On Jul 12, 2007, at 9:06 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

>> Lysine. Take 3 500-mg tablets twice a day until the sore heals.   
>> For me, this is usually overnight.
>
> I was about to ask whether this would work with canker sores too.   
> But canker sores, although like cold sores can be exacerbated by  
> stress, are an autoimmune rather than a viral problem.
>
> Interesting.
>
> Jim


In my mind there is no difference between autoimmune and viral. We  
all have a sliding scale of reactivity, and all the viruses are in us  
most of the time anyway. So it's always a matter of the body's  
keeping its balance and not allowing anything to get the upper hand  
and express itself. If we do have autoimmune disease, which is more  
or less in all of us these days, due to the insults we ourselves and  
our forbears have suffered - or self-inflicted:) - then we will react  
faster to less. Cause is never the most important thing, as anything  
that triggers a reaction points out wherein our disease lies - and  
that is inside us.


ginny