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Plants for eye care

2021-07-23T13:34:25.819Z


Cornflower lotion and rose water are solutions for irritated or tired eyes. To relieve the eyes, reduce dark circles or even fight against an eye allergy, natural remedies prove their effectiveness. Without eye drops or specific solution, it is possible to take care of your eyes without allopathic treatment. These four plants, as effective as they are gentle to use, prevent eye discomfort on a daily basis. To discover August: what are the seasonal vegetables and fruits?


To relieve the eyes, reduce dark circles or even fight against an eye allergy, natural remedies prove their effectiveness.

Without eye drops or specific solution, it is possible to take care of your eyes without allopathic treatment.

These four plants, as effective as they are gentle to use, prevent eye discomfort on a daily basis.

To discover

  • August: what are the seasonal vegetables and fruits?

  • This month in the garden: what to plant, sow or harvest in August?

Cornflower

(Centaurea cyanus) - Family: asteraceae

In ancient times, the herbaceous plant was famous for treating blue eyes. This reputation has followed her over time. In the 16th century, it was used for eye care, convinced that blueberry eye baths "gradually eat up the pillowcases of the eyes". Also called "glasses breaker", it flourishes in grain fields in Europe, Asia and North America. Its stems are approximately 60 cm high, its flowers are distinguished by their blue, and their shape recalls the carnation. They are harvested from May to July, and are mainly used for their anti-inflammatory properties. And are ideal for getting rid of styes, redness after swimming, conjunctivitis or swollen eyelids. The virtues of cornflower flowers also act on digestion, fever or rheumatism.In the kitchen, they add a final aesthetic touch to any salad!

Lotion

Bring 50 g of cornflower flowers in 1 l of water to a boil.

Remove from heat and let infuse 10 min.

Filter and soak compresses (one for each eye) before applying them to irritated eyes or bathing the eyes, eyes open, 3 times a day.

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Roman Chamomile

(Chamaemelum nobile) - Family: asteraceae

It is necessary to collect the Roman chamomile several times a day to recover a sufficient volume of it.

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With its pompom flowers, Roman chamomile is very pretty.

Picking - by hand only - can be tedious due to the small size of the flowers.

It must be picked up several times a day to recover a sufficient volume.

In France, it takes root mainly in Maine-et-Loire, on drained soils, like most aromatic plants, but it is also produced in the North and in Belgium.

Galen, the famous Greek doctor who practices in Rome and Pergamon, prescribed chamomile against headaches, neuralgia or liver ailments.

If it is still used to treat these ailments, its flowers are very effective in cases of inflammation of the eyelids and conjunctivitis, sores and eczema.

And very practical for deflating dark circles!

Lotion

Bring 50 g of chamomile flowers in 1 l of water to a boil.

Remove from heat and let infuse 10 min.

Filter and soak compresses (one for each eye) before applying them to irritated eyes or bathing the eyes, eyes open, 3 times a day.

Elderflower

(Sambucus) - Family: caprifoliaceae

Elderflower calms, soothes, is emollient for the skin and acts on conjunctivitis and styes.

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In the countryside, it is supposed to protect houses and is frequently found in farmyards.

Elderberry, a small shrub very common in France, 3 to 5 meters high, grows in humid areas.

It frequently nests in hedges in the wild and in gardens.

Its small white flowers grouped in umbrellas are picked before summer and give off a particular fragrance.

Just rub them between your hands to smell a scent close to rose and lychee.

In external use, they calm, soothe, are emollient for the skin and act on conjunctivitis and styes.

Ingested, they promote sweating in case of colds, in particular.

In the kitchen, elderflowers, fresh or dried, bring a taste of natural vanilla to pastries.

Soothing lotion

Prepare an infusion by putting 50 g of elder flowers in 1 l of water.

Let boil 5 min, infuse 10 min.

When cold, filter and soak compresses before applying them to irritated eyes.

Lemonade

Let the elderberry macerate with lemon for three weeks.

Add sugar and raisins.

Leave to ferment naturally.

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The Red Rose

(Rosa gallica) - Family: rosaceae

The red rose is collected once in May.

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This royal plant, expensive, is already adopted by the Arabs against pulmonary tuberculosis. They then invented the canning of roses, a remedy subsequently prescribed by many doctors. The red rose is cultivated in France in Provins, in the Paris region, and is collected once in May. Its dried and prepared petals are used, under the Empire, to treat sore throats, skin diseases, eye diseases, enteritis, debility, dyspepsia. Considered an astringent, the red rose acts as a wound healing agent in skin care. The essential oil is also very effective in cases of inflammation of the eyes. Combined with a day cream or a mask, it reduces wrinkles and redness. For daily use, rose water offers the advantage of being lighter,brings freshness and tone to the face. We understand why this ingredient is so often found in cosmetics!

Rose water

Infuse for 30 minutes in 1 liter of water, four to five handfuls of dried red rose petals.

Filter and use lukewarm compresses on tired eyes.

Avoid metal utensils for preparations.

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Source: lefigaro

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