Rubbing a gold wedding ring on a stye?

[Shaun]

I've got a stye in the corner of my right eye and someone suggested rubbing my wedding ring on it?

Anyone know why? Something about the properties of Gold or just an old wives tale?

 

[colly]

Old wives tale.

So that doesn't mean it won't work.

 

[Archie_tect]

As long as you wash your hands [with ring!] and face first- can't do any harm- you never know! Sometimes the scientific reasons why similar things work aren't known yet.

 

[Arch]

Old wives tale.

So that doesn't mean it won't work.

The placebo effect is a strong one. It's possible that a smooth cold item also soothes the area a little.

Apparently the old dock leaf for nettles thing is also a bit of a myth - in that it doesn't have to be a dock leaf. Rubbing with any moist mass like crumpled leaves may ease the initial pain - in fact just rubbing it at all might work. And for children especially, it's often the act of hunting for a dock and doing the rubbing that takes their mind off it. Docks just happen to often grow alongside nettles.

 

[Speicher]

Be very careful, you do not want to make a pig's ear of it, do you?

 

[coffeejo]

Sownds like a myth to me but don't be a boar, give it a go

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Why dont you pop down to stonehenge and dance around the stones

Oh was that a flying pig

 

[Shaun]

Not sold on the idea then ... lol

I could try rubbing a dock leaf on it.

 

[subaqua]

Not sold on the idea then ... lol

I could try rubbing a dock leaf on it.

what about rubbing gold leaf on it

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Not sold on the idea then ... lol

I could try rubbing a dock leaf on it.

Have you tried a chemist you could get some oinkment

 

[Fnaar]

Attack it with a toothbrush and toothpaste?

 

[Mr Phoebus]

I've got a stye in the corner of my right eye and someone suggested rubbing my wedding ring on it?

Anyone know why? Something about the properties of Gold or just an old wives tale?

If it works then you should get your eyebrows pierced to prevent a recurrence.

 

[marshmella]

I've got a stye in the corner of my right eye and someone suggested rubbing my wedding ring on it?

Anyone know why? Something about the properties of Gold or just an old wives tale?

I used to have styes quite regularly when i was a child, my mum used to rub her wedding ring over them, not too sure if it used to work or not but a few days later they would burst anyway.

 

[rich p]

I may be mistaken but I believe stye ointments used to contain gold.

 

[graham56]

I knew a contortionist who would rub his eye with his ring.