we have tried ointment from a chemist but just as it looks like the stye is going it flares up again..
2006-08-04 08:37:27 · 11 answers · asked by maidenrocks 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
rub a gold wedding ring on it. thats what my nan always says
2006-08-04 08:41:21 · answer #1 · answered by gingajen 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a bit of a old wives tale, but rub it with a gold ring. The purer the gold the better. There are healing properties in gold, and although this sounds unlikely, I have always believed that it works for me.
If that fails, try a cloth with warm salt water, say one part salt to 20 parts warm water, and bathe every couple of hours, or try a diluted solution of tea tree oil, say 1 part tea tree to 10 parts base oil. Be very careful not to get it in the eye, but instead dab the outside of the eye with a cotton bud. If it goes in your eye, just rinse with cold water.
Take care, hope it works, xxx
PS Don't use any eye make up and make sure you wash towels etc thoroughly, as they are VERY easily spread.
2006-08-04 08:47:22 · answer #2 · answered by Rose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gypsy remedy, I have been told this works lOO percent, and it would I guess because of the trace elements = think about it!
Collect the early morning dew from the top of cow pats with a bit of cotton, then dab on sty, do this a couple of mornings and the sty will go.
If you have not got a convenient cow pat, try rubbing a cold gold ring on the sty, think its something to do with the nickel in the gold, I find it works for me.
2006-08-04 09:02:12 · answer #3 · answered by SUPER-GLITCH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you catch the stye at the beginning. boil some water, take some cotton wool and rub it on stye it works i promise
2006-08-04 08:46:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rub a wedding ring on it, worked for me!
2006-08-04 08:46:42 · answer #5 · answered by Tara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rubbing it with gold is supposed to work
2006-08-04 08:41:46 · answer #6 · answered by spiegy2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rub with gold but its supposed to work best if you spit on it 1st thing in the morning somthing to do with the acidic reaction?
2006-08-04 08:46:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i used to rub my dad's wedding ring on them. it's 22 carat gold and it worked
2006-08-04 08:42:05 · answer #8 · answered by minerva 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rub with gold
is supposed to work but i think is a myth
tho has worked for my nan be4
2006-08-04 08:43:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
any cold compress applied regularly and plenty of sleep. failing that if it keep recurring only ur GP can help. very good luck
2006-08-04 08:43:03 · answer #10 · answered by Lyndsey B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋