Well, they aim to inspire your natural tears and sometimes just replace your natural tears for the moment. But what makes people confused is that since there are so many types of artificial tears in the market, so it is hard for people to find what brand of which can be best for your eyes. Some of them can be good to promote the healing of your surface of your eyes and some are just for wetting your eyes. Both of which can be useful, but you still need to choose the suitable ones according to your needs. By the way, do not use it yourself, after all, they are medications, so you need to use it under the guidance of your eye doctor, understand?