Natural treatment for cold sores 22 Apr 2020
A common treatment for cold sores is antiviral cream called aciclovir. A new randomised controlled trial of nearly 1,000 adults with cold sores where they either applied aciclovir cream or medical grade New Zealand manuka honey to the cold sore. There was no significant difference in the time taken for the cold sore to heal:- 8 days for aciclovir cream
- 9 days with New Zealand medical grade manuka honey