How to Cure a Cold Sore with Earwax

Cold sores are painful and unsightly. Taking prescription drugs to prevent or treat cold sores can lead to side effects. There are several natural cures for cold sores, one of which is cheap, free, and usually available in abundance: earwax. I know the idea of curing a cold sore with earwax seems a little gross, but if you've ever been plagued by cold sores, you'd be willing to do almost anything to get rid of them.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Earwax
• A strong stomach

1. The effectiveness of cold sore treatments all depends on one thing, early detection. You can usually tell when a cold sore is coming on because the affected area will burn and itch a few hours to a full day before an outbreak. This itchy, burning time is the best time to treat cold sores, before they appear.

2. For best results, leave the earwax on cold sores overnight. If you feel a cold sore coming on during the daytime, however, then leave the earwax on the cold sore for as long as possible.

3. 
   How to Cure Cold Sores With Earwax Cold Sore Remedies

   Treating cold sores with earwax is amazingly simple. You'll need to mine your own ears for earwax. You won't need a ton so no need to go crazy.

4. Apply the earwax directly to the cold sores. Rub the earwax in as much as you can. If the cold sore has already broken the surface, then you will have to be careful when rubbing. Cold sores can be very painful and tender to the touch.

5. Leave the earwax on at least for several hours. Earwax may cure a cold sore, or it may simply diminish it's size and the length of time it's visible. There are many other cold sore remedies available, but this is definitely the cheapest and most natural.

[alexandriaR]

on 6/29/2009 Seriously? Ear Wax? Try researching Licorice and BHT.
Check Science Journal America and LicoriceBHT.com.
They kill the lipid coating around the cell that makes it vulnerable to the white blood cells.

[princessg]

on 6/14/2009 I'm sorry, but that's just gross! I'm not trying to be rude, I could just never do something like that. It probably works, I wouldn't doubt it.

Good job on an interesting article.

[sonofhoser]

on 3/12/2009 the earwax works!!! i have genital herpes and was getting outbreaks once a month. they would usually last a week or more. tried the earwax, and the outbreak cleared up in two days! also haven't had another outbreak since trying and that was 8 months ago!

[imsummertoo]

on 2/11/2009 Holy crap this sounds like a real thing. I looked it up after reading your article and quite a few people agree that it works. Wow. Thanks for sharing and good job drawing attention to your article. I'm not even completely sure what a cold sore is- I don't get them but I was so curious from your title, I had to read it lol Amazing how the body works.

[GreenMomma]

on 2/4/2009 that is one of the strangest remedies I've heard yet but I'm passing it on to a friend anyway! 5*