Guest guest Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Does anyone have a good remedy for conjunctivitis for my six year old? I have tried eyebright but although it starts to clear up we end up back at square one. I don't want to go to the doctor as when my son had it before they gave us drops containing mercury. Any help gratefully received! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 I tried using MSM for my dry eyes and CS too. CS will sting if it is killing something like bacteria off. I wouldn't do it to a little one. Maybe wipe along the outside but not use it as drops. Do you think the child could be low in taurnine? This is an amino acid support that the eyes needs. I don't know if conjunctivitis is a sign of low taurine. Liz D. I have heard colloidal silver directly in the eye is helpful. I do virtually all natural approaches to attack stuff but I must say, if it were my family, I would need to do some research to make sure it would be okay. There is something that sounds scary to me about putting it in the eye. I have given both adults and kids colloidal silver internally. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Does anyone have a good remedy for conjunctivitis for my six year old? According to my herbal books, heat kills many of the microorganisms that causes conjunctivitis. So use any preparation like eyebright tea or even camomile tea as hot as you can - please test on your eyelid first before applying to the child. Soak a cotton pad in the tea and apply to the closed eyelid. Repeat several times a day. I have had great success with this treatment on my kids. (Some books recommend adding goldenseal in the tea, but goldenseal can be very expensive - but it is antibacterial/antiviral.) Also recommended are vitamin A, C and E and zinc supplements to strenghten the eye and aid healing. Another alternative would be to go to a good pharmacy and ask them for some sort of drops. I find that good, experienced pharmacists are much more knowledgeable about side effects and other consequences of medications and can help you find something that will work without causing harm. But usually they are at least 50-60 years old!. Abby OT: Help! Conjunctivitis I have tried eyebright but although it starts to clear up we end up back at square one. I don't want to go to the doctor as when my son had it before they gave us drops containing mercury. Any help gratefully received! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 In a message dated 2/23/04 2:10:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, Thorpeheather@... writes: > Does anyone have a good remedy for conjunctivitis for my six year old? , I have heard colloidal silver directly in the eye is helpful. I do virtually all natural approaches to attack stuff but I must say, if it were my family, I would need to do some research to make sure it would be okay. There is something that sounds scary to me about putting it in the eye. I have given both adults and kids colloidal silver internally. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 >>I have heard colloidal silver directly in the eye is helpful. I do virtually all natural approaches to attack stuff but I must say, if it were my family, I would need to do some research to make sure it would be okay. There is something that sounds scary to me about putting it in the eye. I have given both adults and kids colloidal silver internally. I'm not an expert of colloidal silver at all, but my opinion is that colloidal silver is a metal and I wouldn't give it to my kids if they had any sort of liver problem or metal toxicity. A person with a healthy liver may be able to process it, but I'm not so sure about people who are mercury or other metal toxic. I know it does work because it kills germs/viruses/bacteria. The herbal docs I studied under were very against it but I can't remember all the reasons. The practice of using metals to kill viruses etc comes from the middle ages when they used metals like gold, siver and mercury to cure diseases. Many patients died (especially those treated with mercury) which is why it fell out of favor! Whether it is safe or not, I'm not sure, but I've been reluctant to recommend it to people because of my concerns. However, my parents have used it from time to time for the last 10 years and it hasn't done them in yet. Abby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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