Home Remedies for
Ear Infections and Ear Pain

This ear pain has gone far enough, these home remedies for ear infections will give you instant pain relief. They will soothe and immediately start helping your body to cure itself

You can feel quiet lost in trying to find ear infection pain relief for that sometimes excruciating but always very aggravating throbbing or stinging ear

Through time some very effective natural treatments have been discovered by natural doctors, scientists, sufferers, concerned parents and by us

Before we start with these home remedies for ear infections, we have a few things you should keep in mind

Remember our warning that unless you are 101% sure the eardrum is not punctured (because your doctor examined you or your child and told you so) never put anything deep inside the ear canal!

Some of the best and safest home remedies are used about or outside the ear anyway, not actually in it

When you are suffering from ear pain do also not try to scratch or prick your ear with your fingers, ball pen or hairpins or anything. This increases the chance of infections

And finally, when treating your child always keep an eye and ear open for signs of discomfort

These home remedies against infections and ear pain are safe and proven ways to both get rid of the pain and fight the infection

A lot of the ingredients are already waiting in your kitchen or medicine cabinet. If you follow the suggestions, use common sense and apply them gently

Let's get to the Home Remedies

We divided these home remedies in 5 categories. Click on the link to go to the section of choice

home remedies for external use home remedies for internal use home remedies with drops home remedies from your medicine cabinet home remedies with herbal teas

First let's take a look at some very simple and proven kitchen cabinet ear ache and ear infection home remedies for external use

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A warm washcloth or a warm water bottle put over the ear will ease the pain. Usually your painful ear requires warmth but use only the ways which are convenient for you. The warmth and the moisture of a warm wash cloth or water bottle penetrate the ear giving immediate ear infection pain relief

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Cut an onion into small pieces and put it into a thin wash cloth or cotton children's sock. Warm it up to body temperature in the microwave or with a blow dryer. Place a cotton wool swab on the opening of the ear. Put the warm cloth or onion sock against the affected ear and fasten it with a hat or scarf which is made of natural materials like cotton, wool, silk or flax

Leave it for 30 min or as long as you can stand it. Repeat this 2 to 3 times a day, every time with a fresh onion

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This smelly ear infection treatment is basically the same as above but instead boil 3 to 4 garlic cloves for a few minutes. Mash them and add a bit of salt. Wrap it in a cloth, preferably flannel, and put it on the painful ear. Fasten it with a hat or scarf like mentioned above leave it on for 30 to 40 minutes

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Make a paste with onion powder. Mix water and onion powder until you have a paste that is sticky enough to stay on by itself. Apply to the outside and around the ear. Leave it for 45 minutes. This ear infection treatment should ease the pain and fight the infection

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A very effective way for ear infection pain relief is to take a chamomile teabag heat it up with a blow dryer to body temperature and put it on and around the affected ear. You can leave it the whole night

You can also use fresh chamomile flowers in a wash cloth or sock. A slight variation on this is to blanch chamomile tea for 15 minutes, strain it taking out the leaves, soak a cotton wool pad in it and put it on your ear

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Put the juice of one lemon in a bowl add 1 cup of salt and mix it. Pour the mixture into a damp towel and close it so it stays in and can't come out. Place it in the microwave and heat it up until it is steamy. Test when it is comfortably warm enough. Put your head on the towel so the steam can get up into the ear

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Put salt, or 2 parts salt mixed with 4 parts cornmeal, in a cotton sock and close it tightly with a string. Heat it up with in the micro wave, with a blow dryer or on the radiator until it is comfortably warm. Put it on the painful ear, it is an immediate ear infection pain relief. For fighting the infection however you will need some more remedies. Very effective ear infection pain relief, will instantly ease the pain

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Another smelly ear infection pain relief treatment; take a fresh garlic clove, crush it and put it in a cotton handkerchief. Place it on the painful ear for 20-30 minutes. This may ease you pain and chase away your friends for the evening but can be very useful. However if it starts to feel unpleasant remove it immediate

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This one is especially useful for children and babies. Take a teaspoon of olive oil and 5 drops of lavender oil, warm it in a pan. Let it cool down, soak a cotton ball in it and apply it on the outer ear. Do not drip it in the ear! After you finish throw out the liquid, make new if you want to do it later again, don't use the old one. Gives instant ear infection pain relief

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Another ear infection treatment for children; put some lavender oil under the ear; put a glass over the ear and the lavender oil closing the area for a few minutes. The vapors will work their magic

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Take a hair dryer 18-30 inches from the ear and gently blow warm air toward it. Be very careful not to get too close or blow to hard this can cause even greater discomfort and can even burn you. This is only a temporary pain relief

Now let's take a look at home remedies
for use in the ear with cotton wool

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Cook the olive oil and the garlic together; when the garlic is cooked well remove it from the hot oil. Strain it and put a cotton ball into the still warm (not hot) oil, put it into your ear. Leave it for a while and remove or you can sleep with it if it is comfortable to you. One of the most effective home remedies for ear infections

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For this herbal ear infection treatment dip a cotton ball in some lavender oil and put it in the painful ear. Lavender and lavender fumes have anti bacterial and antiviral properties. This way the fumes get into your ear canal. You can leave it in the ear for several hours or even for the whole night

You can also put some lavender oil in the olive oil garlic mixture from the remedy above

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Take the outer layer of 1/2 of an onion, hold it over a flame and then put oil inside this outer layer. Soak a cotton ball in it and put this in the ear once or twice for one day

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For ear infection pain relief you can also warm a garlic clove in the microwave for 10 seconds. Then put some Vicks vapo rub on one of the ends of the clove and place it in your ear. This also fights the infection

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Put a drop of warm garlic oil on a cotton swab, make a plug and place it in the ear. Leave it for 30 to 40 minutes a few times a day. Great ear infection pain relief and fights the inflammation as well. Again a very effective ear infection treatment

Some very effective home remedies
with the use of ear drops

We all had ear drops at some point in our lives they are not always comfortable but most of the times did the job. The following ear drops are very effective for ear infection pain relief

The safest way to apply them is with an old fashioned eye dropper or a q-tip. The working of an eye dropper is straight forward for using a q-tip with your child here is a useful q tip:

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This is almost a magical home remedy for ear infections. Heat up olive oil and some bruised pieces of garlic (you can bruise the garlic pieces by putting a kitchen knife flat on top of it and pressing or hitting it with your hand allowing the juice to come out). Strain it and drip some drops in the infected ear

Of course you could also warm up a bit of extra virgin olive oil alone. Drop 2 or 3 drops in the painful ear. Great ear infection pain relief and a time proven ear infection treatment

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Heat some olive oil and put a good amount of grated onion in it. Let it fry for a while. Strain it through fabric and drip one drop in each ear. This will reduce the pain

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2 drops of apple cider vinegar in each ear will ease the pain in your ear for a while

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For this ear infection treatment you mix two crushed garlic cloves with two spoons of mustard or mustard oil and slowly warm it up to a medium temperature. When the garlic starts to burn, turn off the heat. Let it cool down and strain it. Drip two drops in the infected ears

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Bruise or cut 2 to 3 cloves of garlic. Add about 1.5 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and melt in just a little honey. Heat it up a little until a comfortable temperature. Strain it and drip some drops in the infected ear. Leave it for a few seconds and drain it out. Put a warm towel on the ear, this should ease the pain

Home remedies for ear infections straight from your medicine cabinet

Sometimes home remedies are already waiting in your medicine cabinet. These remedies have been found to be very effective

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For this ear infection treatment dip a q-tip in warm water, then in some glycerin. Drip 3 drops and repeat until you feel it running into your ear

After 30 minutes use a clean and dry q-tip to gently clean the wax. Never put the q-tip deep into the ear! Repeat it after an hour even if you already feel relief. Repeat this a couple of times the first day, and if needed over the next couple of days

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Put quiet a few drops of hydrogen peroxide in the ear. This will give you a fizzing sound. After a few minutes take a clean wash cloth an turn your head over to drain the peroxide. Then put some alcohol in the ear to dry it out. Make sure you get out all the peroxide because 'left overs' will make your ears fizz for a long time

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Mix a few drops of the magical tea tree oil with an equal amount of extra virgin olive oil and put two to three drops in the infected ear. Gives you almost immediate pain relief

Note: remember that tea tree oil should be used carefully. When misused it can cause harm. Be also aware of the fact that there are concerns about using essential oils in general on children and pre-teens, especially repeated use. So it's better not to use essential oils when treating them

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Colloidal silver is a natural antibiotic; it kills bacteria, viruses and fungi. Without getting too scientific, it basically suffocates them without harming our own cells. Drop enough warmed up colloidal silver in the ear canal to fill it and then cover it with cotton wool or a tissue. Leave it for 5 to 6 minutes

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Put some vicks rub on a cotton ball and put it in your ear. Leave it there all night or until the pain goes away. A bit peculiar but can be very helpful in ear infection pain relief

Herbal teas as home remedies for ear infections

Herbal teas can be very helpful and effective in easing the earache and even fight the infections

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Make a tea by mixing a teaspoon of both herbs in one cup of boiling water. Drink this three times a day. Goldenseal and echinacea are very useful in fighting bacterial and viral infections

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Bruise about 1/2 cup of packed mint leaves in a tea pot, add 2 tablespoons loose-leaf Chinese gunpowder tea or green tea and pour 4 cups of boiling water on it. Later add honey to taste

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Boil one quart of fresh water in a pot and add four teaspoons pau d'arco loose dried bark. Reduce the heat slightly and let it simmer for 20 minutes

Finally a small note on Antibiotics. They are no longer the first thing doctors prescribe for acute middle ear infection or otitis media. Everybody is thinking twice before treating ear infections with antibiotics

Research is showing that most infections in the ear go away by themselves and antibiotics do little or nothing to speed up the process. Also using too many antibiotics leads to antibiotic resistance in some bacteria, which means antibiotics don't help anymore

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