I’d like to share a home remedy my mother used for congestion at night. She put a few drops of turpentine on a cloth and hung it on the head of my bed. This worked well for me.
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!!
Maybe that’s why Pine EO seems to help breathing. Turpentine is made from a kind of pine tree, or maybe any pine tree?