Re: Boric acid for eyewash?

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My grandfather used to dissolve a tsp in a cup of water, kept it in a

jar in the bathroom (glass in the bathroom--I didn't notice at the

time). We are the only two in the family who used it to wash our eyes

out and wound up with severe restless legs syndrome. Connection?

Don't know. Have two other family members with mild cases, so it's

not conclusive, but borates are mild neurotoxins.

Of course, with us, its a matter of which is worse!

kj

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> Thanks, Sue. You are so helpful.

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> Just like everyone on this list.

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> Now I am curious about your homemade-tea! What's in it?

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> Everyone else,

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> Have you ever done a boric acid eyewash?

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> Has your mother every done one on you or did you do it with your

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> I found a recipe for it on the web, but wanted someone's personal

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> I remember that it used to be listed on boric acid containers as an

> appropriate use.

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> I called pharmacists randomly today to get their opinion.

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> They all seemed rather young and would not encourage it.

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> (Somehow that does not surprise me.)

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> Doesn't boric acid repel the mites?

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> Many thanks all,

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> From: bird mites

[mailto:bird mites ] On

> Behalf Of Sue

> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 5:27 PM

> bird mites

> Subject: Re: Alkalol Personal Treatment

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> See the Collyrium link didn/t work - sorry! Try this one:

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> http://www.bausch.

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<http://www.bausch.com/en_US/consumer/visioncare/product/drops/collyri

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> I use a refrigerated herbal tea mixed with water as an eyewash with

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> regular eye cup. Drops I tried never did anything for me (saline,

> Visine). The tea I make up by the gallon & drink.

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> Have used a Bausch & Lomb eyewash in the past called Collyrium:

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> http://www.bausch.

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<http://www.bausch.com/en_US/package_insert/visioncare/drops/collyrium

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> It comes with an eyecup attached to the lid. I ran out but still use

> the eye cup. I don't use it as per their instructions. Tried that &

> just seemed to boomerang the bugs back into the eye from the cup.

> I've found that filling the cup to the brim & holding the cup over

> the sink I can bend over the sink & just barely touch the eye to the

> liquid, flutter my lashes, roll my eye around and take the cup away,

> letting the solution & bugs fall out of my eye into the sink. The

cup

> has to be topped up each time from a measuring cup. It may take half

> a dozen times for each eye to feel cleaned out.

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> Having the eyewash cold minimizes the pain by numbing - these bugs

> sometimes hold on tight & it can hurt. The cold seems to shock them

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> make it harder for them to get a grip.

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> In my case, I suspect that the mites are not getting in, but rather

> coming out & then retreating again.

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> For times I feel them on my eyelashes, I'm spritzing them with cold

> Alkalol. You might want to ask the Alkalol people if it can be used

> as an eyewash. Been meaning to but haven't yet...

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> http://www.alkalolc <http://www.alkalolcompany.com/contact.html>

> ompany.com/contact.html

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> Best wishes, Sue

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> RE: Alkalol Personal Treatment

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> This sounds great, Sue!

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> Wish I could wash my eyes with it.

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> What do you use in your eye cup?

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> From: bird mites@ <mailto:bird mites%40>

> [mailto:bird mites@ <mailto:bird mites%40>

> ] On Behalf Of Sue

> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 10:13 AM

> bird mites@ <mailto:bird mites%40>

> Subject: Alkalol Personal Treatment

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> Alkalol works well for mouth, ears, scalp & skin. After posting

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> it last week as a nasal wash, I nosed around their website

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> http://www.alkalolc <http://www.alkalolcompany.com/faq.html>

> ompany.com/faq.html

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> & found their recommendations for treating mouth sores, ears &

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> bites. The natural ingredients - including eucalyptol, thymol,

> menthol, camphor, and oils of wintergreen, spearmint, pine and

> cinnamon - really knock the mites off guard. I'm using it full

> strength, but it can be diluted up to half with water.

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> They hate it - I love it!

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> I clean out my eyes with an eye cup (not Alkalol) and then wash my

> face, including my eyelids, with a glycolic (fruit acids) cleanser

> with salicylic acid & let it stay on while I use the Alkalol nose

> pot. After rinsing the soap off & patting dry with paper towels, I

> pour the Alkalol from the bottle into the palm of my hand & press it

> on all over face, eyelids & neck. Just let it air dry.

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> It doesn't sting or dry out the skin - very soothing. Smells faintly

> minty - not medicinal. Leaves a slightly shiny film that has a

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> long residual effect - works overnight for me & for hours at a time

> during the day.

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> Put some in a dropper bottle & use in ears. Rubbed on lips removes

> the " chapped " scum & keeps it from forming again.

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> Put some in a small spray bottle & saturated the scalp. Kept in the

> fridge to use any time the crawlies start up. Stops them cold!

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> I find the cold is a double punch to the mites.

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> Eyewash used cold gets them out quicker & also hurts me less with

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> numbing effect.

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> Using also on what remains of crusted sores on my knees & ankles.

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> used herbal poultices to remove most of the scabs. Now just the

> Alkalol is keeping them clean & accelerating healing.

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> I wouldn't have found these additional uses for Alkalol if I hadn't

> answered a question about what I was using for my nose.

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> Another example of how by helping others we help ourselves.

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> Best wishes, Sue

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