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Baby Shampoo
Posted by Lauren (TN) on 03/24/2026
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I am a nurse who has also gotten several styes over the years. As soon as I feel the familiar pain in my eyelid, I get my bottle of Aveeno tear-free baby shampoo. I use a face wipe and rub a tiny drop of BS on it to gently massage the eyelid. If I do this 2x a day, the inflammation will go away.
Coriander Seed Compress
Posted by Margaret (FL) on 03/11/2026
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Boil 1 tbsp coriander seed, let it cool some and use as a compress over the eyelid 2 -3 times a day, Anti viral, and antibacterial, it will heal sty or chalazion!
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Julie (Hawaii) on 08/02/2025
Hi Alex, I fill a large spoon with ACV, then bent over the sink, I put my CLOSED eye into the spoon. I tilt the spoon so I cover all parts of my eye. I'll hold it as long as I can, then rinse my eye, flushing well so not leave any ACV. That's it! Good luck!
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Alex (CA) on 07/15/2025
Hi Julie, I just came across your comment about ACV and sties. I'm excited to try it out! I had a question though - what do you mean by you put a large spoon with ACV in it? Are you taking a large spoonful of ACV and kind of pouring it on your eye? Or you just dip the spoon in ACV, then hold it to the stye?
Thank you!
Alex
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Julie (Hawaii) on 07/11/2025
Hi Beatrice sorry for the late reply. I hope this remedy has helped you in the past year. I apply the ACV whenever my eye feels irritated. Just be sure to rinse out thoroughly! Aloha!
Castor Oil
Posted by Cyndi (Oregon) on 05/31/2025
The whiteheads on eyelids mean high cholesterol.
Eye Drops Containing Boric Acid
Posted by Rob (Kentucky) on 12/03/2024
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Boric Acid – Stye.
“ To hasten the pointing of a stye apply hot compresses for fifteen minutes every two hours. As ill health may be the cause, a tonic may be needed; glasses properly fitted should be worn and a boric acid eye-wash used until long after the stye has disappeared." Applying hot compresses will relieve the congestion and gives much relief. I'll health produces a poor circulation of the blood and a good tonic will be found beneficial. Styes are frequently produced by need of glasses.
Treatment. Use gauze or cotton and dip in ice or cold water and apply to the eyelids . A wash of hot water can be used to cleanse the eye or ten to sixty grains ( one teaspoonful ) of boric acid to an ounce of water can be used as a wash also.
Treat the stomach and system if necessary. Ice or cold cloths against the stye may abort it. If it goes on, hot fomentations will hasten it. It should then be opened up and scraped out will soon heal then and will not leave a lump.
From the Book: Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada 1916 by Thomas Jefferson Ritte
Boiled Egg
Posted by Rob (Kentucky) on 10/02/2024
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Boil Egg – Sore Eyes and Styes. – Remedy.
Boil an egg, remove the yolk (yellow part) and have ready sugar, pulverized; fill the place occupied by the yolk and while hot and apply as needed . If too strong, add a little rain water.
Cover the egg with a wet cloth to maintain heat for 10–15 minutes. Apply the compress several times a day. After using the compress, gently massage the infected area.
I know some people that just use the boiled egg only.
Note: Sugar has been used to treat wounds for thousands of years, including during the Napoleonic Wars. Sugar's high osmolarity reduces moisture in the wound, which prevents bacteria from thriving. Sugar also creates a protective layer over the wound and provides energy for cells. Applying sugar to a wound can sometimes cause a burning sensation. This is because the sugar draws moisture out of the wound
Tea
Posted by Rob (Kentucky) on 09/24/2024
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Tea Bag Stye Lid Remedy upon the Eye – Put a teaspoonful of black tea in a small bag; pour on it enough boiling water to moisten it; then put it on the eye pretty warm. Keep it on all night and in the morning the stye will most likely be gone; if not, a second application is certain to remove it.
Remarks.-The infusion or weak tea, made from black tea, has been for some time considered good as an eye-water, then why not the grounds good as a poultice? I believe it may be worthy of trial.
From the Book – Dr. Chase's New Receipt Book and Medical Advisor or Information for Everybody by A.W. Chase MD, page 84. 1927.
Demodex Mites
Posted by Hessy (atlanta) on 08/10/2024 6 posts
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Many Cases of Styes are from Demodex Mites - see my post under the condition BLEPHARITIS in EarthClinic and read about how an infestation (YUK) of these Demodex mites are likely the cause of re-ocurring STYES! See DEOMODEX MITES under Condition "BLEPHARITIS".
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Beatrice (Pasadena, CA) on 06/23/2024
Hi Julie,
How often do you do this when you have a stye?
Baking Soda
Posted by Kerry (United Kingdom) on 06/23/2024
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Baking Soda For Styes
I have used a baking soda wash rather than the paste. 1 teaspoon of baking soda to 250ml boiled water. Mix thoroughly and allow to cool. Pour into an amber bottle and shake before use. Wet a cotton swab with the mixture and swipe over the eyelid. Works incredibly well for styes as well as allergy induced issues. ( Dry weepy eyelids due to makeup allergy). I have used this since I was 15 after a pharmacist showed me how to make it for my allergy prone eyes. I am now 52 and nothing beats it.
Lavender Oil
Posted by Barbara D. (Idaho) on 04/04/2024
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I just want to concur..lavender oil stopped my stye from getting out of control! As soon as I figured out that a stye was forming I flushed it out with an eyewash in an eyecup. Then I put colloidal silver in my eye several times that day. The next day the stye was bigger, so I read on this site to use lavender oil. Yikes it stung! ..but the next day it had shrunk. I did the lavender oil one more time that day and the next day..GONE. Two days total, amazing.
Brewer's Yeast
Posted by Maria (Canada) on 11/03/2023
Do you eat it, or make a paste and put it on the stye? I'm confused.
Apple Cider Vinegar, White Potato
Posted by Niall (Dublin) on 08/01/2023
Maybe thats just you who needs both. Because more people tried just the ACV and it worked.
Green Tea
Posted by Hessy (atlanta) on 06/15/2022 6 posts
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I've had Styes before and had used the baby shampoo, but this time it seemed to make it worse, so I tried the Green Tea Bags - I felt the stye come on that day and by evening was fired up -
Got 3 Green tea bags, warmed them up in boiled water. Got my honey ready. I took the Honey, rubbed a small amount over my eye, where the stye was and also along the eyelashes, grabbed the hot Tea bag and got about 90% of the water out of it - placed it on eye and let it sit for about 3 minutes - repeated same process 3X - went to bed! In the morning about 80% gone, so did the same in the morning - by noon 100% gone!
I believe this was even quicker remedy than the baby shampoo in the past and a lot less toxic! When I take showers now, I always allow hot/warm running water to hit my eyes for 15-20 seconds minimum and wash them out - this has seemed to help limit my styes -also using tea tree oil based shampoo and rub on eyelashes too.
Gold Wedding Band
Posted by Martielepswanko (Florida) on 06/09/2022
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Gold Wedding Band for a Sty:
I just tried it on my stinging stye and rolled the ring Horizontally and vertically as best as I could for about a few minutes. My stye inside my eye was very very red but I had no bump. This started 24 hours ago. Two hours later I got up for a nap and checked my eye. The redness was practically gone and I had no more sting! It works Brilliantly. I guess rolling it, causes the poor that is stopped up to open up and Wala we get healed.
Gold Wedding Band
Posted by kaybeebee (Gulf Coast) on 05/15/2022
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Tho it is hard to believe, rubbing gold ring works for me every time.
Gold Wedding Band
Posted by 03HDfatboy (Kinston NC) on 05/08/2022
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Rubbing with Gold for a sty works! I've seen where "internet doctors," say it's an old wives tale and not to do it, I have to call them out on that on cause my mother did it to me when I was a kid to get rid of mine, I've done it to myself as I got older and done it to my kids. Never fails to make it feel better and go away usually overnight.
Green Tea
Posted by leila (sydney) on 02/17/2022
what if you don't have honey? Is honey an important part of this remedy?
Milk
Posted by Granola Jess (Stuttgart, Germany ) on 11/07/2021
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Cured in 4 days with breast milk.
Once again, earth clinic folks know best. I bet any milk would work but I am fortunately a nursing mother, so I was able to use a dropper with 4 drops or so three times a day.
time line:
monday, what's that itching in my eye.
tuesday, oh no, it's a style. First one ever; let google doctoring begin.
Wednesday, it looks like someone punched me. It was a double style: a small one on the bottom eye lash line and a biiigggg one on my eye lid on the inside. Bug white head. At first I tried coconut oil and some other things that did not help or hurt. But as soon as I dropped the milk in like eye saline, I felt a little relief. I was very consistent with it.
on Friday I was driving and at a stop light, when I decided to take a look at it, and it popped as I was looking at it. Pretty gross. But by the end of the day the pain and discomfort was gone and now on Sunday everything looks normal again.
Avoid Aluminum Deodorants
Posted by Michael (New Zealand) on 01/18/2021
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Years ago, back in the day, I would use a roll-on, underarm deodorant before going out on a date! (We usually washed as well! ). It was quite fashionable back then. Trouble was the kick in the teeth that came along with it!!
The following day I would get a sty in one of my eyes - always the same eye but I have forgotten which one. Took me a while to join the dots as it were but I would normally NEVER get an eye sty. What was going on? Dashed uncomfortable - felt like a rock in the eye.
Someone alerted me to the fact that there was aluminium (or 'a-luminum' as you say over there) listed in the fine print on the back of said container.
I kicked the thing into touch and have never looked back as it were. Smelly dates were better than styed eyes.
Hope this major scientific discovery of mine helps some other folks as well!
Cheers from Down Under
Michael
Milk
Posted by Jim (Chicago) on 02/12/2020
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Had many styes as a kid. Used hot milk compresses all the time. Always worked great! Highly recommend it.
Gold Wedding Band
Posted by Mishi (Roseville, CA) on 10/17/2019
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Yes, the gold ring method totally works for me. I've used this twice now and it's very effective!
Colloidal Silver
Posted by JKB (Portland OR) on 05/16/2019
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Colloidal Silver definitely worked for my daughter, who had the most stubborn sty that would not go away, but hardened and got worse. I used to get styes inside the lid when I was younger too, and had to have them surgically removed. But the silver sprays worked. The key is to spray it 4-5 times a day diligently until it goes away. And we had tried so many different things before this.
Baking Soda
Posted by Teena (Melbourne) on 06/04/2020 232 posts
Sure, just baking soda in a lil bowl, add water and mix until paste consistency, dip gauze or face washer into mix and hold onto eye, while lying down. You'll find it's very soothing, also I did not let my boy wash the residue after, I think it definitely helped. The more frequent you can do is best, baking soda used to be called the universal medicine, and it was after reading it's many uses, ( I lost the article however) I decided to try it. It's worked better than tea and colloidal silver. And no stinging. Sorry I didn't see your question sooner
Baking Soda
Posted by Tom (Los Angeles) on 06/02/2020
Hi Teena, Thanks for sharing this. Can you specify how you made the baking soda paste and how to hold on the eye ? Thank you !!
Baking Soda
Posted by Teena (Melbourne) on 06/02/2020 232 posts
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My son's latest sty on his eye I treated with one application of baking soda (bicarb soda) paste. It is soothing which is a lovely bonus. 15 minutes held on his eye, by the next morning, about 24 hours, it was gone
