How to Use a Castor Oil Eye Compress for Seasonal Allergies

How to Use a Castor Oil Eye Compress for Seasonal Allergies

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How to Use a Castor Oil Eye Compress for Seasonal Allergies

Written by: Victoria Williams R.H.N. Victoria Williams Director of Operations at Queen of the Thrones Victoria Williams R.H.N.
Victoria is Head of Operations at Queen of the Thrones®. Victoria obtained a Pre-Health Science Certificate with Honours from Georgian College, which ignited her passion for natural wellness and nutrition.
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Medically reviewed by: Dr. Marisol Teijerio ND (inactive) & Melanie Swackhammer, BA

Est. reading time: 9 minutes.

You may have heard of using Castor Oil Packs for Liver as a natural way to support colon cleansing, liver detox and lymphatic drainage, right?

But, have you considered a Castor Oil Eye Compress as a way to relieve itchy eyes from seasonal allergies? You’re in the right place.

You see, a Castor Oil Eye Compress helps relieve itchy eyes from seasonal allergies due, in part, to the Castor Oil’s natural antihistamine properties1 natural anti-inflammatory effects2.

The other part? It’s the gentle compression.

Because the Eye Compress functions much like a weighted, warm blanket helping with promoting oxytocin3-4 and dopamine5-6 , bringing calm and relaxation.

Sounds wonderful, agreed?

Plus, this simple act of wearing a Queen of the Thrones® Castor Oil Eye Compress stimulates reflex zones on your face around the eyes which directly influences certain detox organs, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine.

So, as soon as you start wearing the Eye Compress you will begin to feel relief from irritated, red, itchy or swollen eyes thanks to seasonal allergies.

Now, you might be wondering…

But how do I know it’s seasonal allergies?

You’re not the only one suffering!

Seasonal allergies are actually quite common. You probably will see others around with similar symptoms of allergic conjunctivitis. Sound familiar?

With symptoms most commonly experienced in spring and fall, then calming down in the summer.

You see, allergic conjunctivitis, from seasonal allergies, affects the gentle mucous membranes of the eyes and can present with these common and aggravating symptoms:

  • Itchy
  • Red
  • Watery
  • Inflamed
  • Sore
  • Tired eyes!

It can feel like you’re walking around with a blindfold on with a dark cloud following your every move, agreed?

These symptoms are triggered by the immune system that releases histamine-containing mast cells which help your body in expelling those invading allergens.

So, much unlike a stye in your eye or pink eye, allergic conjunctivitis usually affects both eyes and looks and feels much like you’ve been chopping up potent onions all day! Can you relate?

In seasonal allergies, this life-disrupting and usually extremely uncomfortable set of symptoms of the eyes persists all day and night.

This means you can’t focus during the day and of course, you then can’t sleep at night.

How a Castor Oil Eye Compress helps improve seasonal allergies

By applying a Queen of the Thrones® Castor Oil Pack for Liver with a Castor Oil Eye Compress you are supporting and regulating inflammation of the liver7, while addressing those acute and painful eye symptoms!

You see, the eyes are the window into the liver.

And in Chinese medicine, the liver opens up into the eyes.

So, when there is heat or inflammation in the liver due to the effects of seasonal allergies the eyes will become sore, red and inflamed as a result.

Making not only your eyes that you are feeling in seasonal allergies, but inflammation of the liver too!

Although, it makes sense that our most pressing and disrupting symptoms is where we first look for natural solutions, agreed

And in seasonal allergies, it’s the solution for immediate eye relief that we so desperately seek!

But, allergy symptoms are simply just “love letters” from your body!

Warning us of inflammation and an excess of histamine being produced in response to an extreme amount of allergens that are too much for your body, specifically your liver and immune system to handle.

How Castor Oil Packs help to promote restful sleep

Additional to wearing a Queen of the Thrones® Castor Oil Pack for Liver so you can support:

  • Regulating inflammation
  • Liver detoxification
  • Lymphatic drainage
  • Colon cleanse

Your itchy eyes will get relief from seasonal allergies while also wearing the Queen of the Thrones® Castor Oil Eye Compress which supports:

  • Lymphatic drainage8
  • Natural anti-inflammatory effects9
  • Natural antihistamine properties10

by:

A. Improving sleep – without the need for taking over-the-counter allergy pills that end up with you waking feeling groggy and tired

B. Shifting the body into a relaxed, parasympathetic11-12 state of rest & digest

So that you wake up with relief from seasonal allergy symptoms, and feeling better!

Would you love to know more? Click here for your free eGuide so you can know all there is to know about Castor Oil Compresses

The best part? You’ll get the full image below and much more. Amazing, right?

You’ll also know how to use your Castor Oil Eye Compress as your new sleep-aid to help improve your sleep and wake up feeling rested and ready for your day!

But wait, there’s more!

Are you someone who also struggles with constant eye styes? Or maybe your patients do, right?

Are you curious to know what causes a stye, and are wondering if a Queen of the Thrones® Castor Oil Eye Compress can be used to help shorten the lifespan of your stye?

Good news, my next blog on ‘Castor Oil For Styes in the Eyes’ has even more answers to your questions!

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  • Recommending our easy-to-use tools to the people you serve.
  • Practically applying them in your health and wellness professional practice in clinic or online.
  • Or becoming a Wholesale Partner

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2, 7 Vieira C et al. .Effect of ricinoleic acid in acute and subchronic experimental models of inflammation. Mediators Inflamm. 2000;9(5):223-8 PMID: 11200362 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11200362

3. Walker SC1, Trotter PD2, Swaney WT2, Marshall A3, Mcglone FP4. C-tactile afferents: Cutaneous mediators of oxytocin release during affiliative tactile interactions? Neuropeptides. 2017 Aug;64:27-38. doi: 10.1016/j.npep.2017.01.001. Epub 2017 Jan 19. PMID: 28162847 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28162847.

4, 11. Rolls ET et all. Representations of pleasant and painful touch in the human orbitofrontal and cingulate cortices. Cereb Cortex. 2003 Mar;13(3):308-17. PMID: 12571120.

5, 12 Francis S, Rolls ET, Bowtell R, McGlone F, O’Doherty J, Browning A, Clare S, Smith E. The representation of pleasant touch in the brain and its relationship with taste and olfactory areas. Neuroreport. 1999 Feb 25;10(3):453-9. PMID: 10208571.

6. Löken LS, Wessberg J, Morrison I, McGlone F, Olausson H. Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans. Nat Neurosci. 2009 May;12(5):547-8. Epub 2009 Apr 12. PMID: 19363489.

8. Li Y, Zhang J, Wan J, Liu A, Sun J. Melatonin regulates Aβ production/clearance balance and Aβ neurotoxicity: A potential therapeutic molecule for Alzheimer’s disease. Biomed Pharmacother. 2020 Dec;132:110887. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110887. Epub 2020 Nov 2. PMID: 33254429.

9. Jaén RI, Sánchez-García S, Fernández-Velasco M, Boscá L, Prieto P. Resolution-Based Therapies: The Potential of Lipoxins to Treat Human Diseases. Front Immunol. 2021 Apr 23;12:658840. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.658840. PMID: 33968061; PMCID: PMC8102821.

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How to use a Castor Oil Eye Compress for Eye Styes

How to use a Castor Oil Eye Compress for Eye Styes

Queen of the Thrones Eye Compress for Eye Stye

How to use a Castor Oil Eye Compress for Eye Styes

Written by: Dr. Marisol Teijeiro N.D. (inactive) Christine Ruggeri Dr. Marisol Teijeiro N.D. (inactive)
Dr. Marisol Teijeiro N.D. is an award-winning author and founder of Queen of the Thrones® line of products including the original less-mess Castor Oil Pack
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Medically reviewed by: Melanie Swackhammer, BA

Est. reading time: 8 minutes.

Chances are, you or someone you know has experienced the aggravating symptoms of an eye stye, agreed? Have you ever wondered how to use a natural remedy like a Castor Oil Eye Compress to help eye styes?

You know the struggle I’m talking about…

  • Your eye annoyingly swells, impairing your vision with a half-closed eyelid
  • A painful red bump appears on your eyelid just in time to wreak havoc on your day
  • Your eye waters and crusts, making it feel like there’s constantly something stuck inside of it…

Can you relate? You’re not alone. You see, uncomfortable styes occur most often at change of season, during stress, or hormonal phases of life. Makes sense, agreed?

Good news, you’re in the right place to get answers to your questions.

Have you heard of spleen qi deficiency? Stay with me here.

Symptoms of spleen deficiency tend to signal a weakness when it comes to digesting dampness (or excess moisture). Often caused by overexertion, poor dietary habits and anxiety/mental strain1. This terminology is used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Things like dairy, bananas and mucus-producing substances should be avoided for consumption when possible to help lessen the imbalance within your spleen.

How can you help rebalance your spleen qi deficiency?

The key is to rest and digest with a castor oil compress, which shifts the body into a relaxed state 2-3-4 to help clear the mucus-blocking dampness taking over.

Mucus is like a big fog that doesn’t allow you to see clearly, or feel well. Think of it like the old game of Marco Polo, only you never get to take off the blindfold to see exactly what is going on within you.

Now, you may be wondering…

How can I fix the uncomfortable stye on my eye?

Well, I use the Castor Oil Eye Compress Kit, from Queen of the Thrones®. It’s as simple as taking the Cosmetic Castor Oil and pouring ½ tsp on the compress, gently blotting both sides together and then placing it over your eyes.

Note that the Castor Oil is not to be used internally in the eye, and is safest when applied as a weighted compress.

Your Castor Oil Eye Compress supports improved…

  • Lymphatic drainage5
  • Natural anti-inflammatory effects6
  • Natural antihistamine properties7

Your Eye Compress ultimately supports balance within the area around the eye, enhancing your body’s ability to fight off the bacteria and inflammation causing the stye8. Pretty amazing, agreed?

Plus, as a bonus, when you wear your Eye Compress to bed, the compress effect of your sleep mask naturally boosts the antioxidant and sleep hormone-melatonin9, while also supporting eyelash growth and eyebrow health10.

Plus, did you know Castor Oil works as a natural, and easy-to-do home remedy for those with hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid)? This thyroid condition can impact the outside lateral part of the eyebrow, causing thinning and/or hair loss.

A classic sign of thyroid dysfunction, agreed?

Enhance natural melatonin production with an Eye Compress!

It’s true! Castor Oil plus your Eye Compress promotes your feel-good hormones oxytocin11-12 and dopamine13-14, by naturally allowing your body to relax and reset using gentle compression15.

So what’s it all mean? Essentially, falling and staying asleep will begin to feel a lot easier because your body will know how to naturally relax. Makes sense, right?

Styes are known to be a product of humidity, which thankfully the thickness of Castor Oil, placed not in the eye, but on the lid itself, counteracts and absorbs, supporting relief from the inflammation that is occuring16. Sounds good, agreed?

The takeaway? Castor Oil is special, and when combined with a compress it becomes superb in its abilities to naturally support your body!

Would you love to know more? Click here for your free eGuide so you can know all there is to know about Castor Oil Compresses!

The best part? You’ll also know how to use your Castor Oil Eye Compress as your new sleep-aid so you can have the sleep you’ve been dreaming of.

Are you a practitioner, health coach or wellness influencer? If you’re interested in…

  • Recommending our easy-to-use tools to the people you serve.
  • Practically applying them in your health and wellness professional practice in clinic or online.
  • Or becoming a Wholesale Partner

Contact us at: royalty@queenofthethrones.com

Click here for references

1. Li XJ, Qiu WQ, Da XL, Hou YJ, Ma QY, Wang TY, Zhou XM, Song M, Bian QL, Chen JX. A combination of depression and liver Qi stagnation and spleen deficiency syndrome using a rat model. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2020 Aug;303(8):2154-2167. doi: 10.1002/ar.24388. Epub 2020 Apr 30. PMID: 32353209.

2, 12. Rolls ET et all. Representations of pleasant and painful touch in the human orbitofrontal and cingulate cortices. Cereb Cortex. 2003 Mar;13(3):308-17. PMID: 12571120.

3, 13, 15. Francis S, Rolls ET, Bowtell R, McGlone F, O’Doherty J, Browning A, Clare S, Smith E. The representation of pleasant touch in the brain and its relationship with taste and olfactory areas. Neuroreport. 1999 Feb 25;10(3):453-9. PMID: 10208571.

4, 14. Löken LS, Wessberg J, Morrison I, McGlone F, Olausson H. Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans. Nat Neurosci. 2009 May;12(5):547-8. Epub 2009 Apr 12. PMID: 19363489.

5. Li Y, Zhang J, Wan J, Liu A, Sun J. Melatonin regulates Aβ production/clearance balance and Aβ neurotoxicity: A potential therapeutic molecule for Alzheimer’s disease. Biomed Pharmacother. 2020 Dec;132:110887. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110887. Epub 2020 Nov 2. PMID: 33254429.

6. Jaén RI, Sánchez-García S, Fernández-Velasco M, Boscá L, Prieto P. Resolution-Based Therapies: The Potential of Lipoxins to Treat Human Diseases. Front Immunol. 2021 Apr 23;12:658840. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.658840. PMID: 33968061; PMCID: PMC8102821.

7. Al-Mamun MA, Akter Z, Uddin MJ, Ferdaus KM, Hoque KM, Ferdousi Z, Reza MA. Characterization and evaluation of antibacterial and antiproliferative activities of crude protein extracts isolated from the seed of Ricinus communis in Bangladesh. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2016 Jul 12;16:211. doi: 10.1186/s12906-016-1185-y. PMID: 27405609; PMCID: PMC4942971.

8. Bragg KJ, Le PH, Le JK. Hordeolum. 2021 Aug 9. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2022 Jan–. PMID: 28723014.

9. Rong-fang Hu, Xiao-ying Jiang, Yi-ming Zeng, Xiao-yang Chen, You-hua Zhang. Effects of earplugs and eye masks on nocturnal sleep, melatonin and cortisol in a simulated intensive care unit environment. Published online 2010 Apr 18. PMID: 20398302.

10. Marwat SK, Rehman F, Khan EA, Baloch MS, Sadiq M, Ullah I, Javaria S, Shaheen S. Review – Ricinus cmmunis – Ethnomedicinal uses and pharmacological activities.Pak J Pharm Sci. 2017 Sep;30(5):1815-1827. PMID: 29084706.

11. Walker SC1, Trotter PD2, Swaney WT2, Marshall A3, Mcglone FP4. C-tactile afferents: Cutaneous mediators of oxytocin release during affiliative tactile interactions? Neuropeptides. 2017 Aug;64:27-38. doi: 10.1016/j.npep.2017.01.001. Epub 2017 Jan 19. PMID: 28162847.

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Disclaimer: Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers, are those of the respective authors or distributors. Neither Queen of the Thrones® nor any third-party provider of information guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content. This communication does not create a doctor-patient relationship. Information provided does not replace the advice of your health care practitioner. If you happen to purchase anything we promote, in this or any of our communications, it’s likely Queen of the Thrones® will receive some kind of affiliate compensation. Still, we only promote content and products that we truly believe in and share with our friends, family and patients. If you ever have a concern with anything we share, please let us know at care@queenofthethrones.com. We want to make sure we are always serving Our Queendom at the highest level.