Ailment: Blepharitis (red eyelid margins)

Remedy: Castor oil

Castor oil. Castor oil's healing properties, ailments used for, how to make and use a castor oil pack.

Comment posted by Davinp of Melbourne, VIC, Australia on 1 February 2025 at 18:39       5585

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I have had floaters for the last twenty years - moving dots, blobs and short hairs, like moving dust particles in my vision. They got much worse after eye surgery eight years ago, with large particles moving around at times, and dense black dots moving more quickly. The black dots often fooled me into thinking they were a fly or mosquito flying around my head.
I also have blepharitis, and two months ago I started applying a thin smear of castor oil to the base of my eyelashes before going to bed. This is because demodex mites come out of the eyelash follicles at night to breed, and they find castor oil intolerable. I also started using ready-made eye wipes that have tea tree oil as one of the ingredients. Well my blepharitis is improving, but it will take another month or two to eliminate the mites in my eyelash follicles.
The big surprise is that a few days ago it occurred to me that my floaters have gone. Eliminated, gone completely. Absense of a problem meant that I did not notice it! A web search confirmed that castor oil is a cure for floaters. It was a lovely unintended side-effect for me.

Comment posted by Angie of Rochester, New York, United Statues on 1 December 2013 at 0:18       1580

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Hello all! I cotton swab full strength tto all over my face every night and my skin has improved so much!! I used to just treat my pustules but then bumps would just show up on other places on my face so that's why I started treating my whole face. I also found that drawing salv helps get rid of super stubborn pustules. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I think flushing and redness meanings the decent amount of demodex mites have died (the redness is a direct reaction to their decaying bodies and their bacteria)... So I ENCOURAGE anything that makes me flush bc I want these suckers dead.... This method works for me. Has anyone else thought of this? Also, castor oil helps to provide me with relief from dry red eyes.

Comment posted by David Niven Miller of Perth, WA, Australia on 29 June 2012 at 13:23       685

LLB please read the link on Castor oil above. It has different properties to all other oils.

Question posted by LLB of Seattle, WA, USA on 12 December 2011 at 6:41       541

What are the reasons/benefits for using different dilution oils? When/why should you use Castor vs Macadamia oil for example?

Comment posted by David Niven Miller of Perth, WA, Australia on 21 July 2011 at 14:11       475

Hi Sandy,I find that castor oil is gentle and it sooths inflammation. It also has anti-microbial properties, so if there is any kind of infection it helps. Castor oil acts as a kind of barrier, stopping drying out and crusting

Question posted by sandy of tyler, tx, usa on 21 July 2011 at 13:51       474

Question: what does castor oil do for your eyelash line?

Comment posted by David Niven Miller of Perth, WA, Australia on 6 March 2010 at 18:52       3

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After doing the regular eyelid cleaning routine (details on the Blepharitis link): Wash your hands and dry them if they are not already clean. Wet the end of your finger with half a drop of castor oil, wipe off any excess. Your finger should be wet with the oil, but no sign of a drop forming. Spread a small amount of the castor oil with your finger tip along the eyelids and lashes, while your eyes are closed. If you use too much, oil will get in your eyes and you will have blurry vision until it disperses. I found after two weeks that the eyelid margin was softer, the crusting was much less, and the red effect of the blepharitis was much less severe.