A Conjunctivitis Remedy or Red and Sore Eyes, aka, "Pink Eye"

Pink eye, or conjunctivitis, is a common childhood ailment. Conjunctivitis is a contagious ailment, so keep you child away from other kids. It is important to treat this right away so that the condition does not worsen.

This is probably one of the easiest pink eye (conjunctivitis) remedies, using something you already bought at the store. Watch the video, (no, this guy didn't go 4 days without changing his shirt).

Place a cool, moist chamomile tea bag on each closed eye for about 10 minutes. Repeat this every couple hours. You can buy these tea bags at any supermarket or if you're traveling, in the food area of the hotel (where the continental breakfast is served). Make sure that it is straight chamomile tea, chamomile is the only ingredient.

If you have bulk chamomile flowers, that you found in a field or around your house, simply use a muslin tea bag. Bulk chamomile flowers as well as these tea bags and other supplies are available at the Mountain Rose Herbs website (as well as a lot of great close-up photos).

You can also simply make the tea a little stonger, by adding another tea bag or steeping it longer, and then use an eye cup to hold the luke warm tea in each eye (kind or like swimming with your eyes open). You can get an eye cup at most pharmacies.

You can also just wash the eyes out with the chamomile tea, make a compress with a cloth, or even soak a cotton ball in the tea and wipe the eyes every hour or so.

While treating the infected "pink eye" externally, you certainly want to treat your child (or you) internally. Keep yourself nourished and well rested, and stay away from sugar and dairy products. You want to build your immune system and do things that won't "break it down".

    Other pink eye remedies
  • You can also use Eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis). Infuse a teaspoon of the herb in a cup of hot water. Allow to cool, strain. Put the tea in an eye cup (available at pharmacies) and use it in the recommended way.
  • You can wash the eye using 1 cup of boiled and cooled water. Add 5 drops of Eyebright tincture (extract). Use a cotton ball. Never use straight tincture in an eye. Eyebright tincture (Euphrasia officinalis) is available here.
  • Make an herbal steam with chamomile, and breathe in its vapors. See the video below for more information.

How to make an herbal steam with chamomile

Tomorrow: We get using the onion, in the form of cough syrup.

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