If you’ve ever had an ear infection, you know that it’s not fun. Ear infections can be very painful, and are not as common in adults as they are in children and infants.
Causes
Ear Infection
Ear infections are commonly caused by pressure change in the ear typically caused by direct injury. Swimming may also be a cause of an infection if water gets into the inner ear canal. Heredity can also be a cause, as some people are predispositioned to developing ear infections.
Experiencing persistent symptoms mentioned below is as a result of ear infection.
If you know that you are prone to ear infections, you will want to include plenty of Vitamin C, onion, ginger, and garlic in your diet. You will also want to avoid bananas, watermelons, papayas, and cucumbers because these foods can increase you chance of developing a common cold, which can instigate an ear problem.
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Garlic
- Put a few drops of garlic juice or garlic oil in the problem ear, and then use a blow dryer to dry out the water trapped in the Eustachian tube. Have the blow dryer about 12 to 15 inches from your head.
- Grate a clove of fresh garlic and an onion, add a little bit of Olive oil to the mix, and simmer it on a low flame. Then add a few drops of lemon juice in it and pour the mixture through a piece of cheesecloth to extract the juice. Pour about 2 to 3 drops into the infected ear and cover it with a cotton ball.
- Take 2 cloves of garlic and remove the skin. Heat both cloves with 2 spoons of mustard oil on a low flame. When garlic turns black take the mix off the heat and sieve the contents to extract the juice. When the oil cools to about a lukewarm temperature, us a cotton ball and put about 2 to 4 drops in the ear.
- Boil 3 to 4 cloves of garlic in water. Mash the cloves and add a dsah of salt. Wrap the mix in a woolen cloth and place on the hurt ear.
Onion
- Make a poultice of onions by spreading the onions on a cloth and placing it over the infected ear. This should ease the ache in about 10 minutes.
- Extract the juice from an onion and warm it. Put about 2 to 3 drops of the onion juice in the infected ear.
