Home remedies for cold sores: ice

There are several simple home remedies for cold sores that you can usefully apply the next time you feel an outbreak coming on. The first of these is simply to apply an ice pack to the area in which you get your cold sores, holding it in place for up to 30 minutes. This should be done at the tingle stage and can help reduce the amount of swelling that occurs. More radically it can reduce the severity of a cold sore attack, or in some cases prevent a cold sore from appearing at all.