Ears Problems Herbal Treatment

Check persistent or intense earaches with a health professional. This is particularly important for infants as a serious infection may lead to a mastoid bone infection or lifelong hearing defect.

CarawayHeat an unsliced bread loaf in the oven. Throw away the crust and pound together the soft bread and a handful of bruised caraway seeds. Add some hot brandy and apply the paste as a hot poultice to the ear or any other inflammation.

Chamomile Steep the flowers in boiling water. Strain out the water, and apply the hot flowers in a cloth for alleviation of the earache.

Garlic An old country remedy: Peel the skin from the bud. Cut the bud into the right size to fit the outer ear canal if it is sore or inflamed. Apply the garlic encased in gauze to prevent blistering.

(Wild) Ginger Ginger has antimicrobial properties. The Meskwaki Indians crushed and simmered the root as an ear poultice.

Mullein The yellow flowers of mullein provide an excellent earache oil which relieves internal and external pain and ear eczema. Steep the flowers in sunlight for twenty one days. Strain out the oil. Add additional mullein flowers and repeat the process several times. Mullein oil is available from reputable homoeopathic pharmacies.

Onion Roast the onion to modify its acrid oil, then apply it hot to the ear to relieve pain and control discharge from the ear.

Yarrow Winnebago Indians steeped the whole yarrow plant and poured the liquid into the aching ear. Control the liquid by using absorbent cotton.