pink eye

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Got any port wine??? I use it for the goats and works fabulous... otherwise eyebright formula

Herbal Wash for the Eyes: This formula is excellent for brightening and healing eyes, and it is known to remove the cataracts and heavy film from the eyes. (Schulze's formula)

1 part Bayberry bark (Myrica cerifera) 1/8 part Cayenne (Capsicum fastigiatum, Capsicum minimum) 1 part Eyebright herb (Euphrasia officinalis) 1 part Golden seal root (Hydrastis canadensis) 1 part Red raspberry leaves (Rubus idaeus) Make this into tea form and put into a glass eye cup. If you feel that the cayenne

might be too potent to begin with, strengthen the eye by using the four above-mentioned herbs at first, or you can use less than 1/8 teaspoon of cayenne

to begin with. There will be a slight burning sensation when using the cayenne in

the eye at first, but there is nothing to be concerned about. Tip the head back

and apply the eye cup to the eye. Exercise eye while doing this as though you were

swimming under water. Do this morning and night.

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Formulae by includes the following herbs:

Eyebright flower and leaves, goldenseal root, Red Raspberry leaf, Mullein flower, Fennel seed, Rue tops and habanero.

Therapeutic Action:

Based on an old formula from the late Dr. , this eyewash

cleanses and strengthens the eyes. It increases blood circulation to the eyes and will remove toxic waste in and around the eyes and reverse eye diseases and destroys bacterial infections. Dosage:

Mix 5 to 10 drops of tincture into an eyecup and the fill up with room temperature distilled water. Hold the eyecup up to your eye and tip your head back. Open your eye under the solution. It will burn a little bit at first. Now do eye exercises while under the solution, looking left and right, up and down, circles left and right. Rinse out the eyecup and do the other eye.

Suzi

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Never heard of port wine. So no. LOL

I don't have the eyebrite formula. The herbs I have layin around would be all the herbs in the IC#1 and I have a batch of Echinacea Plus and some Super Tonic.

In the refrigerator I have lots of fruits and veggies including fresh garlic.

That's why I was wondering if I could somehow use garlic (other than putting it in my eye... ouch!)

Candace

-----Original Message-----From: health [mailto:health ]On Behalf Of SuzanneSent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 7:38 PMhealth Subject: Re: Pink Eye

Got any port wine??? I use it for the goats and works fabulous... otherwise eyebright formula

Herbal Wash for the Eyes: This formula is excellent for brightening and healing eyes, and it is known to remove the cataracts and heavy film from the eyes. (Schulze's formula)

1 part Bayberry bark (Myrica cerifera) 1/8 part Cayenne (Capsicum fastigiatum, Capsicum minimum) 1 part Eyebright herb (Euphrasia officinalis) 1 part Golden seal root (Hydrastis canadensis) 1 part Red raspberry leaves (Rubus idaeus) Make this into tea form and put into a glass eye cup. If you feel that the cayenne

might be too potent to begin with, strengthen the eye by using the four above-mentioned herbs at first, or you can use less than 1/8 teaspoon of cayenne

to begin with. There will be a slight burning sensation when using the cayenne in

the eye at first, but there is nothing to be concerned about. Tip the head back

and apply the eye cup to the eye. Exercise eye while doing this as though you were

swimming under water. Do this morning and night.

---------- NOTE:

Formulae by includes the following herbs:

Eyebright flower and leaves, goldenseal root, Red Raspberry leaf, Mullein flower, Fennel seed, Rue tops and habanero.

Therapeutic Action:

Based on an old formula from the late Dr. , this eyewash

cleanses and strengthens the eyes. It increases blood circulation to the eyes and will remove toxic waste in and around the eyes and reverse eye diseases and destroys bacterial infections. Dosage:

Mix 5 to 10 drops of tincture into an eyecup and the fill up with room temperature distilled water. Hold the eyecup up to your eye and tip your head back. Open your eye under the solution. It will burn a little bit at first. Now do eye exercises while under the solution, looking left and right, up and down, circles left and right. Rinse out the eyecup and do the other eye.

Suzi

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On 10/6/05, Candace Podratz <cpodratz@...> wrote:

Hey gang!Long time no...see? I have a question. I am at work and can't search thearchives so if it's in there - sorry!

What would you guys do for pink eye? As I'm sitting here at work my eyes aregetting redder and redder and gookier and gookier. A coworker's son just hadpink eye so I'm thinking that has to be what it is. They're starting to

hurt.

I've had great luck with just eyebright tea bags, moistened, and placed on the eye. worked for me!

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Hre's a whole list of ideas

Ingredients: Jasmin flowersDistilled waterInstructions: When you have pink eyes with yellow discharge, this works like a charm.Fill a clean glass jar about 2ins below the mouth with distilled water and put 7-10 Jasmin flowers into the jar. Cover with a clean lid (use a saucer) and leave it overnight.In the morning drop some water into the eye(s) with a jasmin flower, repeat few times until your eye(s) are soaked. Do this three times a day and pink eye will be gone within three days.

Ingredients: 2 tbp Warm Water1 tbs HoneyInstructions: In a glass, place some warm water and then place in some honey and mix. Take a few pieces of toliet paper and fold them together so you have a little 1x3 inch strip. WASH YOUR HANDS. Dip the corner of the toliet paper into the mixture and then squeeze a few drops into the infected eye(s). You'll feel a little burning discomfort, nothing terrible, just close your eyes and relax for 2min. Try to do this a few times a day (3min). The area around your eyes will get a little sticky, but try not to rinse the area for atleast 5 min. You will see and feel better within a day.I advise doing this for at least 2 days to be sure the infection is gone.

I went to my corner store one evening, and had a very bad, cold in both my eyes. At first I thought it may be pinkeye. The man told me to go home, get a tea bag, and boil it. Let it cool, and soak my eyes with it all evening. I did as he said, and the very next morning my eyes were clear like nothing had ever been wrong with the eyes, at all. Works great!!

Ingredients: black tea bagssaltInstructions: A year ago I tried the tea bags and honey in one episode and took a few days to clear.Most recent episode, tried useing just tea bags for 2 days resulting in a slow recovery. Then I revisited this web site and tried washing eye lids and lashes thoroughly with mild soap and followed by warm compress for a few minutes. This seemed to stop the burning and dryness feeling right away. Then used a half teaspoon or so salt and a glass of warm water to make a solution to flush infected eye with eye lids spread open. This will sting, but as infection leaves over time burning will decrease. I followed flushing with a warm salty tea bag compress for a few minutes to draw infection out. I only needed to repeat process or part of the processes three times over a span of one evening and the next morning. Pink eye cleared up very nicely. Great web site!

Ingredients: cotton ballssaltpot to boil waterInstructions: This is the #1 Best Home Remedy for minor eye infections (like pink eye, etc.)The earlier you do it (once you get the eye infection) the better.1. Boil water in a pot.2. Wait till water cools down a little bit.3. Add salt to the water.4. Throw cotton balls inside the pot of water.5. Wait till the water cool down to room temperature.6. Sink the cotton balls down to bottom of pot (so it can absorb more of the salt from the salted water)7. Take out wet cotton balls.8. Lie down face up and close your eyes and place the wet cotton balls on top of your closed eyes.And lie there (with the wet cotton balls on top of your closed eyes) for about 5 minutes.The salter water will enter your eye and it will kill the infection.You might even feel and see salt running down from your eyes afterwards.That is good.This is the #1 Best Home Remedy for minor eye

infections

Ingredients: coffeeInstructions: you heat up a little coffee (make sure you make it with water)and put a few drops in your eye and keep your head back while doing this then put your head up wipe your eye it may be dry so add a few eye drops

Ingredients: Iodized salt, Warm to hot water. Instructions: Fill up your bathroom sink with warm/hot water. Put 1/2 a talbe spoon of salt into the water and make sure that it is disolved before going on. Make sure that the water isn't too hot for your eyes. When the salt is all disolved dip your head into the sink and blink a few times to make sure that the warm salt water is really getting in to your eye.There should be no major discomfort, there may be a tiny bit of stinging but nothing unbearable.Make sure that these isnt too mush saly in the water. Make sure that the share of salt to water is in balance. It worked for me, it cleared up my pink eye with in a day or two. and i hope that my advice will also help some of you

Ingredients: Baby shampoo (cheapest on the shelf)Instructions: First place a very warm wet washcloth over your eyes for a minute or two. Then put a small amount of baby shampoo on the same washcloth and thoroughly wash the eyelash area taking care to clean the base of the lashes. Rinse carefully. Repeat in the evening. This cures pink eye in a day or two and is also safe to use on children. An old eye doctor told me of this remedy.

Ingredients: WashclothORBreast MilkInstructions: Now, most eye bacteria is easily killed with heat, so take a warm wash cloth and hold it over your eye, or some other warm object over your eye repeatedly throughout the day. If you want to sterilize your washclothes for repeated uses, you can microwave them for two minutes, that kills all the bacteria, but be forewarned! DO NOT put it back on your eye straight from the microwave, it is WAY too hot. So make sure it is cool enough before you use it again.Another remedy is breast milk. Especially easy to do to babies, simply spray it on in their eye. Breast milk contains the antibodies for pinkeye as long as the mom has had it at some point. It worked great on my husband too!

I AM HAVE WORKED IN THE EYE CARE FIELD FOR OVER 9 YEARS AND MY FATHER IS AN OPTOMETRIST AND ONE OF THE WAYS TO KEEP YOUR EYES FROM CRUSTING TOGETHER WAS TO USE VASELINE AND A Q-TIP AND RUB SOME ON THE INNER LID, THIS CAN RESULT IN A BAD CASE OF STY'S ON THE EYE LIDS. ON THING THAT WOULD WORK WOULD BE TO USE A PRODUCT CALLED LIDSCRUB IT DOES A GREAT JOB OF CLEANING THE EYE LIDS. the VASELINE COULD JUST MAKE A BAD THING WORSE

Ingredients: Sea salt (only in desperate times - regular salt)Warm waterInstructions: Soak a small amount of sea salt in warm water. A few drops in affected eye every 2-3 hours and by day two you should be cured.

Ingredients: Tsp. Table SaltWarm WaterWhite washclothInstructions: When I was a kid my mother would run warm water in the bathroom sink and put about a teaspoon of salt in the water. After the salt dissolved she would put the white washcloth in the water squeeze the excess waterout of the towel and use it to wipe my eyes. It would soften the crust on the eyes and after about a day or so it would be gone. I don't know how it worked but my brother,sister and I have never had to go to the doctor for it. Most people I've told about it are kinda weary because of the saltbut I've never had a problem with it.

Ingredients: EYEBRIGHT herbal teaInstructions: This works very well - for intsant itch relief and the clearing of redness. Take eyebright (fresh it you can pick some) or buy tea from an herb shop or health food store..... make a strong tea out of it (1 teabag for 1/3 cup of water) let the water cool (can place in freezer).. Once cool bathe and rinse your eye in the solution. It will feel really tigh at first, but as you blink this feeling will go away... immediately he eye will stop itching (the herb is anti-bacterial agent) and within a day or so the entire problem will be gone

Ingredients: two warm regular tea bag's Instructions: place warm tea bag over infected eye till bag cool's off the replace with the other warm tea bag the warm tea draws the infection out and clears it up sooner then over the counter meds

Hi & Thanks for your website! I just have one comment to the eye remedies for pink eye. I went to the store to get a bottle of soft contact solution to try it and right on the package (I read 4 different packages) it says, Not To Use Directly In The Eye. I'm not saying it doesn't work, but when they say to rinse eye if you get it directly in it gives me caution Not To Do That! I just thought people might not read the Warnings and Hey, maybe nothing bad will happen, but people should be aware that you shouldn't put it directly in the eyes.

Ingredients: Soft Contact Lens SolutionInstructions: I found this remedy on this board when I got Pink Eye and was looking for a home-made cure.I tried It and it REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, WORKED!!!! I mean in 2 days, there was SUPER improvement. So, I just wanted to pass on to others that it does work. I bought a bottle of SOFT CONTACT LENS CLEANER (it must be soft, NOT hard, SOFT), and 2 eyewash cups - which can be purchased inexpensively at any pharmacy. I filled one cup with the soft contact lens solution and held it over my eye.I kept my eye open so that the solution could really get onto the eye. I moved my eye aroundin the solution too. I repeated this step on my other eye using the other eyewash cup. I had pink eye in both eyes. The solution is cold when it hits the eye, but nothing un-bearable. Also when using the eyewash cup, resist the urge to tilt your head completely backwards - it does notwork. Just keep your head at a

normal angle - as though you were speaking to someone at eyelevel and looking them straight in the eye. Also, be sure to rinse the eyewash cups thoroughlywith warm-hot water after each use. I used the soft contact lens eye wash about every 4-6 hours,sometimes more often even. It really, really works. And, for the early stages when your eyelids are being stuck together from the mucus, just use a q-tip and apply some vaseline to the insiderim of your eye and maybe the top and bottom lashes - your eyes will not stic together. If you use the vaseline, be sure to wipe it off with a warm rag or something BEFORE using the softcontact lens solution wash. I hope this helps someone, because it REALLY helped me FAST! Many thanks to the original person who submitted this remedy on this board:

Ingredients: q-tipvaselineInstructions: If you have or are frequently plagued by the ugly disgusting pink eye... try this:take a q-tip, apply a small amount of vaseline on the tip. roll it around on the inside of the vaseline container so it is an even amount on tip.Next take the tip with the vaseline and roll it on the inside of you eyelids- this will prevent you eyes from crusting together- which is when pink eyegets its worst. Your eyes might feel a little slimy but that is no where near as bad as when they are crusted shut. I get pink eye quite alot (I work in day care-I come home with all sorts of things)and at night i put just a bit on my eyes JUST IN CASE it decides to strike me.

Ingredients: 1 cup water1 teaspoon honey Instructions: I mix the honey into the water which is warm. After the honey is dissolved I put a couple of drops into the infected eye. Honey is a natural antibiotic and has significant healing properties. I usually do this remedy three times in one day and that does the trick.

Ingredients: Any antibacterial soft-contact solutionInstructions: Even if you do not wear contacts, it is a good idea to keep a bottle of SOFT contact solution on hand. (Hard contact solution has a thicker consistency than the soft contact solution, which looks just like water.) If you have pink eye, just use the solution like regular eye drops. It releives the slight burning, and since it is an anti-bacterial solution, it cures the infection. It works extreemly fast, and besides being cold, it is in no way uncomfortable. You can also apply it as many times a day as you feel necessary, and a small bottle would only cost about $3 at any pharmacy, drugstore, or supermarket.(That is $3 as opposed to a gooey ointment from your doctor, by perscription.) It works!

Ingredients: Hi! my name Isis i beleive eveyone has had pink eye well i have a very good remedie that my aunt gave you just wipe your eyes with manzanilla tea it has to be a little warm thoe it ill go away in less than a day. It is safe on babies..... ============================================================================Ingredients: ChamolilewaterInstructions: place chamolile in a pot filled with water, bring it to a boil. Then strain the chamolile and leave the chamolile water. Take a clean washcloth and soak it on the water. Then take it and place it on your infected eye. Do this 2 times a day, For a couple a days. Then voila, its gone.

Ingredients:

eye dropperwatereye brightI nfuse 1 teaspoon of eye bright to a cup of hot water. wait till boby temp(test on inner side of wrist). use eye dropper to drop 2-3 drops into infected eye 3-4 times daily redusing to 2 times daily as infection subsides.an eye bath may be used in place of eye dropper, if eye bath is used then wash eye 3 times daily for 10-15 seconds each blinking while washing.as with any herbs being used on soft tissue you should always ask your doctor befor starting treatment.

Ingredients: washclothwarm waterInstructions: Place washcloth in warm water, remove excess water, and place on infected eye for 10 minutes 10 times a day

I had pink eye when I was a teenager and two of my children had it too. I heard that a warm "orange pekoe" tea bag helped, so I tried it. Something in the tea bag draws the infection out when it is place over the eye. Just warm up the teabag, place it over the closed infected eye with your head tilted back for as long as you can.(The longer and more frequent the better). This works! It's gross to look at the bag because the infection will be drawn to the bag. Change them after this happens and keep it as warm as possible.

Usa

grate one red potato rap it in gause and apply to your eye. goes away in one to two days

Suzi

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Conjunctivitis Conjunctivitis or "pink eye" is an inflammation of the conjunctiva the membrane that covers the whole eyeball and the inside of the eyelids. The symptoms of conjunctivitis are redness, eye pain, burning, blur vision, feeling of dryness and discharge of a sticky fluid. Conjunctivitis is very contagious wash your hands and do not touch the affected area. We recommend Mix 2 tsp. chamomile flowers. 1 tsp. Oregon grape root. 2 cups of boiling water. Let it sit for 20 minutes, cool, strain and use an eyewash. Use calendula in bacterial or viral conjunctivitis to reduce itching and inflammation, heal and soothe. It's an antiseptic perfect for irritation due to pollutants and allergies. Use it as a local compress and eyewash. It is available in eye drops as well. Use a lotion made out of Vitamin A and apply it directly. If the eye is swollen, peel a potato and cut it in thin slices place them on eyes affected by conjunctivitis.

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Very true.. even works on ear infections.Jan <jgonz@...> wrote: Another pink eye remedy, which only works if you're a breastfeeding mom ;-), is to put a little breastmilk in the baby/child/adult's eye. Breastmilk is Amazingly wonderful stuff. :-) Jan G. SAHM of 8, breastfeeding advocate __________________________________________________