Anyone have a good earache remedy?

I would add to this 'tea tree oil'

u can warm any of these oils a little bit..not too much.

antibiotics is a must for ear infection.

cotton ball good idea. put oil in, and lay on your side for a few minutes, as long as you can, to keep the oil in your ear, put a cotton ball in the ear, this will help keep the oil in the ear.

I would recommend getting someone else to do the candling, as it's pretty tricky trying to do it yourself,
and you don't want to end up burning up your hair or whatnot.
But it does great on drawing out allllll that stuff, and if you use H2O2 first, the stuff will be softer and come out more easily. Hope you get some relief!

If it's caused by the cold...my mother used to wrap
a newspaper into a dunce cap (and put it on my head)
and place the pointy part in my ear and light the other side with a match (but be very careful) the heat would get rid of my ear ache.

Hope you get well soon!

For swimmer's ear:
Half hydrogen peroxide (to kill bacteria) and half rubbing alcohol (to dry out the ear) Works everytime! Just use a dropper to put into ear.

Thank you all so much for the tips. I'm jotting it all down in case I need it later on.

A few things I've heard about and a couple I haven't. I'm just glad no one suggested urine lol. All of the older people I've talked to seem to be hooked on that remedy.

I tried the peroxide the heat pads and the blow dryer. Seems to have helped, I feel much better now. :)

Last Edited by Debauchery on 09/24/2012 08:39 AM

Yep, they are the exact same thing

I have a lot of fish that need the pills so we're stocked up. ;)

Tea tree oil undiluted directly in the ear?

I have some that I use for other things but I had no idea it could be used for that. Thanks!

Forget the mycotoxic drugs they are all fungal and cause havoc on the body. Peroxide is good.

Buy copaiba oil. Put it on a cotton ball and then put the cotton ball on your ear.
You are welcome!

Buy copaiba oil. Put it on a cotton ball and then put the cotton ball on your ear.
You are welcome!

glad the peroxide worked for you, it works everytime i feel a little bit of flu coming, i always feel it in the ears first, at that point my smokes start tasting a little funny, then i know its time to get out the peroxide. the symptoms never go any further.

I'm sorry Deb, that sucks! I have never really had any earaches/infections so I cannot speak from personal experience, other than with cauliflower ear, lol but I am assuming that is not your issue.

I would go get it checked for infection if possible, then if it is, they will give you some antibiotics.

Last Edited by Patrick Bateman on 09/24/2012 01:05 PM

Glad to hear it!

Put vinegar in the ear,then sleep on a heating pad with that ear to the pad.

Garlic crushed in water, gone.

Old post but the remedy still works.

B U M P
Bacteria harbors in the eustachian tubes. 3% Drugstore

Hydrogen Peroxide works.

Take High Doses (5 grams/day, divided doses) of VITAMIN C,

PURE, in powdered form.

Swallow some (peeled) whole garlic cloves to flush the

bacteria or virus from the blood.

DO NOT TAKE ANTI-BIOTICS! (This destroys your immune

system!)

DO NOT TRY TO LOWER YOUR TEMPERATURE! This was the OLD

recommendation for fighting illness. It is now know that

a relatively high temperature is FIGHTING the illness, don't

lower your temperature with pills. If you Temp gets too

high (104-105), go to the emergency room.

STOP! Eating processed foods and other toxins that

lower your immune system.

REMOVE! All chemicals from your home... such as deodorants

with Aluminum (especially), chemical fragrants and

cleansers.

DO! Strengthen your Immune System with Vitamins D, C and

the B's. Do NOT take "multi vitamins", buy pure vitamins,

not pills loaded with fillers.

I've heard of this and garlic oil. I haven't tried it personally so I can't say it does or doesn't work. I usually use a warm compress.

I realize everyone is giving you advice with good intentions. But, you must go to the doctor.

Go get some "Mullein and Garlic Oil" mixture from ur nearest herbal shop. Your earache WILL BE GONE within 10 min. I always keep a few bittles on hand because it works so incredibly well.
If you cannot find any go to grocery store and buy a bottle of " SWEET OIL" amd a medicine dropper... add 5 drops to ea.ear and stuff with small pc. Of cotton ball. Hold dropper in hand to warm oil before using.
HOPE U FEEL BETTER SOON!! Earaches really suck.

The irony. Was about to post this on facebook from family and friends. Post your home remedies. Mainly because I have the same issue.

Heat, heat will elevate the pain. Seriously. get a heating pad and take asprin.

One thing my parents did when I was a child as I got them quite often. Boil up hot water with baby oil in it (no idea of the amount of water to oil-wish I did). Drop a few drops with an eye dropper or something into your ear. Cover the ear with a cotton ball using surgical tape, The white tape. Then lay down with that ear facing down.

It always worked. Its cleaning, melting the built up moisture (Swimming?) or build up ear wax (Combined?). Symptoms vary. [link to www.emedicinehealth.com]

Was always swimming with me or moisture combined with built up ear wax. Even though I do clean my ears. All depends were you live. Since I hardly ever go swimming I hardly get them. But the way the weather has been lately I have been going through many, many changes myself. Stuff that happend as child only coming back. Things that only happen in certain seasons out of season.

Heating pad, same deal. But may want to to put a towel, paper or whatever down. Otherwise your pad will get icky ear wax all over it.

Headaches too for heating pads. Its awesome. Take some asprin, lay head on pad and relax a bit.

Also useful for back problems.
Asprin, hot ass shower pounding the painful area while a heating pad is warming up waiting for you when you get out.

cut a clove of garlic to fit inside the ear, coat the cut edges with oil. stuff it in your ear, almost instant relief for pain, and helps with the swelling and infection. just make sure it is large enough so it can't work it's way down into they ear canal.

i bet it is good. the garlic is amazing for an earache, the pain goes away like ya said, 10 minutes.
i've used powdered garlic and oil when i had nothing else. it's messy but it works about as good as a clove of garlic.

Thats the one !!!

Breast milk or worm oil

This is going in my book on alternative medicine as a remedy for ear ache, Crush two garlic cloves add teaspoon of warm water, using a small pipet put two drops of the juice in the offending ear/ears within 15 minutes you will notice that your ache will turn numb and may itch a little.

Within half hour the itch and ache will have gone, please let me know how you get on.

Meanwhile, never put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow and you shouldn't get earaches.

Good Luck!

I do this when I get an ear ache. I also crush a clove of garlic and let it sit in the olive oil and then take a warmed amount in an eardropper put into ear and place a cotton ball to the ear.

olive oil, followed with hydrogen peroxide.

warm it or could make you dizzy and "sea sick"

I heard boiling water works but it could just be a rumor