Lo (Greenville, NC) on 09/18/2026
Before finding this website, I put my little in a detox bath because my web searches for home remedies weren’t turning anything up to treat his pink eye. I put ACV, Epsom salt, and baking soda in the bath and during the wash I had the idea to pour the water over his head and see how he responded to it getting into his eyes. His eye immediately started discharging and I felt like ACV was the answer.
A quick search told me I couldn’t put it his eyes, but then I found this site and saw advice to dilute a teaspoon of ACV with a cup of water. I also found other options for treating the pink eye, so ultimately I steeped a bag of Black tea in a cup of distilled water, added a teaspoon of sea salt, and some honey, then added the teaspoon of ACV once the mixture cooled a bit.
I dipped cotton balls in the solution and wiped them over his eyes. MY SON’S EYE HAS PRETTY MUCH CLEARED UP WITHIN HOURS and after one treatment! We’re going to do a couple more just to be sure we got it all, but I am in complete amazement. So grateful for this site and will be seeing what else I can learn!
Prioris (ME) on 07/14/2026
It is better to pour colloidal silver into the bottle cap, place the eye into the cap, and blink, along with dabbing the eye with colloidal silver on a finger around the eye. Takes two days to get better.
Dry eyes can make one more susceptible. If eyes are dry, use DHA. Takes 6+ weeks. The EPA part has little benefit. Most benefit is in the DHA part.
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We have always used a weak solution of Sodium tetraborate (mule team borax) for eye infections. It would usually be cured after first application. I just mixe 1/8teaspoon (mule team borax) in 1 cup warm distilled water.
Then I would put a couple drops of this mixture in their eyes and wipe the area around the eye with a solution soaked cotton ball.
Others should always do their own research, but I have done mine and trust it's safety when used responsibly and I always test new things by tiny amount first to make sure there is not a allergic type reaction.
The ingredients on my borax box today is only Sodium tetraborate.
Opticalm and is an eye wash that has Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate in it's ingredients.
Chloramphenicol Eye Drops has borax as one of it's ingredients and it is for bacterial conjunctivitis
Otrivine Antistin Eye Drops have sodium tetraborate in it's ingredients.
Mama To Many (Tennessee, US) on 06/06/2014
Because the eyes looked so irritated, I made chamomile poultices for the eyes. I took dry chamomile flowers and put some in a tiny bowl. I boiled water and covered the flowers with it, just to moisten. I took several clean small squares of cut up white t-shirt (that I keep on hand for all sorts of medical applications.) I put a little bit of the flowers into each square and folded over the edges. It was kind of like a fancy tea bag. A store bought chamomile tea bag could be used, but I didn't have any. I had both children lay down and put the cloth covered flowers over the closed eyes. (I waited until they were warm but not hot.) I set a timer for 10 minutes, during which time they kept the chamomile poultices on they closed eyes. (It was nice and quiet expect they kept asking how many more minutes! :) ) Then they tossed their "tea bags" and had a lot of relief. I did this twice a day and the silver twice a day, for two days. (I believe Dave recommends silver in the eyes no more than for two days?)
Usually I use charcoal water for pinkeye. I keep some in a dropper bottle. But I couldn't find it and decided to try this. I like to know about lots of different ways to treat the same problem. You never know what you will have available.
~Mama to Many~
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When my 4th child got it 3 years ago, I used ACV and it cleared up in 48 hours. Yes, his eyes were all goopy and red. I just kept soaking a cotton ball in the stuff and rubbing it on his eyes every 2-3 hours. Then when me and three of the other kids got it, I used ACV for myself and got rid of it in 2 days. I used colloidal silver for the kids because they were complaining of the stinging with the ACV. The colloidal silver worked great too.
Now my oldest just got it in one eye, red and goopy and I started with black tea. I didn't see a big improvement through the day and I noticed his other eye starting to get red, so I switched to ACV. Twenty-four hours of starting ACV, the redness was almost gone. Next morning no redness. I'll continue to use it 3 times a day for the next 4-5 days just to make sure it's gone for good. Just one drop in each eye.
Now my 4th child has it (super-duper goopy and red within several hours)and I can't get him to do the ACV because of the stinging. So I'm wiping his eye with baby shampoo and flushing it out with black tea every hour. I'm also treating my 2nd and 3rd child with ACV 2x/day just to make sure they don't get pink eye. My 5th child is on antibiotics for an ear infection, so hopefully she won't get it.
Always works. Love it. I have used both Organic Unfiltered ACV and regular ACV. Both have worked the same for me.
Ky Mama (Clinton, Ky) on 11/24/2012
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Matthieu (St-georges, Quebec, Canada) on 11/16/2011
We (my wife and myself) though that it would be only *logical* for kefir whey to heal that ailment because it was a bacterial infection and kefir (and kefir whey) it full of really strong bacteria that are helpful to us humans, but very lethal to other strong and bad bacteria that our body cannot easily get rid of by itself without some help. It is said that an experiment was done where they put some excrement in the kefir, and after some days the excrement (bacteria) disappeared from the kefir (and the kefir was still as good). Unfortunately there's not much studies done on this in the west and we must rely on hearsays for information about this. Reason : it's not patentable, no money to make from this.
We suggested the remedy to a couple of friends whom their children had this problem and the problem was gone really fast ... After one day of treatment, the infection begins to leave. After 3 days, nothing left.
To get a hand on this remedy, you must make yourself your own kefir (must not be commercial). You must use a good method of kefir preparation (many available online) so that the whey and the curd gets a clear separation after some time. The whey is at the bottom : siphon it off with a plastic hose. You can get the hose at an hardware store. To help with your search, look for a plastic hose replacement used for ice making modules in fridges. When you siphon off, it doesn't matter if there's some curd (white clogged milk particles) in it.
If the eye infection is of viral nature, I don't know if this remedy will help (but should not worsen). But if it's of a bacterial nature, it will surely work for you. And I suppose most eye infections are caused by bad bacteria.
Hope it'll help someone!
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