Each time a simple natural remedy works wonders for my child, I stand in awe again of the intricate wisdom and beauty of God’s Creation.

Every single trip to visit family the children come down with something: fever, cold, stomach flu, etc.

The cause eluded me, but after a good discussion with another young mom, I realized that when we visit, we eat a “vacation diet:” less whole grains and veggies with many more desserts. Food is a gift to be enjoyed, but the extended time on a much different diet does seem to affect their health.

This visit, a simple cold settled in Will’s eyes and refused to leave. His eyes oozed and crusted over. Thankfully, the eyes themselves never became red, but the goopiness would not go away. He looked pitiful. Erythromycin and eye drops didn’t help.
Then, a good friend (who happens to be a midwife) recommended Goldenseal.

Goldenseal worked.

Less than 24 hours after the first dose of drops, his eyes are almost completely better. I’m a mom, not a health care provider (so check with yours first!), but this worked for me.

For best results, make a Goldenseal tea or dilute a small scoop of Goldenseal powder in warm water. We didn’t have the powder form, so diluted a drop of  alcohol-free extract in half a cup of water.

Place a few drops in each eye. Repeat every four to five hours.

Apparently, pink eye responds amazing well to Goldenseal as well and acts, according to the herbalist Paul Bergner, “as an ‘antibiotic’ to the mucous membranes not by killing germs directly, but by increasing the flow of healthy mucous, which contains its own innate antibiotic factors.”

Amazing!

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