As we all know that honey is good for drizzling on toasts, biscuits, and mixing it with tea. It is also a popular folk remedy for open wounds and cuts, skin disorders and infected skin for its antimicrobial properties.However, honey is also suggested as a natural eye cure for eye infection, pink eye, itchy eye and dry eye you immediately get the incredulous eye-wide stares. Honey has anti-inflammatory properties that can be explored in several corneal inflammatory and infectious conditions and it is a better natural eye cure for dry eyes than artificial tears. Though the solution used contained only 20% honey, it was found that honey could treat eye infection even when diluted. Moreover, it is showed a significant improvement in a corneal ulcer condition with topical honey when antibiotics, antiviral agents and corticosteroids had no effect. According to Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a double blind clinical trial with 60 patients in Iran revealed the effectivenss of honey drop in treating Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis, a form of chronic allergic conjunctivitis which results in severe eye irritation, abnormal sensitivity to light, swelling, tearing, and excessive mucus secretions. It is believed that the flavonoids in honey can access and heal the eyes lens and improve vision, and along with its antioxidant and osmotic properties it can cure eye infections.

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