Ointment for cold sores

Here is a good ointment for cold sores: Dries out the blisters, without there being protracted scabs, covers, prevents smear infections, can be powdered. It is also a useful healing ointment for minor injuries and pimples.

You need:

  • 20 g soft zinc ointment (pasta cinci mollis)
  • 20 g of healing earth
  • 1 teaspoon of calendula tincture

Mix everything in a jar or mix in the pharmacy. If necessary, remove with a cotton swab and apply to the cold sores.

Mayo Clinic Minute: 3 things you didn't know about cold sores | April 2024