Cold Sores: Apply a dampened aspirin to the sore for three minutes. It's less painful than capsaicin. Sunny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Constance Allen" <constance_allen@charter.net> To: "Mark Barringer" <mdogdrum@earthlink.net> Cc: "Chile-Heads Mailing List" <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [CH] Not a lovely subject: Cold sores. > Cold sores/fever blisters/herpes: > > This is a virus that runs in my family vertically and horizontially. > Stress most often triggers an outbreak. I've heard that the herpes > virus is in the chicken pox family (don't quote me on this). > > My sister and I break out in fever blisters all over our face when we > are over exposed to the sun and STRESS. > > We have a prescription for Zovirax 5% ointment that we use at the > slightest feeling/twinge of a breakout on our face. It helps but does > not prevent. > > Cheese, > -- > Constance Allen > aka F.I.G. Newton (Rumpole's Private Detective) > Ripon, California > > mailto:constance_allen@charter.net >