The following foods and herbs can help to treat conjunctivitis:
Eating garlic can help to treat eye infections, because the sulphur in garlic is bactericid and antiseptic.
You can cook garlic cream soup with toasted bread cubes.
– Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla):
Chamomile has antiseptic properties. You can make a tea from the flowers. Pour a cup (2,5 dl) of boiling water over a teaspoon of dried flowers, and allow it to steep for 10 minutes. Strain the tea. You can use stevia to sweeten your tea. Drink this tea three times a day.
You can use the cold tea as an eye wash also.
– Chrysantemum (Chrysantemum indicum):
You can make a tea from the flowers. Pour a cup (2,5 dl) of boiling water over a teaspoon of dried flowers, and allow it to steep for 10 minutes. Strain the tea. You can use stevia to sweeten your tea. Drink this tea twice a day.
– Indian barberry (Berberis aristata):
The tea made from the root or bark can be used as an eye drop for pustular conjunctivitis. Pour a cup (2,5 dl) of boiling water over a teaspoon of roots or barks, and allow it to steep for 10 minutes. Strain the tea. Let it cool down. You can use it as an eye drop.
You can put fresh rose petals into boiling water and use it for steaming.
You can also take rose water and use it to wash your eyes.
– Euphrasia (Euphrasia officinalis):
Parts used include the leaf, the stem, and small pieces of the flowers. Pour a cup (2,5 dl) of boiling water over three teaspoons of herb, and allow it to steep for 10 minutes. Strain the tea. Let it cool down. Use it as a compress on the infected eye.
