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Add zinc supplements to your diet. It acts as a boon to get rid of genital herpes. Zinc is a vital part of most of the proteins and enzymes. Also, it can deactivate herpes virus elements. Thus, this important mineral reduces the discomfort and speeds up the healing of sores. Foods rich in zinc are spinach, beef, kidney beans, shrimp, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, oyster, watermelon seeds, garlic, oysters and egg yolk. Besides taking zinc supplements, you can also use zinc ointment.

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Baking soda has the property to absorb moisture. If the sores are oozing or moist, you will find baking soda very helpful to treat your condition. Just take a teaspoon of dry and fresh baking soda and apply it to the affected part. Repeat this for a few days
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[Nubiwan]

Been getting cold sores for around 15 -20 years.

Seems I get Cold Sores every November - and sometimes they go right into Christmas if I am not lucky.  I might get one, which then heals, followed by a second bout, which in all is about a month with the bloody things.

I can sometimes nip them in the bud, but more often than not, they break and I am left with a sore for 2-4 weeks. 

I recently got a cold sore in my nose that was really irritating.  I had hoped that it would perhaps avoid me getting one on my lip, but no such luck.  One started on my lip, remnants of which can be seen in my pictures below.  I had that one for about 2 weeks, and sure enough, another one started yesterday as the old one is just about done.  So, I read this info on the ice cube, as I had read about ice treatment before, so I am giving it a shot.  Like I said, the tingling started yesterday afternoon, so I did not get ice in right away.  Been about 12-16 hours. 

So, I have literally put an ice cube in a sandwich baggie and held it on my sore until the cube melted.  Took a break for 5-10 minutes, then applied it again.  Did this 3 times.  The result is that the sore is actually more pronounced now, as if I have skipped the initial 2-3 days of the blister, and gone straight to the sore/scabby bit.  No big deal, as I am going to get that anyway.  Just saying.  It did not eliminate the sore, which I rather did not expect anyway.

I read through the blog linked above on isopropyl alcohol (IA).  So i figure any and all methods might work in combination.  I have a few IA swabs (they are only 70%) my wife got from work (nurse).  I decided to tape a swab to my sore for about 15 minutes. So for the past hour, I have attacked this creature on my face.  Finaly, I also have some 100% pure tea tree oil that I have had for a while that I will gently swab with a q-tip, once I remove the IA swab.

So, in summary, I have iced for about an hour in total.  And had a swab taped to my face for about 15 minutes.  And I am soon going to apply tea tree oil.

In lieu of any real photographic evidence on this board, I am going to post a picture of my lip, if I can.  To be honest, the sore is definitely more pronounced now, than it was before I started this entire icing process.  If this just means I will have a sore for a week even, then it would be better than nothing. Nonetheless, the ice has not made the thing disappear.  Rather the opposite. Like it has promoted the cold sore through the initial stage.

First Picture after icing. 

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Second after IA Swab

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I will apply some tea tree oil, and provide feedback.  As well as some more pix later.  If I am being honest, I think I am going to have this thing 2 more weeks.