Natural Cures for Eye Styes

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Take a gold ring and rub the sty with the gold ring a few times everyday. It will stop the pain and the sty will go away.

Using a hot compress is the best option. Apply a clean warm wet cloth to the eyes and press gently on the affected area for a few minutes. Do this for 4 to 5 times
a day.

Boil a teaspoon of coriander seeds with a cup of water, like a herbal tea preparation. Wash your eyes 3 to 4 times a day with this solution.

Warm some Guava leaves and place them on a warm damp cloth, and use as a compress to reduce the redness and swelling.

Boil 1 teaspoon of turmeric in 2 cups of water, until it reduces to half. Cool and strain it through a muslin cloth. And apply as eye drops 3 times a day.

Take a cup of water and dissolve 2 to 3 granules of alum in it. And use as an eyewash.

You can also use a grated potato as a poultice, to reduce swelling in inflamed eyes.

Boil a handful of acacia leaves in two cups of water and make a decoction. Apply it as a compress on the eyes.

Rub clove spice in water and apply to the eye stye.

Slit an aloe leaf lengthwise and place the pulpy side on the sore eye.

Take a raw egg and seperate the white from yellow. Then place the white of the raw egg in a white cotton cloth or paper towel. Keep it on the stye 3 times a day for 15 minutes each time.

Mix Johnson’s baby shampoo with water. Put this solution on a Q-tip and wash the eye lashes with it. Do this twice a day.

Wet tea bags in warm water and place them on the eyes for 8-10 minutes. Do this several times a day. This shrinks the sty to half its size because of the tannic acid present in tea.

Or you can run cold water over a tea bag. Squeeze the water and then place it on your eye for about 30 mins.

Make a solution of warm water and salt. Let it cool a bit, so that you can apply it on your eyes. Soak some cotton in it and hold it to your eye for a minute. Repeat this technique a few times with fresh cotton.