Stye is one of the most common eye infections. This disease can affect anyone, regardless of age and lifestyle. Our ancestors treated barley in the most bizarre ways. Some of the most interesting, from our point of view, folk remedies for barley on the eye, we presented in this article. Some of them will seem ridiculous and ridiculous, but no matter how strange and illogical they are, they work. It is also important to be able to distinguish barley from another disease. We will tell you how to determine that you have something else, namely barley. The means of treatment offered by modern medicine, as well as the methods tested by time and the experience of past generations, presented in the article, will help you quickly and safely recover and not get infected again.
Signs of illness
It is very easy to determine that barley has appeared on the eye. The main symptom is an uncomfortable feeling from the seal on the eyelid. It is accompanied by itching, redness andslight swelling. There is a feeling of too rapid fatigue from the usual work. The eyes get tired faster, visual acuity decreases, the reaction to bright light becomes aggravated. At first, dryness is felt, and as the barley ripens, tearing appears. Barley can be confused with blepharitis and chalazion. But the last two usually develop against the background of undertreated barley and can threaten with serious consequences, up to blood poisoning. As for barley, the prognosis for its treatment is almost always favorable.
Barley is a purulent inflammation of the eyes. It is provoked by Staphylococcus aureus. This parasite is very tenacious, but it is not at all difficult to defeat it. The lesion is the sebaceous glands of the eyelashes. Most often, barley is visible immediately, but sometimes the tumor increases on the inside of the eyelid. In both cases, the sensations are the same. Treatment, respectively, is common to all cases.
Causes of disease
Almost always, barley on the eye occurs due to the weakening of the body as a result of a cold. Deterioration of metabolism, decreased immunity, plus contact with an infected person, and as a result - a purulent infection of the eyelid.
There are frequent cases of barley infection in children's institutions, when children use common things. This happens very easily: the child rubs his sore eye with his hand, then with this hand he passes a pencil, book or toy to his friend. He, taking an infected object, rubs the itchy eye with his fist and thereby introduces the infection. In this regard, it would be useful to remind parents of the expediency of accustoming children to cleanliness and reasonabledisgust from an early age.
Frequently appearing styes indicate a possible genetic predisposition. In this case, in order to avoid the occurrence of pathological dependence, it is undesirable to buy hormonal remedies for barley on the eye in a pharmacy. It is better to use a simple green. We will tell you how to do this below.
Important hygiene requirements
When treating barley, it is very important to strictly observe the requirements of hygiene. This is necessary in order not to transfer the infection to another eyelid, and also not to infect others. Here are the basic rules:
- do not rub your eyes with your hands;
- use a separate cotton swab or tissue for each eye;
- avoid hypothermia of the eyes, and use only warm liquids for washing or instillation;
- do not use other people's decorative cosmetics. This applies to mascara, brushes, sponges, applicators, shadows, pencils, eyeliners and more;
- be aware that bedding, upholstery and other common items made of textile materials are also potential carriers of infection.
Treatment sequence
Traditional healers recommend treating barley with non-traditional means, without using antibiotics and hormones included in a large number of pharmaceutical preparations, as they interrupt inflammation at any stage, but onlytemporarily paralyze the development of staphylococci, driving the infection inside and weakening the immune system.
Treatment of barley with folk remedies is preferable, as it affects the body sparingly and does not weaken it. Treatment regimens are built as follows. If the barley is only planned and struck one eyelid, you can recommend a folk remedy that has an energy focus. Several of these methods are described below.
In the event that the eyelid is reddened and noticeably swollen, it is recommended to accelerate the maturation of the barley so that it breaks through and the pus flows out. For the intensity of the process, it is useful to warm up. After a breakthrough, abundant and frequent washing with herbal tinctures will fix the result.
During the treatment, you will have to give up cosmetics for the eyes, and not only decorative, but also caring. Cold water for washing is also contraindicated - only warm herbal decoctions are allowed.
Tea solution
This method is probably known to everyone. It is the most accessible, safest, and gives the fastest feeling of relief.
Tea is one of the varieties of a well-known plant in medicine, camellia. Its property to tone just helps to alleviate the symptoms that accompany barley. It is acceptable to use both black and green, both packaged and loose, but loose is still preferable. Tea does not cure the infection, but improves the general condition of the patient. It should not be brewed too hard, but as for a regular drink. The procedure should beten minutes. A swab dipped in tea should be put on a sore eye and lie down quietly.
It is important that the liquid does not flow from the patient to the he althy eye, otherwise infection cannot be avoided. It is better not to use flat tea bags for single brewing. Firstly, they are too concentrated, and secondly, their composition does not always correspond to the desired.
Tea lotion relieves tension well, but does not heal. After it, it is recommended to apply on the eyelid any special drug for barley on the eye - drops or ointment.
Herbal tinctures
In this section we will talk about medicinal plants used to treat barley.
The most effective are tinctures of eyebright, calendula, chamomile, tansy, meadowsweet and cornflower. One tablespoon of dry or fresh flowers should be poured with boiling water, covered with a warm cap and insisted for half an hour. Use warm as a lotion, as well as for drinking. For the future, herbal tinctures are not made. They can only be used fresh and always warm. All of the listed herbs can be drunk in the collection. The standard proportion for brewing: for 10 g of grass - 200 ml of water. Of these herbs, the best remedy for barley is obtained from eyebright. It not only treats eye infections, but also has a great effect on vision in general.
Plantain
In rural areas, where there are a lot of different herbs that are not poisoned by city dust, at the first sign of barley, it is customary to do the following. It is necessary to find and pluck the plantain, rub the leaf well between the palms, and when it is moistened enough, attach it to the eye and press it. You can even rub it in a little. Helps just great. It is advisable to dry this plant for the winter and for various inflammations, including barley, to use in decoctions and lotions.
Warming up
Heating works well on barley. It accelerates the development of the process, thus contributing to the localization of the infection.
A hard-boiled and shelled chicken egg is placed hot over the eye. The egg cools rather slowly, which is exactly what is required.
A baked onion is also suitable for heating. A small head of onion should be baked in the oven without removing the peel, then, without letting it cool, peel and put on the sore eye. Not only will it heat no worse than a boiled egg, but it will also destroy staphylococcus aureus.
Brilliant Green Solution
Zelenka is a very good treatment for barley on the eye. Alcoholic solution of brilliant green is recommended by both therapists and traditional healers. With an applicator or a cotton swab dipped in brilliant green, it is necessary to draw not too thick lines along the edges of the upper and lower eyelids. You can use one stick on both eyes, as alcohol instantly destroys Staphylococcus aureus. Repeat until all signs of barley disappear.
Bee honey
Folk remedies for barley on the eyelid often contain honey and other bee products. Honey mixed withjelly-like contents of aloe leaves and black bread crumb, form plastic cakes and put on the eyelids.
Excellent for eyelids affected by barley, warm compresses of curdled milk with honey. They should be kept for 10-15 minutes. After the procedure, the eyes should not be washed with anything other than a warm herbal infusion.
Honey, pounded with burdock root, not only stops the development of infection, but also improves eyesight. To prepare this remedy for barley, you need to dig up the burdock root, grate it on a fine grater, mix it with honey and put it on your eyelids. Even if only one eye is sick, honey cakes are placed on both.
Another plant with no less benefit can be used against our ailment. This is garlic. A remedy for barley from garlic and honey is made in the same way as from burdock root, only garlic should be taken no more than a quarter of a clove for both eyes. There is more honey, respectively.
It is recommended to thicken honey cakes for ease of use. Village herbalists most often use rye bread or rye flour to achieve the right consistency.
Treatment of barley with folk remedies always involves a certain amount of creativity and imagination. People treat honey almost like a panacea for all diseases. It has been proven to have a powerful antiseptic and regenerating effect.
Hard to believe but helps
Often, folk remedies for barley on the eye cause bewilderment and distrust. They say to make barley disappear, you have to spitin the sore eye. The debate is about what matters - the composition and amount of saliva or something else. Adherents of the first opinion suggest that the patient brush his teeth thoroughly, moisten his finger with his own saliva and rub it on the sore spot. As practice shows, this method does not work. It is effective only if you suddenly spit in the eye from a distance of 20-30 cm. Of course, without saliva. The effect of the method is in a strong and quick reaction of the muscles and vessels of the eye to surprise. For help, it is best to turn to a loved one.
Red thread
It is interesting that, regardless of whether it is external or internal barley, folk remedies always work the same way. This rule also applies to the method below.
It is believed that if a red woolen thread is tied to the hand opposite to the eye with barley, then the inflammation will pass very quickly. The thread is tied around the wrist. Other sources advise wrapping the thread around two adjacent fingers, making a cross between them. The thread should lie freely and not pinch the blood vessels.
Urine
Folk remedies against barley on the eye are truly remarkable originality and great variety. Believe them or not, it's up to you.
What traditional medicine does not treat with this liquid: wounds, eczema, burns, and, as it turns out, eye diseases. Urine, and more simply, urine, it is necessary to wash the eyes until the inflammation disappears completely. Concerning the valuable properties of urine to this day there are heated debates. It is believed that male urine is the best remedy for barley oneye. She, de, is incomparably better than women's. You can even drink it. It helps both from internal and external diseases, and in the treatment of burns, cuts, eczema, barley and other skin lesions, it simply has no price. The disinfectant and healing properties of urine, they say, are simply unique. To check or not is a personal matter for everyone. Maybe it's all about faith.
Women prefer to use urine only in case of illness of a very young child, when there are no other means at hand. Traditional healers advise washing the baby's eyes with his own urine.
Another very funny method
Traditional medicine does not shy away from humor. They say that if you keep your fingers folded into a fig, or, as it is also called, a blow, near the sore eye, then the barley will quickly disappear. It is not clear why I blow, and not a pinch, for example? Probably, the crossed position of the fingers somehow affects the circulation of energy flows. It is no coincidence that this gesture symbolically denotes prohibition. Note that those who have chosen this particular remedy for barley never suffer from inflammation for more than one to three days. Keeping the fig near the eye is enough several times a day for 5-10 minutes.
Traditional treatment
What is better - to treat barley at home with a grandmother's method or to go to the clinic? It is very possible that the doctor will prescribe physiotherapy procedures - UHF and UFO, and also prescribe Albucid, Floksal, Tsiprolet, Tobrex to be instilled, or use an ointment containingneomycin, tetracycline, hydrocortisone, or chloramphenicol.
Additional Therapy
Barley always occurs due to the weakening of the protective functions of the body. In especially severe cases, it can spread to both eyes, to the upper and lower eyelids. It happens that on one century - two barley. To strengthen the immune system, in parallel with the treatment of barley itself, it is necessary to drink immunomodulatory drugs based on ginseng, Rhodiola rosea, lemongrass, echinacea and the like.
Cleansing the body of toxins also contributes to the rapid elimination of the source of infection.
For this purpose, it is recommended to brew five or six bay leaves with one glass of boiling water and hold in a water bath for 10 minutes. Drink the resulting decoction within one day.
Each traditional healer has his own, as they say, proprietary remedy for barley, but all healers agree on one thing: repeated barley significantly reduces visual acuity. Wild blueberries, both fresh and dry, are excellent nutrition for eyes weakened by disease. When treating barley, be sure to additionally drink compotes from berries rich in vitamin C - rose hips and sea buckthorn.
