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I may just have to ride this one out, but does anyone have a good treatment for pink eye? Something natural to give relief and possibly speed up recovery?

Right now I’m just trying my best not to rub them and using a wet wash cloth pressed on them to soften/take the discharge away.

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While not a cure, a treatment I have favored is cool compresses on the eyes to help reduce inflammation. A wringed out clean cotton cloth soaked in cold water is as simple as it gets in my opinion.

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Chamomile tea compress. It will soothe and relieve the irritation.

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Melonie Corder wrote:Chamomile tea compress. It will soothe and relieve the irritation.



I’ll give this a try! Thank you!

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I asked Mr Google who said to use lubricating eye drops so this thread where I was asking about natural eye drops might help and another thread I found on herbs for eyes:

https://permies.com/t/234927/Natural-Eye-Drops-Ointment-Herbs

https://permies.com/t/172300/Herbs-Eye-Injuries-Irritations

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When my mother lived with us she had pink eye periodically and we made and used a goldenseal decoction.  
Let it cool and apply with a clean cloth.  
I think it's important to use a clean cloth each time as it can be viral or bacterial....sometimes caused by allergies I think.

Hers seemed to be a chronic thing and none of the rest of the family ever got it.
We never discovered a cause for hers.

The goldenseal does stain eye whites and skin a nice jaundice yellow that we had to explain to her home health nurse who was impressed with the 'cure'.

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You could try washing/bathing eyes with a cooled infusion of Eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis),  I have treated styes on eyelids and conjunctivitis with it.  You can make a strong infusion and it will keep for a week in the fridge.  Make sure it is at room temperature when you use it (3 or 4 times a day).

In France I can get hold of it in any herbal pharmacy, I don't know in the US, but I would imagine there are herbal shops that can provide it.  Try to get organic if you can,  It is quite a remarkable little flower and it is not called Eyebright for nothing.  Hope it helps.   All the best.

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I was told by the Mother of my son's friend years ago, that the hottest compress you can tolerate, will actually slow the reproduction of the infectious microbe and kill them. It seemed to work with my boys the one time they both got pink eye (which suggested it was an infection).

A quick search doesn't show up anything definitive, but maybe some other permies have tried this.

I boiled the cloths between use to be sure I was killing anything on them.

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I've used eyebright/euphrasia officionalis (orally) since my kids were little. Without fail, it was gone in 24hrs or less, often with a single dose.

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I recall milk being used on pink eye. I would think raw would be helpful. My recollection is a mother in nepal gave some breast milk for someones pink eye. It was over 10 years ago that this happened. Probably worth reading about more.

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jordan barton wrote:I recall milk being used on pink eye. I would think raw would be helpful. My recollection is a mother in nepal gave some breast milk for someones pink eye. It was over 10 years ago that this happened. Probably worth reading about more.



I'm not sure if normal dairy works, or not, but yup - La Leche League touts breast milk as a treatment for it.

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I got some chamomile tea and oral eyebright to try. I’ve also been soaking with both cool and hot compresses as they get irritated which seems to help.

Thanks so much everyone for the input. It’s does seem to be on the mend 🤞.

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Pop two black teabags in boiling water for a few minutes then set them aside to cool a bit - then either apply the warm teabags to your eyes, or stick 'em in the fridge for 10-20 mins depending on whether heat or chill feels better. The caffeine reduces inflammation (and redness), the tannins ease itching, and the antioxidants help fight infection. For bonus points, lie on your back and squeeze the teabags a little to let liquid pool in your eye socket. Keep the bags on your eyes for at least 15 minutes, or as long as you can lie there, and repeat throughout the day as discomfort recurres, which it will for at least a few days.
 
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Coconut oil has helped me. I also use a plain water spray bottle just to rinse with closed eyelids and gently wipe dry from inside to outside with clean cloth. I appreciate the other suggestions!
 
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I use coloidal silver. A few drops in each eye 2-3x/ day. It works so well I always take it with me traveling.
 
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I once purchased colloidal silver that had a warning label not to use it in the eyes...

Anyone know why they may have said that?

My Grampa went blind in his 40's, so I may be oversensitive to endangering my eyes.

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hydrosol colloidal silver is what we use its not just regular colloidal silver worked great for our conjunctivitis the whole family got it from a virus and it worked exceptionally well
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Breast milk is a perfect cure. Quality raw goat or cow milk would be second best. Just a few drops and it clears up. I used it on my human babies many times for all manor of things, and now I use dam's milk for my goat and sheep babies. It's so gentle and accessible (for me) so a good first step. My third choice would be colloidal silver.
 
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