For oral herpes, use this tincture topically and internally to shorten the duration of cold sores. Made with ethanol alcohol, St. John’s wort, lemon balm, and garden sage, all these plants have constituants that help alleviate the pain and emotional stress of cold sores. In one ounce and two ounces bottles. Not approved by the FDA. Contraindicated to ingest if on SSRIs, birth control, or life saving medications (St John’s wort supports the liver in such a way, the body processes too quickly for constituents of medications to be properly absorbed).