Best homemade ways to treat cold sore

The home treatment for cold sore in the mouth can be done with mouthwash of barbatimão tea, applying honey on the cold sore and washing the mouth daily with a mouthwash, to help reduce and heal the cold sore, relieve pain and inflammation and cleanse the mouth, eliminating possible microorganisms.

The cold sore usually presents as a white, round lesion that causes pain and discomfort and its appearance may be related to stress, food, gastric problems or trauma, such as when chewing the cheek, for example.

Thus, home treatment for cold sore includes:

1. Make mouthwashes with barbatimão tea

Mouthwashes of barbatimão tea help to treat cold sore, as this medicinal plant has antiseptic and healing properties, helping to reduce and heal ulcers in the mouth.

To make the mouthwash just put 1 liter of water to boil together with 2 dessert spoons of barbatimão bark. After boiling, strain, allow to warm and rinse with tea during the day.

As an alternative to mouthwash, you can apply a little tea, with the help of a cotton swab, directly on the cold sore, about 2 to 3 times a day. Check out other homemade recipes with medicinal plants to treat thrush in: Home remedy for thrush.

2. Spend some honey on the cold sore

In addition to mouthwashes, a little honey can be applied with the help of a cotton swab to the cold sore, as the honey has healing properties, helping the cold sore to heal and disappear more quickly.

Honey can be applied to the cold sore hourly until the cold sore reduces and heals.

3. Use a mouthwash

An oral antiseptic from Colgate or Listerine, for example, should be used daily during the home treatment of cold sore, as it helps to eliminate bacteria from the mouth, keeping the region clean.

Canker sores usually disappear in 1 to 2 weeks, however, this home treatment can speed up the healing and disappearance of the canker sore. If during this period the cold sore does not disappear or the sores appear very often, it is recommended to consult the doctor.