Honey . . . any new news?

[Hopeful2]

Over a year ago a member posted a thread about using raw honey to treat MGD. There was a lot of positive feedback. Here is the thread if you are interested,
http://www.dryeyezone.com/talk/showt...im-feel-better

I was wondering if there was any new news on the use of honey, either from former users or new users? I am wondering what symptoms it was helpful at reducing? Did anyone use it in conjunction with Restasis?

I found this promising thread, showing that honey does have a positive effect on dry eye, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17133045

I actually just put a drop of sterile honey mixed with PF saline into my stinging left eye. While the drop stung for two seconds, the stinging in my left eye is almost gone, two hours later!

Thanks to Regina for posting the original thread!

[regina]

Wow...good for you! There have been a few on here that honey has helped. We all seemed to use it in different ways. Whether its drops and smearing it on the lids. I still use it when my eyes are stinging. I don't have that problems very often anymore so I don't use it a lot. I still use honey for facials tho...works great with any inflamation...zits or rosacea. I smear it on for 20 min...lick off the drips and wash off when done!

Some people tried it and it didnt work...so everyone must choose there own path! But if it works the miracle for you like it has done for a few of us...then go for it...and keep me informed on how its doing for you! keep in touch okay!

[Hopeful2]

Thanks for the feedback Regina! I am going to give the honey another try tonight. I did notice less mucus this morning. Good to know about the other uses of honey.

Do you have a preferred brand of honey?

[regina]

I like manuka brand...its made for medical purposes and eating. They dont seem to cook it and stays in a solid form so less dripping. I have a co worker that has her own bee farm and i get it from her and its also in a solid form very different than what you buy at a store. So look locally and ask if they cook it or not..you want it a pure form.

[PotatoCakes]

So you smear it on like a cream? Somehow I was thinking you meant liquid honey when it was first posted. Is solid honey as sticky as the liquid form?

[regina]

Yes...it is sticky so I get my finger wet which helps spread it...you can also add some water to honey and mix it before putting it on your eyes margins...now this is for outside the eye..not as a eye drop as hopeful2 is using. There is a recipe from a gal on my other honey post from someone it helped and she used it like eye drops.

[littlemermaid]

Man-cures-painful-eye-infection-99p-jar-honey 'Frank Dougan, 62, lost his left eye when he was shot with a bow and arrow in a childhood accident and he later developed a painful infection called blepharitis. He visited doctors and eye specialists and spent a fortune on different drops over the years but nothing worked. But he was finally cured when he cut his hand while on holiday in Jerusalem and he was advised to put honey on it. Surprised by the results, when he returned home to Glasgow he bought a jar of Tesco Value Honey and tried it on his eyelid - and within weeks the infection had cleared. He said yesterday: "It’s unbelievable. It’s incredibly effective. I have spent a fortune on prescription eye drops over the years, I have a fridge full of them. It’s funny that at the end of it all the cure would come in the form of a 99p jar of honey from the supermarket. And it’s not bad on toast either." '

'While Mr Dougan used supermarket honey, Manuka honey is thought to be particularly potent because it contains high levels of the compound dihydroxyacetone.'

[UK, I don't normally read the Daily Mail...]

Also got to mention Clostridium botulinum at this point http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulism. One compromise might be pasteurised manuka honey or Medihoney.

Why people get botox for wrinkles I will never understand - I'd let an ophth inject it for neuro or muscles but I'd be closely monitored for brain infection.

[unicorn]

[UK, I don't normally read the Daily Mail...]

LOL.

Great article, love the Glaswegian humour in it too ('not bad on toast'!). Have you tried applying honey directly to the eyelids? I know you have good results with honey-based products elsewhere. I'm interested in trying this but I'm not going to slather any old honey on my eyes without thinking about it carefully first.

[rppnj]

I like manuka brand...its made for medical purposes and eating. They dont seem to cook it and stays in a solid form so less dripping. I have a co worker that has her own bee farm and i get it from her and its also in a solid form very different than what you buy at a store. So look locally and ask if they cook it or not..you want it a pure form.

Hi Regina,I just purchased New Zealand Manuka Honey, UMF Certified 20+. It was expensive but if it works as well as it has for you, it's worth every penny. I use a sterile Q-Tip and apply the honey directly to the margins of my lower lids. Then I close my eyelids tightly together, which transfers some of the honey onto the margins of my upper eyelids also. Invariably, some of the honey gets into my eyes and stings for a very short time but it ends quickly. I keep my eyes closed for about ten minutes to let the honey maintain good contact with both my top & bottom lid margins and then I open them. So far my eyes feel ok. I had an especially ood day today but since it's been only three days since I started using Manuka Honey, it's too early to tell. I'll post updates as time goes on.

Kindest regards,
rppnj