Home remedy for a foreign object in the eye and was taught to me by a neighbor when I was growing up.
This sounds scary, but I’ve been doing it for fifty years with no problems.
Use one flax seed. Place the tiny seed in the inner corner of the eye. Then pull the eyelid down over the lower lashes. The seed will go onto the upper lid inside. Keep your eyes closed and sit still for a few minutes. You will be able to feel the seed under the skin, and it will move around as your eye moves. The seed will work its way over to the other corner of the eye and you will be able to remove it and the object (eyelash, eye makeup, spec of dirt, etc.) Whatever was in your eye will adhere to the seed and VOILA - No more discomfort.
It’s worked every time I’ve ever done it. It does not hurt and it does not scratch the eye. I guess because of the oil in the seed.
Has anyone ever heard of this or done it? It’s amazing!!
That is very interesting. I will keep that in mind as we get things in our eyes a lot around here!
Flax seeds get gelatinous when wet, maybe that gelatinous stuff “collects” the foreign object.
Many years ago I got a serious of boils, one was horrendous and had to be cut (eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek) and a bit later two more. Someone suggested a flax seed poultice, flax seeds mixed with a hot tea which I cannot remember, and then put in a thin cloth and packed onto the boil area. Worked tremendously well.
I told DH about that and he said his herbalist grandmother in Poland used flax seed poultices on infections and maybe other things.