Western Herbalism
Eyebright
Euphrasia stricta
Also known as Euphrasia.
Use cultivated instead of wildcrafted d/t habitat loss Best to combine w/ anti-microbial herbs for infectious conditions For eye infections add Matricaria or berberine-containing herbs
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Indications what the tradition reached for it in
- Conjunctivitis
- Eye inflammation
- Sinus infection
- Eye injury
- Eye infection
- Allergies
- Blepharitis
- Colds
- Bleeding
- Diarrhea
- Inflammation
- Infection
- Excessive discharge
- Nasal catarrh
- Sinusitis
- Specifically for conjunctivitis when applied locally as an eye lotion
Safety
Pregnancy: Limited safety data in pregnancy
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Dosing as the sources wrote it
| Preparation | As written | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| Infusion | 2-3 tsp/c TID | |
| Tincture (1:2-1:3) | 3-5 ml TID | 3-5 mL |
| Eye wash, eye drops | Make tea, cool, strain well, apply using sterile eye cup (eye wash) or dropper (to apply drops)-2 gtts q few hrs | 0.1-0.1 mL |
| Dried herb 2-4 g as an infusion three times daily | 2000-4000 mg | |
| (G7) Liquid extract 2-4 mL (1 : 1 in 25% alcohol) three times daily .(G7) Tincture 2-6 mL (1 : 5 in 45% alcohol) three times daily | 2-4 mL | |
| It should be given in ten drop doses of the tincture every hour or two. | 0.2-0.2 mL |
Doses are reproduced from the sources for practitioners and are not a recommendation for any person.
From the sources
Clinical Notes. Use cultivated instead of wildcrafted d/t habitat loss Best to combine w/ anti-microbial herbs for infectious conditions For eye infections add Matricaria or berberine-containing herbs
Action and Therapy. An admirable remedy for acute catarrhal inflammations of the nasal and ocular membranes, with profuse, watery secretion or abundant flow of acrid mucus, and attended with heat, pain, burning, and sneezing.
Therapy. In cough and hoarseness, where there is a thin bronchial discharge, it is applicable especially to the catarrhal manifestations following measles. It will prevent other sequlae of measles, as catarrhal conjunctivitis, catarrhal deafness , and chronic nasal catarrh .
Properties and Uses. The leaves are mildly stimulating and astringing, and exert a somewhat tonic influence. They act principally upon mucous membranes; and may be used to advantage in all excessive mucous discharges, as in leucorrhea, gonorrhea, coughs, catarrh of the bladder, and laxity of the bowels.
Drawn from Cook's Physio-Medical Dispensatory; King's American Dispensatory, 18th edition (Felter and Lloyd); Ellingwood's American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy; Felter's Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and the Bountiful Herbs editorial.
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