Turpentine
★★★★★
From Article: The Sacred Heart Review, Volume 5, Number 6,3 January 1891
I have tried it many times, It works!
(Somewhere, Europe)
09/18/2020
Rob, just olive oil on some cotton works within 48 hours for our family.
(Kentucky)
09/21/2020
★★★★★
I have had issue's with Meniere's Disease (undiagnosed) but closes to the symptoms I've experienced like loss of hearing, dizziness, tinnitus and balance with general inner ear pain. I've tried olive oil, olive oil with garlic, essential oils of tea tree, eucalyptus, basil, lavender in different combination's. Out of all of them, Georgia Diamond Turpentine mixed with olive oil 1:1 ratio has worked the best. Hope this helps someone looking for answers.
(Kentucky)
05/17/2025
★★★★★
TURPENTINE – Ear Medicines.
Source: The New Standard Formulary - Comprising in Part I All Preparations Official Or Included in the Pharmacopeias, By A. Emil Hiss, Albert Ethelbert Ebert · 1911
Medicines for the ear are of two kinds, one for earache, which may be called Earache Drops, Earache Remedies, or Earache Oils, the other being intended for the improvement of the hearing, the latter kind being known as Ear Oils or Acoustic Oils. Of course no medicine will actually improve the hearing when impaired, unless it be due to a waxy concretion present, which may be softened and dissolved.
III Acoustic Oils.
Oil of Turpentine
1 fl. dr.
Oil of Sweet Almonds
6 fl. dr.
1 to 6 Ratio.
One to 2 drops on cotton in the ear.
Deafness generally arises from deficient secretion of wax in the ear. The following remedy is in some cases useful:— Oil of turpentine, half a dram ; olive oil, two drams ; mix, and insert a couple of drops in the ear at bed-time. Oldtime Remedies from the UK
(Canada)
09/30/2026
(Canada)
09/30/2026
Rob,
I feel like my 'earaches' are a fungal infection, in both ears! A liquid will suddenly drain over the inner (middle?) ear and then it immediately causes such an itch type irritation, that you must carefully use a q tip to absorb the "itchy liquid". It is so itchy you will use a new q tip to just gently itch it and most times the skin becomes tender and open. The next day, a lot of times, there will be dry flakes that come out when you put the q tip in, as well as blood from the skin the day before that took a beating. Any treatment I try, I can tell the next day by the q tip, that the liquids' texture and color is different. I always hoped that meant it was working but it is still here and comes and goes as it wants, often though!
I have turpentine, sweet almond oil, olive oil and boric acid.
I also have DMSO, iodine POV and Lugols 5%, witch hazel, and many other things here, so please give me an opinion on this if you have one.
I like all your posts on the subject and figure you can update me best, if you have any opinion on the fungal issue. I don't like to try 10 different things too close together.
I would not put 'isopropyl' alcohol anywhere on my body after reading Hulda's book.
I did use an alcohol from Germany (Melissengeist: lemon balm and real medical grade alcohol, NOT Iso) that you could get at the Deli's, but since Covid, most good stuff from Europe is non existent here in Canada now. That was the best so far, but not sure if it was a cure, or, if I was supposed to drop it into my ear for that. I just used it on the swab, in and around the ear canal and it felt so good.
THANKS!
Witch Hazel
★★★★★
