The saline for contacts has preservatives in it. About how much is .9 of a gram ( in terms for the decimally challenged )? Isn't a gram about the weight of a dime? I had found the 'recipe' but have no way to measure metric units. A good estimate such as 1/4 tsp. will be very helpful. If you're not too busy. Thanks
Marshall Dudley wrote: > > Saline solution is .9% sodium chloride in water. To make saline solution put > .9 gram > of salt into a liter of distilled water. > > However if you are wanting to make CS for putting into the eyes, I would > simply add > .9% salt into the CS. > > I am pretty sure that some of the contact lens solutions are pure saline. > Check the > label. > > Marshall > > Henry Reed wrote: > > > Where do you get the saline solution? I've tried 2 pharmacies and they > > won't sell it to me. Broncho saline yes, normal saline no. > > ' > > > > cking...@nycap.rr.com wrote: > > > > > > Good tip, saline instead of distilled water for eyedrops. > > > My homemade drops burn a bit. > > > Chuck > > > Oh, no, not another learning experience! > > > > > > On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 10:52:38 -0500, "Liz Pavek" <liz...@frontiernet.net> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Heather, my daughter, who is also on this list, suggested CS. My response > > > >was that I knew it would work, but it burned like fire in the eyes. She > > > >responded with "it's the distilled water. Dilute it in pure saline, and > > > >it > > > >should be ok." Once I started using the CS, the pain went away quickly, > > > >and > > > >the inflammation began to subside right away. > > > > > > -- > > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > > > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > > > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > > > > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
