Ayurveda suggests putting some slightly warmed to body temperature - ghee or clarified butter (filter through a coffee filter or cloth first) in an eye cup and then putting over your eye, and then tilting your head back slowly. Then slowly open your eye and look in the four cardinal directions, up down sideways, for say thirty seconds, then close your eyes and lay back in a bed and stay there. Once you do this stay in a dark room and basically sleep. In other words do it before bed. Once you start the process the eyes need complete rest and so you cannot read or try to do anything basically.
The usual reason for red eyes is lack of sleep. I personally would use CS first and get some extra rest before I did the above. Alan On 2014-11-04, at 04:53 AM, Léna wrote: Yes, but I hope a bit will squeeze in between the lids, as it's beneficial to the eyes themselves as well: just obscures vision with its film. L Sent from my iPad On Nov 3, 2014, at 11:41 PM, BW <jennelle8...@gmail.com> wrote: > You mean you closed your eyes and put it on the closed eyes? I want to try > this. > Thank you > Bonnie > > On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Lena Guyot <drumr...@stny.rr.com> wrote: > Hi PT, > The usual disclaimer, 'Everyone is different', but virgin coconut oil calmed > my eyes down when they were red, swollen, itchy. Of course, there can be many > causes, and I don't really know what mine were, other than Lyme, but when CS > didn't help as it had in the past, I gently wiped VCO into my lids just > before bed. It made a blurry film over my eyes, so I couldn't read easily, > and just went to sleep, but my eyes were so much better in the morning. > > Be well, > Léna > > On Nov 3, 2014, at 5:53 PM, PT Ferrance wrote: > >> Hi, >> Has anyone had success treating red, swollen, itchy eyes? I have tried CS >> and it didn't do anything lasting. Right now I am trying Johnson's Baby >> Shampoo and distilled water but it is too soon to tell. Since anything can >> set off a histamine reaction I don't really know where to start. >> Thanks for any help you can give. >> PT >> >> > >
