One of the most common eye diseases that can occur at any age, even in infancy, is cataracts. However, cataracts most often develop in people over 50 years of age. Doctors call this disease senile (age-related) cataracts.
Therapeutic treatment of cataracts is a lengthy process and often does not bring satisfactory results. Only surgery can be 100% effective.
People have tried to treat cataracts with folk remedies. It is not difficult to predict how such treatment will end, because vision is such a fragile instrument that the slightest mistake in treatment can lead the patient to the development of various complications, even complete blindness. However, recipes for treating cataracts using traditional methods exist, although their effectiveness has not been scientifically proven. Of course, everyone has the right to decide for themselves which method of therapy to choose; basic precautions are still worth observing. For example, there is no need to use infusions and rubbings if they were made more than 1 or 2 days ago. There is no need to make a collection if the effect of its components is in doubt. And of course, you should not neglect your doctor’s prescriptions.
It must be remembered that this method can only be an addition to the main drug treatment!
Treatment of cataracts with honey
Honey is used to treat many eye diseases, both in pure form and as part of various mixtures and infusions.
Recipe 1: May honey, diluted with boiled water in a ratio of 1:3, should be instilled 1 or 2 drops up to three times a day. After your eyes get used to the solution, you can make its concentration 1:1. You need to bury this honey between the 1st and 20th days, and rest for the remaining ten days of the month. It is better to take honey for the solution directly from the honeycomb and make fresh drops every day. While taking this treatment, you should fast (vegetarian diet).
Recipe 2: mix part of comb honey and part of freshly squeezed onion juice, drop two drops into your eyes in the morning and at the end of the day.
Recipe 3: take 0.5 kg of liquid fresh honey and put 100 g of fresh thyme in it, leave the mixture in the dark for a week. Drink a small spoon (teaspoon) three times a day half an hour before meals.
Recipe 4: put honey (a teaspoon) into a glass of boiling water and boil for 5 minutes over high heat. Every evening, apply compresses to your eyes using cotton pads or gauze. Hold them for five minutes.
Geranium to help the sick
When studying what folk remedies there are for eye cataracts, it is worth taking a closer look at the options for using geranium. This plant is widespread and grows in the home of almost any flower lover. It is unpretentious, does not require special care and pleases with abundant color even in the most uncomfortable climatic conditions. Both the leaves and inflorescences of geranium are rich in beneficial essential oils and compounds that have a positive effect on the human body. The antimicrobial activity of the compounds present in the plant is well known. Geranium has long been used to treat a variety of diseases. Ophthalmic diseases, including cataracts, were no exception.
Healers advise putting a drop of fresh juice into each eye every day. It will not be possible to completely reverse the processes, but it is possible to prevent further progress, according to herbalists. It is advisable to use juice obtained from fresh young leaves without signs of any disease. Before extracting juice, you need to clean it thoroughly.
Herbal infusions in the treatment of cataracts
Collection No. 1. Take equally: common lenka herb, cornflower petals, elderberry flowers, eyebright herb. Pour half a liter of water over everything and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and strain immediately. Instill 5 drops three times a day for several months.
Collection No. 2. Mix equal parts of eyebright herb, dill or fennel seeds, and cornflower petals and put everything in linen bags. Then keep the bags in boiling water for 3 minutes and cool. Place the bags on your eyes, press them lightly with a towel, holding the lotion for up to 20 minutes. The course of treatment consists of 6 cycles, each cycle lasting 15 days.
Raspberry leaves. Crush dry raspberry leaves into powder and consume a teaspoon with food for several months up to 4 times daily.
Peony evasive or Maryin root. Pour 0.5 liters of boiling water over a tablespoon of ground roots and leave for 3 hours, after 5 minutes boil and be sure to strain. Take a tablespoon four times a day for several months.
Eyebright decoction. Take 2 teaspoons of dry eyebright herb and pour 2 cups of cold water into it, bring to a boil and strain, after infusing for 2-3 minutes. Drink half a glass four times a day. Take for a long time, break for a two-week rest every 2 months.
Believe it or not?
As you can find out by referring to the reviews of those who have been cured, treating cataracts with folk remedies using honey can bring certain benefits. However, a really good effect was observed only if a person goes to a doctor, practices the course he developed and agrees with a specialist on the use of a homemade medicine. The best results were observed in those who used external ointment or simple compresses. But people who prepared eye drops for themselves were often dissatisfied with the result. This is due to the difficulty of maintaining sterility at home, and any bacteria that penetrates the eye can potentially provoke additional disease.
Other agents in the treatment of cataracts
Potato sprouts. Pour 1 or 2 tbsp of vodka into a glass. spoons of dried sprouts and leave for 2 weeks. Strain the infusion and take a dessert spoon three times a day for several months before meals. After 2-3 months, a thick sticky liquid will begin to be released from the diseased eye - this is cleansing. The course of treatment is repeated until the eye is completely cleansed. The method is considered proven and effective.
Blueberry. Dilute the juice of fresh or frozen berries with boiled water at a ratio of 1:2, and drop it into your eyes once a day for several months.
A mixture of aloe and honey with silver water. This method is considered to cure cataracts completely in six months. Silver water can be obtained by placing silver jewelry in ordinary water for a week. Finely chop the aloe leaf and pour boiling water over the silver water, let it cool until it cools, strain well, add honey and instill eye drops with this solution. Prepare drops every day!
Woodlice grass. Squeeze the juice from the woodlice and mix it 1:1 with water. Instill this mixture into your eyes several times daily. You can pour a tablespoon of woodlice herb into a glass of boiling water and leave for about half an hour. Use as the first remedy. The shelf life of both solutions is only a day.
Mix the juices of chicory, beets, and carrots in a ratio of 1:2:7. Use 100 g daily.
Walnut oil. Take a liter of some vegetable oil and put 100 g of crushed walnuts in it, leave for 2 weeks in the dark, shaking occasionally, drop the finished infusion into the eyes once a day.
Recipe by Djuna Davitashvili. It is believed that this way you can get rid of the feeling of a grid and spots before the eyes, and restore or improve vision. Hard boil and then peel a domestic chicken egg. Cut off the top, removing the yolk from both parts. Pour a teaspoon of granulated sugar into the resulting cavity and cover with the cut off top. Place the egg vertically and place it in a burning fireplace for 40 minutes, at a temperature of 100-120°C. Drain the melted sugar, it will become eye drops, which should be used daily up to 6 times, 2 drops each. The liquid quickly thickens as it cools and can be diluted with boiled water. The product must be prepared every 2 days. Instillation causes severe lacrimation, which, according to the author of the technique, helps cleanse the eyes of calcium salts and mucus.
Chinese exercise. Rub the outer sides of your thumbs against each other until warmed up. With the same side, run across the eyelids from above once, and 18 times from above along the eyebrows. We do this with our eyes closed. Without opening your eyes, lower your hands to your knees, open your eyes and open your eyes 18 times, first to the right, then to the left. Do this twice a day.
Eyebright
When studying how to cure cataracts with folk remedies, it is worth taking a closer look at the centuries-old experience of using eyebright for medical purposes. This plant is a semi-parasite that sucks nutritious juices from neighboring herbs. The flowering period occurs at the beginning of summer and lasts until the middle of this season. According to herbalists, eyebright is effective for a wide range of eye diseases. In case of cataracts, plant materials are used to regularly wash the eyes. To do this, a decoction is prepared with eyebright, which is then filtered, and only then used for therapy. You can make compresses. To do this, moisten cotton pads in a warm decoction of the plant and apply it to the eyes, leaving compresses until the cotton wool dries. The optimal ratio for preparing a decoction is a tablespoon of dried plant product per glass of freshly boiled water.
Advantages of cataract treatment at MGC
If you are faced with a choice of how and where to treat cataracts, be sure to come to us at the Moscow Eye Clinic. Here you can undergo a comprehensive ophthalmological examination using the latest diagnostic equipment and receive advice from the best ophthalmologists.
It must be remembered that conservative treatment of this disease brings only temporary improvement. Only surgery will help you get rid of cataracts forever. Our clinic employs the best cataract surgeons in Moscow, who will restore your good vision in a very short time, safely, painlessly and without unnecessary worries.
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What to use?
As one can conclude, having studied the recommendations for eliminating the causes and treating cataracts with folk remedies, all means are good in the fight against the disease, so options for using a variety of different compositions have been developed. Some use medicinal herbs, others prefer bread or berries. You can use a variety of vegetables and root vegetables. Beekeeping products, which are considered a reliable method of curing almost any disease, have become widespread. For maximum results, you should consult your doctor. Surely the doctor will prescribe a medication program. When choosing witchcraft recipes, you need to give preference to those that will not interfere with the effectiveness of pharmaceutical products.
Treating cataracts at home with folk remedies has gained popularity a long time ago, because this disease itself became known to people many hundreds of years ago. It is reliably known that approximately five centuries before the beginning of the current era, attempts had already been made to cure patients with cataracts, although their effectiveness was quite low. Truly effective means became available to people only a few decades ago. Since ancient times, they have been looking for ways to save people from illness, so they have come up with a huge number of recipes that deserve attention.
Is it worth trying?
In special magazines, newspapers, reference books and collections you can see numerous reviews on the treatment of cataracts with folk remedies. Treatment of cataracts, as doctors assure, can be effective only if the patient strictly follows the therapeutic program developed by the doctor, and, if necessary, immediately agrees to the operation. The use of traditional recipes instead of the main course of treatment, as many doctors believe, is just a waste of time, which means there is a risk of irreversible deterioration of vision.
At the same time, professionals do not believe that all folk remedies are useless and ineffective. You just need to use them wisely, as an auxiliary element of the main program and to maintain the body’s immunity high. You should not count on the miraculous effects of plant materials.
Reliable or not?
As can be concluded from the reviews, folk remedies for cataracts prepared using onions and potatoes are quite affordable products. Anyone can try them out. True, those who have practiced such treatment admit that pharmaceutical products are much more effective. As doctors note, you cannot use such drops at your own discretion and instead of the main therapeutic course, this will lead to loss of time and worsening of the condition. If a doctor prescribes eye drops that can be bought at a pharmacy, and the patient wants to use onion drops, you should first check with the doctor on how to combine them correctly. If, for example, you administer both drugs at the same time, this will not give any positive effect, moreover, it will reduce the effectiveness of the medication.
The usual and more
It is believed that dill will benefit people suffering from eye disease. The seeds of this plant are known to have the most pronounced therapeutic effect. 20 g of plant material is placed in a gauze bag and boiled for a third of an hour. As it cools, the compress is applied to the sore eye. It is advisable to do this procedure in the evening.
Among the options for treating cataracts with folk remedies without surgery, there are quite interesting recipes. Some healers, for example, recommend using earthworms. They are used to prepare the hood. It is believed that the drug relieves binge drinking, treats joints, and gets rid of atherosclerotic plaques. It has become widespread in Eastern medicine. In the case of cataracts, according to some healers, traction is the most reliable method of treatment, excluding surgery.
To find a worm in the summer, after heavy rain you need to go out into nature, a garden, or an area where large bushes grow. There will probably be quite a few large specimens right below them. To prepare the medicine, you need to wash and dry 30 worms. They are placed in a steamed container, covered with sugar and put in a dark room. After about 9 hours, you can notice the release of moisture. The liquid is poured into another container. The product is used as eye drops. A single dose is one drop. 5-10 minutes after administering the homemade medicine, the eyes are washed with warm, clean water. The prepared liquid is stored for a day.
