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Cold Natural Treatments and Diet for Cold Sores

The natural treatment of cold sores can be very fast and effective. Treating any ailment naturally has the benefit of ensuring it supports what your body is trying to do. Drugs work against this, so take a toll on your health. However, there are so many natural treatments around that it can be hard to work out what is the most effective.

Natural Treatments Cold Sores

Garlic is a very common and powerful herb. To make a very effective broth for the common cold, simmer four minced garlic cloves in four cups of chicken broth for 10-15 minutes. Add as much cayenne pepper as you can stand and drink this mixture throughout the day.

Echinacea is a very common and widely used natural remedy. It is a plant known as the purple cone flower. It works as an immune system enhancer and a cold and flu treatment. The only thing is, you should not use it for more than 2 weeks at a time because it does lose its effectiveness after a 2-week period. It helps with lessening the effects of a cold and it does help shorten the time that you have symptoms. It is also used to help numb and treat a sore throat.

Then there is the tried and true natural treatment, raw honey. Raw honey is one of the best treatments for a sore throat and cough. You should buy the raw, unfiltered honey versus the regular kind you buy in the grocery store that comes in the honey bear plastic container. Raw honey is also good for young children, over 1 year old. It can be mixed in a warm beverage like tea for even more soothing effects.

Wild Cherry Bark is commonly sold as syrup but you can also find it in tea form. It is a good natural remedy when some of the symptoms that you have are a cough and a sore throat. The fruit itself is rich in Vitamin C and it is good to take to prevent the onslaught of a cold or the flu. It is easy to use. You just put crushed wild cherry berries in a drink or eat them plain.

Another great natural remedy that works as a treatment or as a preventive measure is Elderberry. Elderberry commonly is sold as syrup and in some areas, it is locally grown. People that use Elderberry on a consistent basis say that it works great to prevent you from getting the cold or the flu.

Astragalus is a Chinese medicine and it is generally used for night sweats and diarrhea. However, it is also widely used to improve one's immune function.  Some people use it for heart conditions and it is said to lower blood pressure. However, no human studies have been conducted on astragalus so you might want to speak with your doctor before using this natural remedy. It is commonly found in capsule form.

Diet

One of the best natural cold remedies is to eat the right foods when you feel a cold coming on. Foods high in the necessary vitamins and minerals can sometimes stop the infection all together if taken in the earliest stages of some colds. Eat lots of other fresh fruits and vegetables which are high in Vitamin A, B and C such as bananas, oranges, grapefruit, grapes, strawberries and other natural energy boosters.

Also, herbal teas and warm fruit juices will encourage the body to fight colds more effectively. Avoid mucus producing foods especially milk and other dairy products. Also, pastries, cakes and other refined carbohydrates can cause more harm than good during this time. And most importantly, as always stay hydrated with plenty of natural juices such as grapefruit and or orange juice. And don't forget to drink plenty of water.

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Echinacea

This hairy perennial, Echinacea, also called Cone flower, grows about two feet tall, oblong shaped leaves, drooped pedal like purple-rose flower heads, blooms from May to August.

They used the Echinacea herb from insect bites, bee stings to snake bites, colds, smallpox, measles, mumps and arthritis.
Inhaling the smoke from the Echinacea plant was recommended as a headache remedy.

Today it is the worlds most recognized herbal immune booster.
In the 19th century some Doctors used the roots and the rhizomes as an antiseptic and blood purifier to cleanse toxins from the body.

It remained a folk remedy until 1870 when a patent purveyor Dr. H.C.F. Meyer of Pawnee City Nebraska used it in his " Myers Blood Purifier". He claimed that his remedy would cure rattlesnake bites, blood poisoning and other ills.

After 1930 antibiotic became very popular and the Echinacea fell by the wayside, even so it was listed in the National Formulary Pharmacists Reference book, until the herbal revival in the 1970.
The Echinacea herb is a botanical antibiotic and immune stimulant for colds, flu, bladder infection, tonsilitis and other ailments.

The immune stimuating action of the Echinacea would be beneficial for treating a yeast infection. You can buy a tincture and ad it to your juice or water.

If you have Athlest foot. the tincture would be good to use.
The Echinacea herb has three compounds with specific antiviral activity, Coffeic acid, Chicoric acid and Echinacein.

The extract from the Echinacea roots act like interferon, the body's own antiviral compound.

In a study done in Munich, Germany, showed that the Echinacea extract increases the production of the infection fighting T . Lymphocytes, boosting the immune system and it is widely used today to support healthy immune system function.

Cancer patients undergoing radiation and chemo suffer under reduced white blood cell count.
Taking Echinacea extract preserves the drop of the  infection fighting white blood cells.
Consult your physician before taking Echinacea extract.

The combination of the Echinacea and the Goldenrod and Echinacea and Astragalus are excellent

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