Eyebright: The natural help for eye ailments
If you wander with open eyes over our meagre meadows, the eyebright will always catch your eye. Its distinctive flower catches the eye and pleases. In our country, eyebright is one of the 3 important plants for treating eye ailments. It has been successfully used in ophthalmology for over 700 years.
Eyebright facts
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What is the eyebright?
Eyebright is a plant that can be found in our latitudes in meagre meadows. Relatively often it can be found at higher altitudes on alpine meadows, as it can grow up to 2300m above sea level. The plant catches one's eye quite quickly in the meadow. It is not necessarily huge with a growth height between 15 and 40cm, but its characteristic white flower with purple veins and yellow spot is unique.
In folk medicine it is also called meadow wolf and milk thief. The background of these very audacious nicknames lies in the fact that eyebright is a semi-parasitic. The plant can completely feed itself, but with its sucking roots it likes to tap the roots of other plants and grasses, thus robbing them of nutrients. The result is that when there is a strong presence of Euphrasia, the other meadow lags behind in its growth, so the grazing cows have less to eat and thus also give less milk.
General and healing properties of eyebright
Anti-inflammatory
Antibacterial
Astringent
Euphrasia officinalis: Ingredients
- Iridoid glycosides
- Phenolic carboxylic acids
- Flavonoids
- Tannins
Eyebright: effect for body and mind
Eyebright is a specialist in herbal medicine in modern times. Along with true chamomile and belladonna, it is one of the big 3 in ophthalmology. Whether for bacterial inflammation, irritation caused by dry air, dust or allergic reactions, eyebright always seems to be the right choice for treating the eye. Eyebright is even said to be able to help improve visual performance.Â
In folk medicine, it is also said to be effective against inflammation of the upper respiratory tract with cough, hoarseness and sinusitis. In addition, in some, older sources, it is touted as a remedy for stomach disorders. What all the above applications seem to have in common is their mucous membranes.
From ophthalmology it is known that eyebright has a good, reliable effect on inflammatory processes of the mucous and conjunctiva of the eye, and the ingredients certainly explain the effect from a pharmacological point of view. The only thing is that today eyebright is simply not used for diseases of the respiratory tract or digestive tract. One reason is certainly that there are simply a variety of other medicinal plants that are particularly recommended for this, can show significantly more empirical values and are better available.
Properties of eyebright:
- Anti-inflammatory
- Astringent
- Antibacterial
- Soothing
- Moisturizing
Fields of application in naturopathy
Euphrasia is a specialist among medicinal plants. The indications associated with eyebright are related. It is actually always used in the context of eye diseases involving the conjunctiva and mucous membrane.
Eyebright for hay fever
Hay fever is caused by an allergic reaction. The flowering plants let the wind carry their pollen through the air. Pollen contains a lot of protein and foreign proteins trigger the allergic reactions in allergy sufferers. This pollen transported by the wind now hits the mucous membranes of the nose and eyes. These become easily inflamed, swell up and water. Eyebright counteracts this reaction and ensures that the eyes stop watering and itch less.
Euphrasia for conjunctivitis
Conjunctivitis can be caused by viruses, bacteria, dust and dryness. The mucous membrane and conjunctiva of the eye become inflamed. The eye becomes red due to increased blood flow to the veins, is usually very itchy and in the morning is stuck together by thick secretion. Eyebright is administered in the form of eye drops several times a day and causes the inflammation and thus the blood flow and itching to decrease. Eyebright is anti-inflammatory with its contained iridoid glycosides, while the tannins have a contracting effect on blood vessels.
Eyebright effect in eye and nose catarrh
Eyebright for flu-like infections
Flu-like infections describe a whole range of virus-related colds that are not caused by the true flu pathogen, the influenza viruses. These different viruses cause inflammation in the entire eye-nose tract and very often also affect the upper respiratory tract. Eyebright soothes the mucous membranes in which its tannins contract the blood vessels, thus reducing the amount of mucus in the mucous membranes. In addition, the iridoid glycosides are anti-inflammatory and the soreness of the eyes and nose decreases.Â
Eyebright effect for stye
Euphrasia effect in hypersensitivity to light
Notes on the use of eyebright
Eyebright in pregnancy & lactation
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