Cold sores: a vegetable gel to combat it

    Cold sores: a vegetable gel to combat it

    Soon a new all-natural drug could cure cold sores. The new gel, christened CS20 and produced by a French research team from Hôpital L'Archet in Nice, promises to defeat the infection caused by the infamous Herpes simplex 1 virus, but not to prevent relapses.



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    Soon a new one drug completely natural could cure thecold sores. The new freeze, baptized CS20 and produced by a French research team from the Hôpital L'Archet in Nice, it promises to defeat the infection caused by the infamous Herpes simplex 1 virus, but not to prevent relapses.

    The ingredients of the new anti-herpes gel are all natural: it is about triglycerides of plant origin, without the presence of any drug. CS20, at least so far, it seems to have withstood the comparison made in the course of the French study, with one of the most used antivirals for the treatment of herpes, theacyclovir. In fact, during the research and tests, some patients were treated with the gel, others with the well-known drug and a third group with a placebo.

    The three treatments were placed on the mucous membrane of the lips and an intensity score was assigned to the 4 typical symptoms of herpes: pain, burning, itching and itching, keeping under control the classic skin alterations caused by the virus, i.e. edema. crusting and erythema. With remarkable results, which would even seem to attest to the greater effectiveness of the natural gel compared to acyclovir. Mother Nature docet.

    “With the CS20 the overall score improved already after the first day of local application, while with the comparison antiviral it took a good week. The burning subsided after a couple of days with both the gel and acyclovir, but the intensity of the effect was more marked with the former. The same was true of pain. Skin changes also regressed more rapidly " has explained Jean-Paul Ortonne, dermatologist at Hôpital L'Archet in Nice.



    The study was published in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology.

    Francesca Mancuso

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