Cures And Remedies For Earache
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Heat works no matter what people say
Louise in Epsom, England, UK -
OK right when I was 8 yrs old I had this earache hurting so bad the only remedy I thought was death. But my mum heated my hot-water bottle and put it against my ear and after five minutes the pain was gone and after 2 days I went to the doctors to see if I did have an infection, and I didn't so I say HAH! to all the people who say it just causes infection.
Oct 31, 2009
5 Yes
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Release pressure
jon in norfolk,va -
It depends on the earache and how you got it but usually I just try to relieve the pressure. When I was little my parents would blow smoke in my ears, or pour some kind of cooking oil. Didn't really matter what kind. I also chew on something pretty firm, a hardened piece of gum, rubber or plastic. Putting a warm cloth over your ear may help too. Good luck.
Sep 28, 2009
10 Yes
27 No
Olive Oil
Nancy in Temecula, California USA -Lightly warm up a few drops of virgin olive oil. Drop into hurting ear with a droppper or you can use Q-tips to put olive oil into the ear. Be careful to not puncture ear drum.
Never put hydrogen proxide in your ears, it will dry out the ear canal per a nurse friend of mine.
Sep 04, 2009
29 Yes
8 No
Vinegar on a q-tip
Jenny in New york, NY -Put some vinegar on a qtip and gently tickle inside your ear with the qtip dont insert qtip deep just right outside your ear drum..it works wonders and my earache was gone
Aug 28, 2009
3 Yes
7 No
Urine
tonya in zach arizona usa -I'm 13 big deal I told my doctor he said urine is all it takes l.o.l My earache hurt so bad I did it and it works, pee in cup and apply to ear. I had a earache for 4 days, I did it and it works. My friend teased me and told everyone at school big deal it works.
Aug 25, 2009
101 Yes
8 No
Bye bye ear ache
Maggie in New Jersey USA -
Try water & hydrogen peroxide, mix it use an eye dropper and put a few drops in your ear.
Aug 09, 2009
36 Yes
28 No
Peppermint Oil
Marlène in Florida, USA -I had swimmer's ear. First, I tried the good ol' heated onion trick (Put chopped up onion in a thin lady's sock and heat in microwave. Wrap in dish towel and place on ear.), but that didn't work out to well. Then, I went online and saw that a hair dryer worked for some people (Hold hair dryer on low/medium 6-12 inches from ear for desired amount of time.), but, also, not for me.
Then, I saw that lots of oils were used in earache remedies. I remembered how often I use peppermint oil for headaches, so I thought "why not try it on my ear?". So I dabbed a q-tip in 3 drops of peppermint oil and applied it outside and somewhat inside the ear canal. Turns out, IT WORKED! My ear kind of tingles now, but not in a bad way. Maybe peppermint oil is some kind of natural asprin...?
Jul 26, 2009
17 Yes
8 No
Hydrogin proxide in ear
Victoria in Yuma,AZ -Take a cotton ball and wet it with hdrogin proxide. Then put 2-3 drops of it in your ear. Finally lay with your bad ear faceing upward and stay there for 5 minutes. While I was on vacation visiting my grandparents in PA I got a terrible earache and I did this and the pain was gone in about 10 minutes. ※hope this helps※ !)
Jul 13, 2009
63 Yes
24 No
Hair dryer
busby in seattle, wa usa -Get a hair dryer and turn it on medium and hold about 12 inches away from your ear and let that hot air blow in your ear 4 about three minutes, if it don't work after a couple minutes repeat process and do it again. After that get some cotton and put it in your ear, but before that step with the cotton, put some sweet oil in but heat the oil up first, don't get the oil to hot.
Jul 12, 2009
16 Yes
18 No
Tea Tree Oil
Maggie in Stokesdale, NC -Years ago I visited a Cherokee medicine man who recommended this for ear care and earaches. Using an eye dropper place a couple of drops of tea tree oil(Melaleuca)into your ear. If you have Swedish bitters dip a small bit of cotton into it and squeeze out excess. Place into ear to hold tea tree oil in place. If you don't have the bitters OK. Do this before bed and remove in morning. Repeat 5 nights in a row. Then use some drops of hydrogen peroxide. Lay on your side, place drops in ear and let the peroxide bubble. Finally rinse with a couple of drops of apple cider vinegar. Vinegar will re-establish the correct ph in ear. Follow this anytime you feel an earache coming on. I have not had an earache until I started using my cell phone a lot.
Jul 03, 2009
15 Yes
5 No
Castor Oil
Melissa in CA. -Lay down hurting ear up. Put one drop of castor oil in the ear with the pain. Cover with heat for two minutes. My pain was greatly reduced within minutes.
Jul 01, 2009
5 Yes
6 No
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