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sty in my eye and old wifes tales. Do you know any

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Dawn

Dawn Report 1 May 2004 20:20

One of the Mums at school told me about the gold ring thing...It worked for me!! Love Sarah.

Angela

Angela Report 1 May 2004 19:10

Savoy cabbage leaves down your bra to ease discomfort for breastfeeding mums. Still recommended by a very wise midwife I know. Angela

lou from leicestershire

lou from leicestershire Report 1 May 2004 13:24

my daughter gets them too we used my gold wedding ring plus a teaspoon but couldnt remeber if the teaspoon was meant to be hot or cold so used both the sty went .....

Foxyfeline

Foxyfeline Report 1 May 2004 13:00

Hi Not for stys, but for warts. My daughter suffered terriblly with warts over all her fingers, she must have had dozens of the things.. She was told by my Dutch mother-in-law to pee over her hands every morning for 2 weeks, and they would be gone. Needless to say, she was horrified at the thought, but even more horrified at keeping the warts, so reluctantly she did it. Guess what, the warts all disappeared...honest...and she has never suffered with them since! Can you believe it! Lisa xx

susie manterfield(high wycombe)

susie manterfield(high wycombe) Report 1 May 2004 12:40

hubby suffered terribly with them as a child and his dad got him some blood purifying tablets from the chemist he hasnt had one since but cold teabags work wonders,i always used them when my kids got conjunctivitis.i dont think you can beat them my daughter in law now uses them for my grandson when he has hayfever because without fail he gets eye infections at the same time susie

syljo

syljo Report 1 May 2004 10:36

I used to get a lot of styes as a child. Used to bathe with water and use golden eye ointment. Maybe you could do with some extra vitamins - vitamin B?? worth asking your doctor or chemist.

Lynda

Lynda Report 1 May 2004 10:10

Jay I know it's an old wives tale, but in the past whenever I did get a sty, I always rubbed it with a gold ring. You can buy Golden Eye ointment which also works pretty well. Lynda

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 1 May 2004 10:04

You "P" in a basin and bathe your eye with it........ OOOOOPS! Sorry, that's for chilblains....

Kathleen

Kathleen Report 1 May 2004 09:37

Nasty things, poor you Cold used teabags, really are great for a sty Kathleen

Jay

Jay Report 1 May 2004 09:30

Woke up this morning with asty in my eye. It got me thinking of those old wifes tales-rub a wedding ring on it. Anyone got any more?(NOT JUST FOR STYS)