Cold Sores

Cold Sores – Herpes Labialis

Cold sores — also called fever blisters – Herpes Labialis — are a common viral infection. They are tiny, fluid-filled blisters on and around your lips. These blisters are often grouped together in patches.

Symptoms

A cold sore usually passes through several stages:

  • Tingling and itching: Many people feel itching, burning or tingling around the lips for a day or so before a small, hard, painful spot appears and blisters erupt.
  • Small fluid-filled blisters typically erupt along the border of your lips. Sometimes they appear around the nose or cheeks or inside the mouth.
  • Oozing and crusting: The small blisters may merge and then burst, leaving shallow open sores that ooze and crust over.

Signs and symptoms vary, depending on whether this is your first outbreak or a recurrence. The first time you have a cold sore; symptoms may not start for up to 20 days after you were first exposed to the virus. The sores can last several days, and the blisters can take two to three weeks to heal completely. Recurrences typically appear at the same spot each time and tend to be less severe than the first outbreak.

In a first-time outbreak, you also might experience:

  • Fever
  • Painful gums
  • Sore throat
  • Headache
  • Muscle aches
  • Swollen lymph nodes

Is homeopathy effective for cold sores?

Homeopathic treatment can speed up the episodes of cold sores and limit their extension.

What are the best homeopathic medicines for cold sores?

These 6 are best homeopathic medicines for cold sores.

Homeopathic medicine Symptoms Better Worse
Ars alb May be associated
with gums that
bleed easily and
also dry rough skin
Heat and warm
drinks
Cold and cold
drink
Capsicum May be associated
with halitosis and
burning on tip of
tongue
Heat Open air
Hepar sulph Gums and mouth
may bleed easily.
May also suffer
from skin abscesses
Damp weather Dry, cold air
Nat mur Lips and corner of
mouth dry and
cracked; also crack
in middle of lower
lip
Open air Warm room
Rhus tox Sore gums, red and
cracked tongue
Warm dry weather Cold wet weather
Sempervivum Sore and painful
tongue with ulcers
that bleed easily.
Herpes
None recorded None recorded

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