Cold Sores Are Nasty & Painful
Oil & Honey Edition ~ Lately, for some reason I’ve had an outbreak of cold sores. My best guess is stress from the holidays followed by some minor foot surgery brought on these nasty buggers. I wonder if you, like me, love the holidays yet find it to stressful with all the merry making, gifting, food planning and prepping, decorating, traveling, blah, blah, blah…Truthfully – do you?
Even though my foot surgery was minor and my recovery has been uneventful I suppose there was a bit of underlying stress. As there should be anytime you are going under anesthesia.
I know I can wait it out and let the blisters go away in their own time but I prefer to hurry the process along. Unsightly and uncomfortable, I did a bit of research and found there are several Essential Oils that help ease the discomfort and speed the drying out action. In the past I’ve used prescription meds to speed up their demise but always found that it also dried the heck out of my lips – which poses another predicament. Between winters dry air and forced heat in the house it’s hard enough to keep my lips moist.
Here is the list of oils I used to attack my cold sores:
Melaleuca – used for centuries to heal cuts, wounds and skin infections.
Clove – historically used for skin infections, digestive upset, and toothaches
Fennel – used for thousands of years for snakebites, earaches, and insect bites
Bergamot – French used it for inflammation, infection, indigestion, agitation
Protective Blend – orange, clove, cinnamon, eucalyptus,and rosemary
I applied Melaluca first followed by protective blend at the first sign of the cold sore. Then I used the variety listed above and you might guess the clove definitely helps with the pain associated with a cold sore. One of the advantages of using essential oils to fight my fever blisters is I could use as much as I needed all day long – no waiting for several hours to pass before reapplying! I’ve also read that Melissa is great at diminishing cold sores but didn’t have any in my stash of oils!
Each time I find an oil that addresses a common inconvenience regarding my health I am still amazed but quite pleased that I am able to stay away from OTC’s and prescription drugs more often than not. Have you tried essential oils yet? If not – what are you waiting for?
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