wittlewabbit,
First- it is a good sign that your eye is emitting all that pus- your body's way of healing.
Here's what I did when I woke up with pink eye the other week before my cold:
1- Keep rinsing the eye with an eye cup filled with luke warm filtered or distilled water and Sea Salt- not table salt
2- Get these herbs , make a poultice and keep pressing on your eye with them -dont be afraid if they get into your eye.---
THYME
ROSEMARY
GOLDENSEAL
HYSSOP
CHAMOMILE
(THIS IS WHAT I USED BECAUSE I HAD THEM IN CAPSULE FORM
HERE ARE OTHERS YOU CAN ADD OR USE IF YOU HAVE THEM ALSO:
CHICKWEED
BORAGE (INFLAMED OR SORE EYES)
FENNEL
MARSHMALLOW
ROCK ROSE
SARSAPARILLA
SASSAFRAS
SLIPPERY ELM
SQUA VINE
WITCH HAZEL
WINTERGREEN
YELLOW DOCK
PLANTAIN
BURNT ALUM
TANSY
WHITE WILLOW
ANGELICA
THE GOLDENSEAL, HYSSOP, CHAMOMILE, THYME AND ROSEMARY WERE ALL I HAD AVAILABLE FROM THE LIST MENTIONED IN THE BOOK, 'Back to Eden" BUT THEY TOOK THE EYELID SWELLING DOWN WITHIN A FEW HOURS AT LEAST.
MY EYE WAS STILL INFLAMED, SO I KEPT RINSING THE WITH THE THE SEA SALT/WATER IN A WHISKY SHOT GLASS. THEN I READ THAT RAW APPLE CIDAR VINEGAR IS A NATURAL ANTI-BIOTIC- SO I GOT SOME OF THAT DRENCHED IN A TISSUE AND KEPT HOLDING IT ON MY EYE BETWEEN THE SEA SALT RINSES.
I TOOK THE DAY OFF FROM WORK BECAUSE OF THAT. THAT NIGHT, THE REDNESS TURNED INTO A DULL PINK-- YOU COULD SEE IT WAS WORKING.
THE NEXT MORNING, THE EYE WAS JUST A LITTLE PINK - NO INFLAMATION AT ALL THOUGH..
I SAW SOME HOLISTIC EYE DROPS AT WEGMAN'S FROM THIS COMPANY CALLED 'BOIRON", SO I BOUGHT THAT TO KEEP ON HAND- AND USED THAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AT WORK- WITHIN 2-3 DAYS MY EYE WAS WHITE AS BEFORE. HOWEVER, I DID GET A COLD- WHICH I THINK ENTERED MY BODY THROUGH THAT EYE-AND MY BODY WAS FIGHTING IT.
I WAS JUST TREATING THE SYMPTOMS.
IT WOULDNT HURT TO GET A CLOVE OF GARLIC AND RUB THE CORNER OF YOUR EYE WITH IT EITHER- AS WELL AS TAKE OREGANO OIL AND GARLIC EVERY SO MANY HOURS AS A NATURAL INTERNAL ANTI-BIOTIC AS WELL.
MH WILL GIVE YOU VERY GOOD ADVICE ON THIS- THIS IS JUST WHAT HELPED FOR ME
HANG IN THERE!
BOLDYLOXX