Thanks for sharing your results with us. While I haven't found any research studies on Oil of Oregano and herpes, I did find one about an oil that shares some of the same ingredients as oregano oil and its effectiveness against the herpes virus.

Researchers looked at clove essential oil's antiviral properties against herpes. Clove essential oil contains carvacrol and thymol - the same ingredients found in Oil of Oregano. The scientists found clove essential oil exerts antiviral properties against the herpes virus. This may explain how Oil of Oregano may have reduced the severity of your herpes outbreaks. Thanks again for your comments and please keep us up to date on your progress.

Do you know if it is okay to take a few drops of oil of oregano everyday, just for good measure.

Have not had a cold sore in 10 years, then recently got the flu. My entire mouth broke out. I'm a big herbal remedy user, so I used wild oil of oregano. I have used this for a multitude of other things as well. Well, sorry but I used it diligently and still look awful. I think they just have to run their course. The numbing agent in the oil does help and quite possibly prevents more of an outbreak, but they go through stages and that's just the way it is. You're looking at at least 7 to 10 days of misery.

If the cold sore is already in full blown progress and winning the war, NO medication is going to help it get a lot better, but it will stop it from getting much worse and start the healing process.

Know this - cold sores originate in the back of the mouth, where your top and bottom jaws meet at the hinge. The cold sore virus lives there. The 'good army' white blood cells and immune system keep it there, fighting it continually, until another 'war' breaks out somewhere else in your body - like a cold, for instance. They rush off to fight that, and whamo! The cold sore (herpes) virus gets a clear path to race to the front lines and erupt in jubilation - a cold sore.

Sometimes it can be simple stress in your life that allows the virus to come forward as your immune system deals with your stress, which is why sometimes we get a cold sore but no other 'symptoms'.

My partner gets the "Daffy Duck" syndrome - a huge lip and facial area, and very painful. We researched - zinc does wonders. He uses "Lipactin" cold sore medication at the first tingle and it greatly reduces the effects of the herpes. Sometimes the sore doesn't even come out.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE oil of oregano for its many benefits in the human and animal world. I am a touring musician and it sure has saved me over and over again from the many colds, viruses and infections that I encounter. We will be adding it to our cold sore remedies for my partner.

It has just helped my dog's ear infection, and I cannot stress enough how many times it has stopped viruses in their tracks for me. I work in the school system too, on call, and I am around strep throat, viral bronchitis and oftentimes, influenza.

As I said, as soon as I feel the first signs, I take the oil of oregano (drops in my mouth, down my throat, under my tongue) and I never get the virus.