Garlic for Cold Sores
David (Reading, UK) on 12/06/2006:
I felt the tingle and the beginning of the ache that arises when the preliminary bump starts to form on the lip, so applied half a cut garlic clove to it about three times a day. The ache stopped immediately on application, the swelling reduced and now there is only a very small crust formed, less than half the size it would normally be and I expect it to be gone by tomorrow. All this within two days, less than half the weekly cycle it normally takes. I have to say very impressed, a definite Yea. As a point of interest my Cold Sore first appeared after my lips got severely sunburned while on a boat. I was 30 years old and never had one before. So get that sunscreen on!
Bobby (Houston, TX) on 03/01/2004:
crushed garlic (it burns) on an outbreak works! You won't believe the results and how fast the ulcer heals.
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