serious medicine if used correctly. If you will let me, I will explain why it works, and the only correct way to use lysine for cold sores for the results you want.
Lysine for cold sores has proven to be a powerful treatment. Empirical data and studies strongly support lysine use for cold sores.
How does lysine work and what is the correct way to use it?
We will get to these questions in a moment.
To fully appreciate how lysine works, we should fully understand the cause of a cold sore, fever blister or oral herpes outbreak.
It is the replication process of the herpes simplex virus that causes your cold sore.
Because this virus is so very contagious, it is currently carried by about 90% of Earth residents. Commonly, people are infected in their youth – before the age of 12.
The herpes virus lives in the nerve fibers nearest the original area of infection. It normally is latent and can remain dormant for months, years or even a lifetime.
As far as we know, the herpes virus does no damage as long as it stays in hiding. You definitely will never get a cold sore while it is dormant.
If and when the herpes simplex virus becomes active, it wiggles its way to the surface through the nerve fibers. Once there, each virus will choose and enter a nerve cell.
It then takes control and commands the cell to create new virus. The herpes simplex virus is created, not born, as we know it. Herpes cannot create its own offspring, so must force a cell to do so.
When the cell is filled to capacity with new virus, it is killed, dumping out hoards of herpes simplex virus. This destruction of millions of cells creates the cold sore crater.
The cells must have ample supplies of one specific protein to build new herpes virus. This protein is the amino acid arginine. You will find high amounts of arginine in chocolate, nuts and most grains.
Now, here is the secret how lysine works. Few people know this.
The cell has special receptors for storing arginine. The same receptors are used to store lysine, another amino acid protein.
Lysine has many uses in your body, but it is useless as an ingredient for building new virus. Lysine is high in fish, eggs, dairy and many vegetables.
If you take in more lysine than arginine, through diet or supplements, you will flood your cells with this protein. The more lysine in your cells, the less arginine can be stored there.
Without sufficient arginine, your cells cannot create the herpes virus. This effectively starves out the cold sore virus and sends it back into hibernation.
This not only quickly stops a current cold sore, but is capable of preventing future cold sores, fever blisters and oral herpes outbreaks.
To increase your lysine eat a diet rich in lysine foods such as fish, dairy and vegetables. To decrease arginine, avoid grains, seeds, nuts and chocolate.
You know as well as I, the best nutritional elements come from real food. The trouble is, changing your diet just to cure or avoid cold sores is not always practical or convenient.
Lysine supplements are the easiest way to get sufficient lysine for cold sores. The are very cheap and available most anywhere. Get it in the preferred 500 milligram capsules.
Most folks that use lysine for cold sores, will take 2000 to 4000 milligrams per day for quick resolution of a current cold sore. Some will take one capsule per day for a preventative.
But, don’t be fooled by the hype.
Lysine for cold sores is a very good cold sore treatment, only if taken orally. If put directly on the sore, it has little or no value.
The reason I mention this is because there are some cold sore salves on the market that promote using lysine as an external cold sore treatment. Lysine is a large molecule and is poorly absorbed this way.
Save your money – there are better choices.
Yes – lysine for cold sores works quite well for many people. You can use it by itself or in combination with some of my other well documented cold sore treatment options.
I would love to share with you these other excellent (and free) cold sore remedies, but space is limited here.
You may have cold sore events that seem to drag on forever. Or, you may get a lot of cold sore outbreaks every year.
In either case, lysine for cold sores is worth trying. It surely should be your first line of defense. And if combined with one or two other remedies, lysine for cold sores may provide you a lifetime of cold sore freedom.

Lysine and cold sores? Yes, lysine is an excellent cold sore treatment, but only if used correctly. Please read this article to avoid a common mistake in how you use lysine for cold sores.
Lysine for cold sores has been proven an effective treatment by years of empirical data and studies.
But, first, let us go over what actually creates cold sores, fever blisters, and oral herpes outbreaks so we can see more clearly how lysine works for cold sores.
The process of the herpes simplex virus creating new virus causes the actual sore. This virus normally is dormant and hiding in the root area of the facial nerves.
When it becomes active, the herpes virus squirms to the surface through the nerve fibers and takes control of millions of surface cells to force them to create new virus.
Once the cell is full of new virus, the controller explodes it to release hoards of new virus particles. It is this massive destruction of surface cells you see as a cold sore, fever blister, or oral herpes.
There is one specific protein that must be used by the cells to create the herpes simplex virus. It is arginine, a common amino acid found in many foods.
Without this key component, the cell cannot create new herpes virus. The cell has many uses for arginine, and has a special area within the cell to store ample supplies of it.
Lysine is also a protein, another common amino acid. It also has many uses in the body. The cells store lysine in the same storage area as arginine. The more lysine in storage, the less room for arginine.
And, the great news is that lysine cannot be used to create herpes virus. Lysine is anti-virus in this respect.
If you flood your cells with available lysine, it will crowd out much of the arginine. This will make those cells useless as virus factories. The herpes virus will see this and go back into being dormant.
This often quickly stops the progression of a cold sore. It also can prevent cold sores, fever blisters and oral herpes events.
The key is to get more lysine than arginine in your diet.
You could decrease your arginine intake by avoiding chocolate and nuts. At the same time, increase your lysine intake by eating fish (especially flounder), cheese, yogurt and vegetables.
Although a restrictive diet such as this will work, it is a slow to show results. Also, it is often inconvenient or impractical. Because of this, many people depend on supplements to achieve success when using lysine for cold sores.
Lysine supplements are very cheap and available almost anywhere. The best choice would be 500-milligram capsules. The capsules disperse faster in the stomach.
Commonly, people will take two to four grams per day (2000 to 4000 milligrams) during a cold sore outbreak.
Lysine is a simple, common protein and is quite safe. For example, eating a pound of flounder would give you about 14,000 milligrams (14 grams) of lysine.
Some people also take 500 to 1000 milligrams per day as a maintenance dosage to help prevent cold sores. This does work, however, your body tends to get used to it and you will have to take higher and higher dosages as time goes on.
But stop. Do not be fooled.
Lysine will work very well for you if taken orally. But, if you put it directly on the sore it has very little value.
The reason I mention this is because there are cold sore remedies at the store and on-line that are topical treatments containing lysine. They may have other ingredients that help, but the lysine will add nothing to the results.
Lysine must get into the cells to fight and prevent cold sores. It does not absorb through the skin, but must come from your bloodstream.
Yes – lysine for cold sores is one of the better cold sore remedies for you. You may find that it can be many times more powerful when used with my other well-respected cold sore remedies. I wish I had more room here to share with you.
Whether your cold sores, fever blisters or oral herpes sores seem to drag on forever, or you are getting a lot of outbreaks, lysine for cold sores could be your biggest step toward lifetime freedom from the hideous cold sore.

Cold sore treatment is an urgent need for millions of oral herpes victims today. This need is quite obvious when you look for cold sore treatment options at the store. There are a lot of cold sore remedy choices.
For the most part, these over-the-counter cold sore treatment products are primary useful as comfort treatments only. Cold sores are plain miserable so comfort is the number one priority.
But despite some wild claims, you will not find these to reduce the duration time of your cold sores. Do not expect any more than comfort.
Below I have listed several time-proven cold sore treatment methods that really work. These can provide blessed comfort and heal your cold sores up to 50% faster. Try them.
1. THROW COLD WATER ON THE VIRUS
A great trick for discouraging the herpes simplex virus when it first starts the replicating process is to apply ice or another cold object to the target area. Use ice at the first sensation of itching or tingling.
Ice reduces swelling, heat and pain very effectively. If used early and often, it can stop cold sores from developing – or at least reduce the damage and healing time. Do not use ice after the sore opens up. Then you must use heat.
2. HONEY – A SWEET COLD SORE TREATMENT
Did you know honey does not spoil? It is a super anti-virus, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. Yes – many cold sore victims use honey as a potent cold sore treatment. What a sweet way to heal your cold sores fast.
Apply to the sore even before it bursts open. Once your sore opens up, cleanse with peroxide first, then apply. You will have to apply often as the weeping fluid will wash it away. Use a q-tip to apply it. Keep your fingers out.
3. CALCIUM – THE VIRUS STOPPER
Most people who get cold sores have an acid pH balance and are low in calcium. Calcium is the main mineral your body uses to keep you in a healthy alkaline zone. Fact is, the herpes simplex virus hates an alkaline environment.
Taking calcium supplements is an excellent cold sore treatment for both quick healing and prevention. Make sure that for every 1000 milligrams of calcium, you also take 400 milligrams of magnesium. These two work together for better absorption.
Also, try breaking the capsule open and mixing the powder with honey – making a paste. Apply this to your wound – you may be surprised how quickly it heals.
4. OREGANO OIL – HERPES DOESN’T LIKE THE TASTE
The oil from the oregano herb is quite a good cold sore treatment – both internally and externally. You can buy oregano oil in gel caps at the vitamin store. Users often take it for colds, flu and other virus attacks – such as the herpes simplex virus.
It will not remove the virus from your body (nothing will that we know of). But it will tend to deactivate the virus and send it back into hibernation.
For external application, just cut open one of the gel caps, squeeze out the oil onto a q-tip and apply directly to your cold sores. When your sore is scabbed, mix with a little olive oil first. This will help keep the scab soft.
5. B AND C VITAMIN THERAPY
Folks with cold sores normally test quite low in B and C vitamins – especially B12. You can find them in a good stress formula at the vitamin store.
You will want to get about 50 to 100 milligrams of the major B vitamins (like B6), at least 1000 milligrams of vitamin C and around 500 micrograms of B12. Some have suggested up to 3000 milligrams or more of vitamin C.
Perhaps your daily multi-vitamin has high levels of these vitamins already. That is good but it might be wise to take an additional stress formula during the outbreak.
In summary, please note that these are just a few of many powerful cold sore treatment options you can use. Keep searching and trying new ways of treating a cold sore. Not every one of these remedies will work for every person.
Also, it is important to keep in mind that an excellent cold sore treatment plan will likely include the combination of two or more of these cold sore remedy methods. Try these and others.
Combine as you wish and discover the best cold sore treatment for your personal needs.