[Marcella]

I have thought if worse came to worse, I could put Vaseline in the eyes but that wouldn't be sterile and I don't know if Vaseline would harm the eyes.

On the net now, they are charging $7.99 for a tube and if you buy another it's half price. I am getting them for something over $5 at their store. The other brands are as expensive as they are selling Walgreens for now on their website. I hope their net price is not because they just raised the price in stores, too.

Here are the tube ingredients:

Active Ingredients
Mineral Oil 42.5% , White Petrolatum 57.3%

Inactive Ingredients
Lanolin Alcohols

[Nepeta]

Here are the tube ingredients:

Active Ingredients Mineral Oil 42.5% , White Petrolatum 57.3%

Inactive Ingredients Lanolin Alcohols

This is all cheap stuff. Couldn't you use your canning equipment to put together a sterile batch? It's not convenient, but this is something you need, and having an alternative in tough times is a good thing.

I'm trying to think of a good dispenser you could use that could be sterilized the same time as the ointment--a glass syringe comes to mind.