Ah, December … the atmosphere of the town is busy, busy, jolly … And in Kanto Region, the weather continues to be more or less fine and VERY dry. The area around Tokyo is geologically demarcated by ASL 1500+m mountains from the rest of Japan. Riding the westerly winds, the cold and wet atmosphere from the north and west discard their moisture in these mountains as snow. Then their dry winds blow down to the cities. Dry skin is a huge problem for everyone even if a person is not so keen about cosmetics. Not only that, some people, like me, have exasperated problem of dry eyes. Yeah, I know the best prescription would be to lesson the online time per day. I know, I know, I know …
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| My collection of eye drops, prescription version |
So, in this time of the year, I carefully control my time with contact lenses and invest in the bottles of eye drops for symptomatic treatment. Recently, I’ve added another approach to the issue. Using eye pillows. These days there are several products we can find in drug stores. In addition, I learned chrysanthemum can help. It’s an application of Potpourri.
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| Store-bought version of eye pillows.
It has a lavender aroma. |
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| My dear eye pillow |
Chrysanthemum of several kinds are in the ingredient list for traditional Chinese medicine. Professionally compounded one could be taken orally, and good to alleviate the tiredness of eyes. I’m not a pharmacist, so I decided to take a safer option. How to is simple. I deadhead the mum flowers, dry them, then stuff them in a cloth pochette large enough to cover the eyes. I’m still in the drying stage, but the flowers already emit that characteristic aroma of chrysanthemum. … I’m day-dreaming winter hibernation …
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| Drying |
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