Homeopathy for cold sores

Medical: Herpes labialis

Cold sores on the lips, on the edge of the lips, or around the mouth.

Homeopathic medicines

At the Cold sore (Herpes labialis) can have the following homeopathic medicines help:

• Arsenicum album (White Arsenic)
• Dulcamara (bittersweet)
• Rhus toxicodendron (poison sumac)
• Sepia (squid)
• Sodium chloratum (sodium muriaticum / common salt)

Arsenicum album (White Arsenic)

Prescription up to and including D3!

• Always recurring with pronounced, severe burning pain
• Herpes often as a side effect of serious underlying diseases, recognizable by great exhaustion after little exertion
• The blisters dry quickly, the skin becomes rough and peeled off in small lamellas (like flour)
• Pain worsens at night and from cold

find application Arsenicum album (White Arsenic) at the Cold sore especially in Drop D6.

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Dulcamara (bittersweet)

• Cold sores as a result of wetness and cold or in women before Menstrual period
• Aggravated by cold
• Improvement through warmth.

Typical dosage of Dulcamara (bittersweet) with angina: Drops D6 and D12

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Rhus toxicodendron (poison sumac)

• Cold sores are repeatedly triggered by febrile infections
• also through gastrointestinal infections diarrhea

General dosage of Rhus toxicodendron (poison sumac): Drops D12

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Sepia (squid)

• Cold sores occur after eating fish
• Preferred remedy for women in menopause, irritable, moody, hot flashes

At Cold sore can at Sepia (squid) can be used in the following dosage: Globules C30

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Sodium chloratum (sodium muriaticum / common salt)

• Cold sores occur when you are at the seaside, after eating seafood or after exposure to the sun
• Much thirst
• Cravings for salted foods.

At Cold sore can at Sodium chloratum (sodium muriaticum / common salt) can be used in the following dosage: Tablets D12

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