Eyebright is an essential herb for the eyes

Eyebright is a medicinal plant that is widely used in folk medicine and is practically not used in traditional medicine. The plant contains essential and fatty oils, resins, lignans, iridoids, bitterness, tannins, aromatic acids, which is why the herb has astringent, anti-inflammatory and tonic properties.

Eyebright herb is used to improve vision, for the treatment and prevention of glaucoma, cataracts and various types of damage, eye irritation.

Eyebright preparations are used both internally and externally for diseases such as conjunctivitis and blepharitis, to eliminate clouding and spotting of the cornea of ​​the eyes, and they are also able to relieve their fatigue.

For the treatment and prevention of various eye diseases, the entire aerial part of the eyebright grass, collected during the period when it blooms, is used. The aqueous solution is instilled into the eyes or the eyes are washed with it. In parallel, in half a teaspoon, eyebright powder is taken orally three times a day, washed down with half a glass of milk. To prevent the development of farsightedness or myopia, you can use eyebright with a dessert spoon of syrup made from black elderberry berries, as well as three r / d.

Preparation of the infusion: a teaspoon of eyebright herb is poured with a glass of boiling water, and brought to a boil, cooled and filtered. They drink a third of a glass three times a day, thirty minutes before a meal, drop the same infusion dropwise into the eyes or make lotions for ten minutes at night.

Any derivative of the eyebright herb can be prepared and consumed after consulting a doctor and under the supervision of a herbalist, since eyebright can either lower or increase blood pressure, dilate blood vessels, and is contraindicated in those with low acidity gastric juice.

Eyebright grass begins to bloom from July and blooms until September; it can usually be found in forests, along the roadside, less often in the forest-steppe belt. Eyebright grass is dried only in a shady place, where conditions for good ventilation are created, or in a dryer at forty degrees, the dried grass can be stored for no more than two years.