Guest guest Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 In a message dated 8/21/2004 10:01:07 PM Pacific Standard Time, shimai writes: > bought some rose hydrosol from Butch for the express purpose of using > it for pink eye. Now that my son has it I don't know the method of > using it. Do I soak a cottonball and dab the eye? Or do I put a couple > drops in the eye. I have already done the cottonball thing because I > feel that is pretty safe but want to make sure I do it right. > How old is your son... for me it depends upon the age. For my wee one, it was soak the cotton ball, wash the gunk off, making sure it was sloppy wet, that way, a little got in... For the 6 year old and up, I did the same thing sort of... I soaked the cotton ball, made a puddle over the eye and made them open their eye. The six year old wasn't phased at all, the 8 year old moaned and carried on. I said I didn't care and open your eye anyway. THEN I mopped the gunk up and did the same with a new cotton ball on the other side. Worked slower with the wee one, but it worked, and worked faster with the older ones. Even the moaner... Course if you're a delicate caring mum (unlike myself who's a nasty piece of work) who shudders at the thought of a " I DON WANNA " , you could stick with the dabbing method and as an aside: even the wee one opened his eyes and didn't give a squeak. Hope that helps K (who's ducking Algebra completely now for tonight) Cheers! Kathleen Petrides The Purrfinicky Queen Our Candles are the Cats Meow! http://www.fatcatcandleco.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Ok, I know this is in the archives somewhere but I can't find it and don't have time to look anymore so maybe all of you could help me. I bought some rose hydrosol from Butch for the express purpose of using it for pink eye. Now that my son has it I don't know the method of using it. Do I soak a cottonball and dab the eye? Or do I put a couple drops in the eye. I have already done the cottonball thing because I feel that is pretty safe but want to make sure I do it right. Karen J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Karen, I recently had pink eye that my doctor said was viral...ha! It came back a few times. I used a strong tea made with 3 chamomile tea bags and 3 cups of water, steeped for about 15 minutes. I took tea bags out of the water and let the tea cool. Every hour, I dipped 4 cotton balls (individually - and AFTER washing my hands thoroughly) and wiped my eye over the sink, so that the drips would go into the sink and not the " tea. " After I used each cottonball, it went directly in the garbage. Then I used another cottonball, and another, etc. Then I took another 2 cotton balls and got them fairly wet with rose hydrosol, and wiped my eye with them. I then washed my hands again, with soap and hot water, and alcoholed the sink area so that others didn't pick up any nasties. Did this for two days every hour during waking hours. It worked for me. The tea I made in the morning lasted all day. Any leftovers at night I tossed. Just be sure hands are clean, and the hand you use to dip the cotton balls in the tea is not the one you use to wipe your eye - you don't want to contaminate the source. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Thanks Kathleen and Barb, My son is only 5 but he is used to eyedrops (he's got horrible allergies, which, I think, is the reason he gets pink eye-he rubs them a lot) so I will try for putting it IN the eye. Thanks again Karen J PurrfinickyQueen [PurrfinickyQueen] Saturday, August 21, 2004 10:05 PM Re: pink eye and rose water In a message dated 8/21/2004 10:01:07 PM Pacific Standard Time, shimai writes: > bought some rose hydrosol from Butch for the express purpose of using > it for pink eye. Now that my son has it I don't know the method of > using it. Do I soak a cottonball and dab the eye? Or do I put a couple > drops in the eye. I have already done the cottonball thing because I > feel that is pretty safe but want to make sure I do it right. > How old is your son... for me it depends upon the age. For my wee one, it was soak the cotton ball, wash the gunk off, making sure it was sloppy wet, that way, a little got in... For the 6 year old and up, I did the same thing sort of... I soaked the cotton ball, made a puddle over the eye and made them open their eye. The six year old wasn't phased at all, the 8 year old moaned and carried on. I said I didn't care and open your eye anyway. THEN I mopped the gunk up and did the same with a new cotton ball on the other side. Worked slower with the wee one, but it worked, and worked faster with the older ones. Even the moaner... Course if you're a delicate caring mum (unlike myself who's a nasty piece of work) who shudders at the thought of a " I DON WANNA " , you could stick with the dabbing method and as an aside: even the wee one opened his eyes and didn't give a squeak. Hope that helps K (who's ducking Algebra completely now for tonight) Cheers! Kathleen Petrides The Purrfinicky Queen Our Candles are the Cats Meow! http://www.fatcatcandleco.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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