10 Natural Pink Eye Remedies for Fast Relief

Sea Salt

Posted by Rebeccamichelle (San Anselmo, Ca, Usa) on 07/02/2010
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3rd day using sea salt solution for pink eye. Irritation swelling and itching completely gone today.

Green Tea Bags

Posted by Lovenlight (Levittown, Pa) on 06/18/2012
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While traveling in europe I woke up this morning with swollen eyes filled with pus and oozing!! And very painful! I could not believe it!! Felt like a kid with the worst snooty nose ever only it was oozing from eyes.. I went to my PC to look for a natural cure... And found this site.. After reading about the green tea... I ran to the kitchen found some green tea bags that also had orange and ginger in it and thought wth.. What do I have to lose.. Steeped for 2 min 2 tea bags placed them on my eyes and squeezed to let the tea into my eyes and re dipped them every 10 min to keep them warm after 30 min.. Amazing my eyes were clear, stopped oozing and no more pain or swelling..!! BEST cure EVER!

Sea Salt

Posted by MimiRose (Springfield, MO) on 03/22/2008
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I have had a very mild on again off again case of Conjuctivitis for about three years. In the last three months with the cold it had gotten worse. (I moved from southern California to a state that experienced real winters). I hate over the counter medication or chemicals of any kind so I came to my favorite website and read a few of the remedies. I decided on a Sea Salt remedy. I got a 16 oz bottle of spring water, warmed it then added 2 tablespoons of Sea Salt and shook it up. I place a soft folded towel on the bathroom sink slightly over the edge and laid my head on the towel. I slowly poured the mixture into the corner of my eye until I instinctively knew to stop then I did the other eye for good measure. Once I rinsed my face I could feel my sinues very clearly! I was breathing and could FEEL it like I have not in a long while. I felt some drainage in the sinues and I guess that is way, not sure but what I do know is that my eye feels better than it has in two months! The thin skin around the eye was breaking. I intend on applying my solution on the hour and the same for the next day if needed but I do not think I will need to. Thanks Earthclinic!

Sea Salt

Posted by Ria (NYC, NYS) on 03/15/2008
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I had pink eye and cold at the same time. I tried hydrogen Peroxide in ear stuff (3%) in my ears in 10 min also sniffed peroxide into my nose it was painful but I wanted to ged rid of cold completely then gargled with cayenne pepper with camomile tea after I had some of them. 5 hours later no more itchy throat, and I felt much better. For pink eye I tried tea method it was fine and got rid of some of redness but what worked for me was wash it with bottled water and salt. my pink eye got instantly became clear!

Chamomile

Posted by Michelle (Lamora, Mexico) on 03/06/2008
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make some chamomile tea and wash the eyes out with it every so often with a cotton ball this helps very much

Black Tea Bag

Posted by Hope (Sacramento, CA) on 02/17/2008
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I have had very red irritated eyes for the last 2 days and finally realized it must be conjunctivitis. I immediately went to your excellent web site and read about using black tea bags for a swift recovery. I was amazed that after following the directions on your site, my eyes were as good as new within 15 minutes! Thank you, as always, for the fine information you make available to all of us!

Sea Salt

Posted by Marie (Baton Rouge, LA) on 09/16/2007
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As a child I had a horrible case of conjunctivitis. For over a month, I suffered from home with absolutely no change no matter how much eye drops or medication the doctor's prescribed me. My family finally took our yearly trip to the beach and after a day, my eye infection was completely gone. When we returned and returned to the doctor for a checkup, my pediatrician chuckled and said, oh "You went to the beach, the ocean clears that right up!" My mother could NOT believe it. We surely would have hightailed it to the beach a week into the conjunctivitis had we known! As a result of my month long infection, I had permanent vision damage and had to have membraned PEELED off my eyelids. I am just thankful the beach trip and swimming in the ocean happened when it did, otherwise, I might have had even greater eye damage. I'm lucky I only have to wear glasses/contacts for the rest of my life.

Black Tea Bag

Posted by Gary (Claxton, Georgia) on 07/26/2007
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I thank God, your website and Deborah from Texas for providing the information about using black tea bags for curing conjunctivitis. I awoke one morning with horrific pain in my right eye. It was so sensitive to any amount of light that I had to keep it closed. I immediately went to Earth Clinic and read Deborah's cure using black tea bags. I used the black tea bags as Deborah described. However, the only difference is that I also used an eyedropper to put 5 or 6 drops of the tea from my coffee mug in my eye after using the tea bag as a compress. I used this process three times within a 24-hour period and the results were truly amazing. Abolutely no pain and the redness was completely gone. Thank you, folks. God bless you all.

ACV, Green Tea Bags, Honey

Posted by Ruralady (Illinois) on 06/14/2025 159 posts
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I've gotten this condition more times than I can count. Before EC the treatment was going to the eye doctor, getting tubes of salve or eye drops and salve too. Now I make green tea, add ACV and honey, cut a makeup remover pad in half, soak the pad and apply to the eyelid. I do the application every hour until it's gone which is usually in about 6-8hrs. Works every time with no doctor visits thanks to EC!!!

Lemon Juice

Posted by Rob (Kentucky) on 01/07/2024

I found this from the book; A System of Ophthalmic Therapeutics: Being a Complete Work on the Non-Operative Treatment, Including the Prophylaxis, of Diseases of the Eye 1909 by Casey Albert Wood MD page 393.

Citric Acid, the acid of lemon and lime juice is made in large quantities from these and other fruit juices, as well as from grape-sugar. It crystallizes in colorless prisms of an agreeable, acid taste. It is very soluble in water and alcohol. It's uses in diseases of the eye are quite limited.

Although citric acid is rarely employed as a topical remedy, lemon juice, substantially a dilute form of the acid, has been recommeded in several pathological eye conditions. For example, de Schweinitz (Text-book on Diseases of the Eye) mentions it as one of the local applications to the exudate in diphtheria of the conjunctiva. In this and similar affections the fresh juice is said to be preferable to dilute solutions of the acid or of the citrates.

Simi, of Florence, has advised the instillation of a strong (50 to 75 per cent.) solution of this drug as an absorbent in nebula and leucomata cornea. He claims that, dropped into the sac daily for a number of months, it will accomplish the purpose in the majority of cases. I have had no experience with the remedy.

Iodine

Posted by Rob (Kentucky) on 10/13/2024
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Povidone-Iodine drops for Infant Eyes – [Drs. Sherwin J. Isenberg, M.D., Leonard Apt, M.D., and Mark Wood, M.D.] When infants pass through the birth canal, they have ophthalmic bacteria that are similar to that in the mother's birth canal. An aqueous solution of povidone-iodine prevents conjunctivitis caused by aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, richettsia, viruses and fungi. The solution also prevents conjunctivitis caused by gonococus and chlamydia microorganisms. Povidone-iodine is a non-irritating form of iodine that has a broad spectrum of antimicrobial action and has a low possibility of micoorganisms developing resistance.

From the book Iodine Remedies: Secrets From The Sea, by Mary Jo Fahey, Pub. 2007, Page 50.

Colloidal Silver

Posted by Jackie (MT - Montana) on 08/29/2022 4 posts

My guess is that you did too many doses in one day at too high of a ppm strength. Most people here are using it only one to two times a day, one or two drops in the eye, at a strength of 10-15 ppm (not 50 ppm as you have - that's 4 or 5 times as concentrated). I would dilute it with 4 or 5 parts water to 1 part of your 50ppm CS and wait a full day to do another dose.

Colloidal Silver

Posted by gina (TX) on 08/12/2023
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Great advice, Lily. Works great. Tried the teabags first but only temporary relief. I drop 10ppm colloidal silver each eye every 3 hours. The worst eye herxed with the first drop, but only for about 5 minutes, then with every dose it got better and better. I'm on the second day and will continue treatment for 5 days. As soon as the itch is gone I'll reduce to 3 times daily.

Apple Cider Vinegar, Coconut Oil, Green Tea

Posted by Sandi (Orange County, Ca) on 09/19/2013
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I'm so thankful for this site. Last night at 1:30am, I woke up with a sharp stinging inner eyelid and large globs of yellow mucous seeping out of my eye. I found a couple of websites that stated natural remedies, so I combined them all. I boiled a cup of filtered water, steeped loose green tea leaves for 3 minutes, strained it, added about 2 tablespoons of organic ACV with mother, and constantly applied it to my eyes with cotton pads and swabs until I felt like it was a complete rinse. After the rinse, I applied organic coconut oil with a clean cotton swab to both eyes as a moisturizer and a salve. I went to bed at 3:30 with no more sharp pain in my eyes. In the morning, I woke up with very little yellow mucous. I am will repeat this rinse again because I'm only about 90% better, but one of those 3 cures (green tea, ACV, and organic coconut oil), if not all, began the healing of my eye pretty immediately.

Colloidal Silver

Posted by Roz (Manchester, New Jersey) on 10/07/2025 3 posts
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Hi I use 10 ppm of CS in my eyes for pink eye, twice a day. Its working. Use for at least 2 days, then just evening for 1- 2 days . Works great. Also wiping my eye lids down with very y diluted sea salt about 1/2 teaspoon in a cup water. So much better

Colloidal Silver

Posted by Dave (Fountain Inn, Sc) on 08/22/2016

Hello Loretta,

10 ppm is fine. I use 50 but 10 would work. Don't use for more than two days in a week.

Colloidal Silver

Posted by Susan (Los Angeles, CA) on 10/27/2022
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I use CS with 500 PPM- I use 10 drops in a coffee cup filled with distilled water, cover with foil and store in the refrigerator. It feels better on my eyes with cold drops. Then I just use one or two drops 2 or 3 times a day when I get that gritty feeling that something is not right. That dilutes it well and only a tiny bit of stinging, not painful.

Tea, Lemon Juice

Posted by Asha (London, Uk) on 06/12/2012
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Had full on infection red pain & swelling. Washed it out with strong green & black tea. Used fresh lemon juice too worked great to get rid of infection diluted but strong straight into the eyes with sterile cotton, only stung shortly. used this along with camomile tea bags soaked in warm green tea left on for 10-15 min 4 x day.

Colloidal Silver

Posted by April (Quakertown, Pa, Usa) on 04/27/2012
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I would like to add another "YEA" to using colloidal silver for pink eye.

I contracted pink eye from someone at work. I had leftover antibiotic eye drops, but I have been trying to get over candida overgrowth and C. Diff, and therefore I am no fan of them. I went on EarthClinic and found a number of people had tried colloidal silver for pink eye. I had some left over from when I was sick a few months ago, so I thought I'd give it a try. I applied one drop every 2 or so hours all day on Day 1. It is now Day 2, and it is almost completely gone! Thanks!

Cautions and Tips

Posted by Mollie (Riverside, Ca.) on 12/31/2011
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Please be very careful about conjuctivitis issues! My young daughter woke up with pink eye once and we thought it was only pink eye! Wrong! Her system was attacking her eyes! She could have went blind!

To save her eyesite the doctors used steroid shots in the whites of her eyes to save her sight! The doctors never knew what this problem was but it finally went into remission and my daughter is now an adult and works in courtrooms as a court Stenographer!

The ophthalmologists were from Loma Linda hospital in the United States and they couldn't pinpoint her problem. We now wonder if it was pesticides in the dirt of our property as our land was once an alfalfa field.

But we never officially found out what caused this problem.

Don't take pink eye lightly.

Black Tea Bag

Posted by Tangible (Brewer, Maine) on 12/11/2011
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I have used black tea bags for pink eye since my grandfather taught me that as a child.

Colloidal Silver

Posted by Lattelisa (Shelton, Wa) on 08/03/2011
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I kept sleeping with my contacts for weeks and noticed my eyes getting a little more uncomfortable everyday, but this morning they were gooping pus, red, and tearing. I decided to throw out my contacts and take it easy today.

First thing I did was use a drop of colloidal silver, it felt slightly gritty for the first 10 seconds or so, but then felt wonderful afterwards. I continued to add more drops since it finally made my eyes feel better, and then another drop every hour so so afterwards.

At noon I also put warm and then cool Earl Grey tea bags over my eyes this afternoon and put a tiny bid of neosporin around the rims of my eyes and wiped the remainder away.

This afternoon I was able to put a new pair of contacts in my eyes and they really feel wonderful. I think the colloidal silver worked the best though. Every time I put another drop in my eye, it just felt so much better.

Reader Feedback

Posted by Diane (Los Angeles, California Usa) on 06/30/2011

When my daughter was 12 years old she woke up with what I thought was pink eye in both eyes. The pink eye would not go away no matter what I tried and finally I took her to a local doctor that took a test and told me she only had pink eye and not to worry. HE WAS WRONG! Well the pink eye would not go away and she also began having problems with her leg muscles. One night we took her to an emergency room and the doctor there made an appointment for us about her pink eye.

Seems that her body was attacking itself and the pink eye was actually her body attacking her retinas!

Doctors at Loma Linda had a round table discussion and could not figure out what was causing her problem. To save her eyes the doctors used steroids in her eyes and eventually the problem stopped but not before eating away at her retinas! If you look at her eyes with a professionals equipment my daughter's retina's look square!

So be very careful about any member of your family having pink eye. If the pink eye refuses to go away see an ophthalmologist.

Thank God what my daughter had was pretty rare.