Conjunctivitis, while not life threatening, is a socially-inhibiting condition because problems with the eyes make us feel uncomfortable in company.

Classic symptoms of conjunctivitis

The symptoms include,

* Eyelids stuck shut when you wake up in the morning (classic symptom)
* Uncomfortable, thick yellow or green discharge (often a bacterial infection)
* Thin, clear drainage from the eye (often a viral infection or an allergic reaction)
* Itching, burning, or feels like sand in your eye (often a viral infection or an allergic reaction).

Here’s a quick sideways treatment :

1. Boil up a couple of pints of water, then allow to cool. Add one tablespoon of boric acid — which you should be able to get from most pharmacies.

2. Dip some cotton-wool in the liquid and gently rinse the eye.

3. Brew up some camomile tea bags — camomile has anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties. Allow to cool.

4. Place the still-moist bags on each closed eye for 10 minutes. Repeat every two hours.

This procedure should alleviate the condition without the use of drugs or mercury-based ointments.

With obesity running as one of the leading topics in Western healthcare, Sideways Health will be devoting many of our posts to aspects of the GI (Glycemic Index) program for weight loss.

Obesity — an increasingly typical group of Westerners

Obesity is now known to be caused largely by consuming too much sugar and refined carbohydrates, which the body treats as glucose. Excess quantities in the blood are stored as fat.

The Glycemic Index classifies foods as low, medium and high in terms of their tendencies to raise blood sugar — the crucial factor in weight loss.

Consuming mostly low GI foods, with small amounts of medium GIs, impacts on health and weight very positively over time. It’s a very simple and non-invasive way to lose weight and regain vibrant health.

Sideways Health will show you how.