What to do against dry eyes?

The most important points in brief

• In most cases, dry eyes are not a problem.
• As a rule, they can be attributed to staying in unventilated rooms, which may also be heated, to working too long on the monitor or to drafts.
• If you have persistent symptoms such as pain, excessive tearing or severe redness, consult an ophthalmologist.
• If your eyes are normally dry, the medicine cabinet already has some solutions ready.

Dry eyes would hardly be the problem - the consequences of this bother us. Because mostly the eyes become red as a result of the dryness, they often sting and it is not uncommon for us to be troubled by the onset of tears. Now eye care products can help. If you don't have any of these in stock, there are also other solutions.

Natural products alleviate the problems of dry eyes

Nature has enough plants ready from whose extracts and essences our organism draws strength and stimulates healing processes. There is, and very few are likely to have heard of it, a plant called eyebright (or scientifically: Euphrasia). If you pick its leaves, you can brew a tea out of it that helps irritated eyes.

Let's stay with tea - black tea also has its advantages. Let two used tea bags cool down and place them on your eyes for a quarter of an hour. The contained tannins soothe the eyes, reduce the swelling of the inflammation and thus lead to rapid relaxation. Cold chamomile tea, which you carefully drip into your eyes with a pipette, has a similar effect several times a day. But be careful: This is the wrong method for conjunctivitis because fine chamomile hairs are washed into the eye. This leads to additional irritation.

Witch hazel, aloe vera - and cooling to relieve dry eyes

When there is inflammation, coolness is always a good recipe. Soak a washcloth or piece of cloth in cold water (or ice cubes) and place it on your eyes. The cooling soon causes the blood vessels to constrict, swelling and itching go down.

Aloe vera and witch hazel are also anti-inflammatory. While you insert the gel of the aloe directly into the eye and rinse it off with water (unsweetened, cold chamomile tea is also possible), you must first drizzle the witch hazel tincture onto cotton pads and use them - similar to bags of black tea - for a few Put minutes on the closed eyes. Here, too, it is the tannins that inhibit inflammation and at least relieve itching.

Take action against dry eyes from your own garden

Okay, not all build crops on the balcony or in the garden - but in theory you can use home-grown plants to alleviate the discomfort of dry eyes. Take the potato, for example, which contains a lot of water in its raw state. So put a raw potato slice on each eyelid for a few minutes, then the dry eyes will be supplied with plenty of moisture.

It is very similar with cucumber, here, too, two slices placed on the eyelids often have a quick and lasting effect. If you like it a little more concentrated, you can simply puree a cucumber and drizzle the resulting juice on cotton pads. Cover your eyes with the pads for a while to let the moisture soak in. By the way, this method also works without cucumber, if you put small portions of quark in tea filters instead, for example, and then place them on top.