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      Megan Schultz
      Student

        Hello! My son went in to the Optometrist last week for his routine eye exam. He was struggling with his glasses, so we knew he needed a new prescription. After the exam, the doctor compared his last exam (a year ago) to this one, and said his eyes have significantly gotten worse in the last year. He was very concerned that his eyes are degenerating much quicker than they should, especially because of his age (he is 10). I have learned so much about so many herbs, but have never read anything about eye health. Any thoughts? They are prescribing eye drops (basically a diluted solution of what they use to dilate the eyes) to let his eyes rest during the night.

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        Dr. Patrick Jones
        Homestead Instructor

          Sure sorry to hear that. There are some herbs that support eye structures and eye help. I have a formula that I use on folks and critters. I don’t know if it will help your son but I’d sure be doing it on my kid if he had that trouble. It’s taken internally.

          Eye Support (Formerly Visionary)

          2 Bilberry Berry/Leaf
          2 Eyebright Aerial Parts
          2 Gingko Leaf
          1 Marshmallow Root
          1 Oregon Grape Root
          1 Raspberry Leaf

          Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.

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        • #25396
          Beverly Bearden
          Student

            HI,I’m wondering if you could help with my friend’s problem.  She is about 4 months pregnant and has had a breast infection for 3 months now.  She also had surgery to remove a very large blood clot in December.  (She has not had the vaccine.). The doctors are very puzzled by her symptoms and diagnosed mastitis, and several rounds of antibiotics have not healed the infection.  She has tried the cabbage leaf with no result.  Do you have any ideas of an herbal way to address this?

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            Dr. Patrick Jones
            Homestead Instructor

              I have a formula called Immunity Pregnant that can help with infections in pregnant ladies. She can also take lots of Echinacea.

              Look in the Infectious Disease Formulas lesson to find the formula.

              Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.

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              Sandra J Cantrell
              Student

                I have read that too much screen time on a phone , etc . effects eyesight in a negative way.  Also  a diet of real food and pure water  can have a renewing effect on anyone at any age and is pretty easy to do.  Some of my grandchildren that had a lot of screen time had to get glasses at a young age.

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                Dawn
                Student

                  Relaxing the ciliary muscle is key — close-up focus causes it to spasm but there are no nerves to scream at you.  I highly recommend checking out endmyopia.org.  This is a free site by a man who reversed his myopia and wants to help others.  The techniques described cut my glasses “prescription” in half so far.  I’m still a work in progress. 🙂  He has a youtube channel as well.

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