COLD SORES / CANKER SORES

-General advice - Replace your toothbrush when the sores are healed and be suspicious of your toothpaste also.

Cold Sores ( Fever Blisters - Herpes).

Treat with a small amount of ground golden seal root powder applied directly to the sore, especially just before bedtime. There should be a significant improvement by morning.

Coat with Vaseline.

Apply a cotton ball soak in red wine or allow the wine to evaporate and use the residue, which is even more effective.  Can also use plum juice.

Treat with the juice from an aloe vera leaf.

Avoid eating chocolate, cola, beer, peas, peanuts, gelatin, and nuts.

Do eat chicken, fish, and yogurt.

Take brewers yeast to bolster your lysine.

CANKER SORES   (ulcers in mouth)

Apply a wet tea bag.

Treat with alum.  (Found in the spice department of the grocery store)

Apply ear wax.  (This can be very effective)

Treat these at the very beginning with vitamin E.

Apply a cotton ball soak in peroxide.

Rinse mouth with a teaspoon of baking soda or salt in a glass of warm water.

Eat fresh papaya and yogurt.

Take zinc and vitamin B (Brewers yeast)

Be aware that chocolate, nuts, citrus, tomatoes, and green peppers may be triggers. You may need to avoid them until your immune system has been bolstered.