How to Treat Styes Naturally

A stye is caused by a clogged oil gland and/or bacterial infection around the eyelash. Traditional medicine often treats styes with expensive oral antibiotics that may come with unwanted side effects. If you are looking for an alternative to prescription medications for treating your stye, there are several home remedies that you can try before resorting to drugs. Read on to learn how to treat styes naturally.

Things You'll Need

• Fresh parsley
• Clean washcloth
• Fresh dandelion
• Green tea
• Bandages, bandana or headband
• Burdock seeds

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Instructions

• 1

  Rinse a handful of fresh parsley and place it in a bowl. Boil water, and pour a few cups over the fresh herbs, allowing the parsley to steep for at least 10 minutes before straining. Soak a clean washcloth in the water and wring dry, placing in on the stye three or four times a day until the cloth cools.

• 2

  Drink fresh dandelion tea at least twice a day, an herb that naturally helps to eliminate bacteria from the body which may be causing the stye. Make tea by boiling 1 cup of water and pouring the water over 1 tsp. of dandelion. Allow the tea to steep for 5 minutes before straining and drinking. You may use this tea to wash the stye several times a day once it has broken, to help treat and prevent further infection.

• 3

  Moisten a green tea bag and place it over the affected eye at night, before bed. Hold the tea bag in place using bandages or by wrapping a bandana or headband around your forehead.

• 4

  Prevent future styes with burdock seed tea. Every morning pour boiling water over 1 tsp. of seeds, allowing the tea to cool. Take 1 tbsp. before each meal and 1 tbsp. before bed.