Re: ] Sea Salt and Cold sores

[Guest guest]

Lynnie,

do you know if he used sea salt or dead sea salt?

There is alot of difference, but this really has my attention

Lucinda

] Sea Salt and Cold sores

I had some extensive dental work done on Friday. The last few days,

I've been experiencing painful coldsores/blisters both on my lips and on

my gums. Today I visited the dentist to get some relief and make sure I

wasn't having some kind of reaction to the procedure. He applied

distilled water and Sea Salt to the cold sores, and much to my surprise

they are healing up ALREADY!! Has anyone heard of this? I can't find

out much about it on the web.

Is this something I can concoct at home rather than an office visit????

You guys just can't believe the difference in 2 hours! Patty, I was

thinking that maybe you would know the answer to this, you are so smart!

The best things in life --are not things.

[Guest guest]

I'll let my biologist by training side come out here for a minute (shhhhh,

I'd much rather be a full time soap maker, but something has to pay the

bills).

Cold sores are usually caused by a viral infection. Most viruses and

bacteria can not survive in a hyper-saline environment. When my mother was

pregnant with me, she had a problem with her nerves (knowing more medically

now, it was probably an infection or immune deficiency) that made her skin

blister and peel. She constantly had open wounds that wouldn't heal.

Nothing seemed to cure it. Then our family doctor who believed in home

remedies, sent her to the Jersey shore by herself and made her stand in the

salt water for hours a day. It put her in tears, but it also cured her, and

it never came back.

By treating you with " super saline " he basically made your mouth an

unwelcoming environment. This is the same reason they tell you to gargle

with salt water when you have a bad sore throat. So yes, you can do it at

home.

in RI

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Subject: ] Sea Salt and Cold sores

Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:44:31 -0500

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[Guest guest]

Lynnie,

do you know if he used sea salt or dead sea salt?

There is alot of difference, but this really has my attention Lucinda

The best things in life --are not things.

Dr. Don did not say, I was in a lot of pain when I went in. He applied

this with a swab gently to the affected areas. He told me that it was

" very, very purified water and sea salts " . I did not think to ask him

what particular kind of salt it was. He told me that it not only took

down the swelling and pain (it did), it also killed the actual virus.

(I'm assuming the Herpes Simplex Type 1? I have much less swelling and

pain, and can feel the skin actually drawing in, some of the area that

was beginning to heal this morning is now actually healed already. I've

been trying to research this online most of the day and the only thing I

keep coming up with is mostly advertisements for alternative cold sore

meds that are overpriced and most likely don't work. It really has my

attention to, mostly because I really HATE cold sores and anytime I get

dental work the stress of it sends my poor lips into a tizzy.

Lynnie (who has what my mama calls lipschitz right now. Hahah)

[Guest guest]

Thank you for your answer . I appreciate it.

The best things in life --are not things.

[Guest guest]

One of the important things about curing cold sores is that you have to dry

them out. I have used alcohol (rubbing) for years and if I start dabbing it

on when the itch first starts I can keep it from becoming a real mess. A

doctor told me this and it works. But I can see how salt would be just as

good, no matter what kind it is. Warm salt water sniffed into the sinus

cavities and throat is great therapy for a sore throat or infected sinuses.

Salt is a great preservative and cleanser.

Anne

http://www.annelees.com/oils/

[Guest guest]

> This is the same reason they tell you to gargle with salt water

when you have a bad sore throat. So yes, you can do it at

> home.

>

> in RI

I knew there must be a reason behind that sore throat cure...that's

what my Mom always had us do!

in CT [another ex-Jersey girl myself!! I grew up in sight of

Sandy Hook and the twin lighthouse!]

[Guest guest]

Yep, there's something to a lot of those old family remedies. Honey

and lemon for a cough, hot red wine boiled with whole cloves for a

chest cold, baking soda paste to remove bee stingers or draw out

boiles, scotch rubbed on the gums for a tooth ache. We definitely

over use medication. The " old timers " cured a lot without them, and

those things still work.

Beautiful area you are from. I was " up north " , 20 minutes from

Manhatten. Loved it. Write me off list if you want to find other

southern new england soapers.

BTW, I just joined your Botanical Elements network.

in RI

>

> I knew there must be a reason behind that sore throat cure...that's

> what my Mom always had us do!

>

> in CT [another ex-Jersey girl myself!! I grew up in sight of

> Sandy Hook and the twin lighthouse!]

[Guest guest]

> One of the important things about curing cold sores

If this is herpes, the most important thing is that it IS NOT CURABLE

and it is HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS. Sea salts may help an outbreak but it

will not cure it.

Sharon