What can I use for a sty on my four year olds eye?



Home Remedies To Treat A Eye Stye.

Use herbal home remedies at the first signs of discomfort, i.e., pain, redness or watering.

  • Boil a teaspoon of turmeric in two cups of water. Reduce it to one cup. Cool. Strain 4-5 times through a fine muslin. This extract can be used as an eye drop - a drop in the infected eye 3-4 times a day. Helps to get rid of a stye.
  • Boil a teaspoon of coriander seeds with a cupful of water for a while, like a herbal tea preparation. Use this to wash the eyes 3-4 times a day.
  • Guava leaves, warmed and placed on a warm damp cloth, and then used as a compress, reduce the redness, pain and swelling.
  • Take a cup of water. Dissolve 2-3 granules of alum in it. Use as an eyewash.
  • Boil a handful of acacia leaves in two cups of water. Make a decoction and use as a compress on the eyelids. It reduces swelling and pain. Helps to get rid of a stye.
  • The use of clove is avery valuable remedy for stye. This spice should be rubbed in water and applied over the stye. This will give relief from the stye. Helps to get rid of a stye.
  • A grated potato used as a poultice, reduce swelling in inflamed eyes.
  • Slit an aloe leaf lengthwise (the leaves are thick). Place the pulpy side on the sore eye. It reduces itchiness in inflamed and sore eyes.
  • Another poultice is made by baking or grilling an apple. Mash it, wrap it in a damp cloth and while it is still very warm, but not enough to cause burns, use it as a poultice. Helps to get rid of a stye.

All above the best natural home remedy to treat a stye and also beneficial for reducing the pain and swelling in a stye.

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