Eye Drops: Dangers Lurk Within & Homeopathic Alternatives

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Hi everyone...

 

For dry eyes the leading homeopathic remedies are: Aconite, Alum,

Ars, Bell, Mez, Nux M, Op, Puls, Sulph, Verat, Zinc

 

For red eys the leading homeopoathic remedies are: Aconite, Agar,

All-c, Apis, Arg N., Ars, Bar M., Bell, Cann I, Euphr, Glon, Kali

S, Nat M, Nux V, Stram, Sulphur

 

For itching eys: Puls, Sulph

 

For irritated eys: Euphr

 

So if you had one of these conditions, or several, this is how you

would use this information. If you have more than one, that is

actually easier, because then you could look to see which remedies

are listed in both categories. Then your search is most likely

narrowed down to those shared remedies. If only one, then take your

homeopathic materia medica and look each remedy up, until you find

one that most closely matches your unique symptoms... Keep in mind,

I narrowed down the remedy selection to the absolutely most

indicated remedies, if you do not find your match, you may need to

go back to the homeopathic repetory and search under the additional

remedies.

 

Be Well,

Misty L. Trepke

http://www..com

 

 

 

 

EYE DROPS: DANGERS LURK WITHIN

By Bill Sardi

 

Your eyes bother you. So you go down to the drug store and buy a

bottle of artificial tears. There are so many brands you really

don't know which one is best. Or you trust your eye doctor who may

prescribe an eye drop for glaucoma or who recommends an over-the-

counter eye drop for your dry, red, itchy, burning eyes. To keep the

ingredients from spoiling, manufacturers add preservatives. It is

these preservatives, even in doses as small as 1/10th of 1 percent,

that are a cause for concern.

 

Preservatives benzalkonium chloride, Tween and thimerosal (contains

mercury) are toxic to the surface of the eyes (cornea). [Journal

Toxicology, Cutaneous & Ocular Toxicology 10: 157-66, 1991] When a

very dilute solution of thimerosal (0.0005%) is applied to corneal

cells grown in a laboratory, all of the cells die within one hour.

[American Journal Optometry Physiological Optics 65: 867-73, 1988]

These preservatives enter the blood circulation via the tear drains

located in the eyelids where they are absorbed through the nasal

passages.

 

While people instill eyedrops for relief of dry eyes, benzalkonium

chloride actually promotes dry eye, numbs the surface of the eyes,

causes inflammation, excites allergy reactions, breaks down the oily

layer of the tear film and promotes swelling. Dry spots can be

observed sooner on the surface of the eyes in patients who use

glaucoma drops that contain benzalkonium chloride. Preservative-free

eye drops reduce irritating symptoms by 60 percent. [Graefe's

Archives Clinical Ophthalmology 232: 221-24, 1994]

 

Even though benzalkonium chloride is provided in tiny amounts in eye

drops, only 4/100th of 1% to 1/10th of 1%, these concentrations are

toxic to the cornea and can result, with chronic used of preserved

eye drops, in the need to surgically replace the cornea (transplant

operation). [American Journal Ophthalmology 105: 670-73, 1988]

Ironically, benzalkonium chloride may cause chronic eye inflammation

that may, over time, cause the fluid drain of the eye to clog up

with debris, which can result in glaucoma. Since eye drops used to

treat glaucoma are preserved with benzalkonium chloride, the very

medication used to treat the disease may cause it!! And if a

glaucoma filtering surgery is performed, the continued use of these

preserved eye drops may promote the failure of the operation!

[investigative Ophthalmology 33: 2233-41, 1992]

 

European researchers frankly state: " Preservation of artificial

tears with benzalkonium chloride should be abandoned. " " Graefe's

Archives Ophthalmology 229: 147-49, 1991]

 

By hermetically sealing eye drops into single-dose packettes, there

is no need for preservatives. Look for preserative-free eye drops.

Postscript: The eye drops that are advertised " to get the red out, "

which contain ingredients that constrict blood vessels, have been

found to reduce the natural flow of tears by 71 percent for up to 6

hours after instillation. [Graefe's Archives Ophthalmology 229: 147-

49, 1991]

 

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