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Cold-sore miracle remedy
I am prone to cold sores once the weather turns colder and although I have tried several of the remedies you have recommended over the years, I have found nothing that really zaps them. My problem is that they are often on my lips and so take much longer to heal.
After four years clear without any sign of an outbreak, I had the exact same problem at the end of the summer and so sympathise with you because although the sore was small, it was on the lip and refused to heal despite liberal applications of tea tree oil and anything else I could think of.
Eventually, I took a leap of faith and decided to try Themba, a topical cream made from an African plant called Kigelia whose common name is the African sausage (because of the sausage shape of the fruits dangling from the trees) and which I normally recommend for eczema, psoriasis and burns.
I rarely use the word miracle but in three days, the sore not only dried but cleared without scarring catapulting this remedy to my top rated recommendation for cold sores this year. I never travel without a pot in my handbag and use it for all manner of minor ailments including my young daughter’s everyday cuts and scrapes and grazes.
You won’t find this cream in most health shops and so will need to mail order it from the Yorkshire-based The Little Herbal Company (01484 685100) which imports it directly in from Africa. A 30g pot, which will last several months, costs £11.95 plus £1 p&p.