Ear Infection Remedies: Safe Home Care and Reader Tips

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Turpentine


Posted by Rob (Kentucky) on 09/17/2020
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Earache: Turpentine (Gum Resin) oil - Blend a spoon of clean turpentine with an equal amount of almond or olive oil and place a cotton ball squeezed in that mixture in your ear overnight. This would help alleviate the the ear infection.

From Article: The Sacred Heart Review, Volume 5, Number 6,3 January 1891

I have tried it many times, It works!

Replied by Mmsg
(Somewhere, Europe)
09/18/2020

Rob, just olive oil on some cotton works within 48 hours for our family.

Rob
(Kentucky)
09/21/2020
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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.

Rob
(Kentucky)
05/17/2025
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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


Witch Hazel


Posted by GEG (North Carolina) on 07/12/2021
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Try witch hazel, it is cheap and miraculous. I got shingles and it went to my ear. Kept getting in inner ear infections every couple of months. Started putting witch hazel on a cottonball and leaving it in my ear at least 30 minutes. Have not had an infection since I started doing this. Witch hazel kills bacteria, reduces inflammation very quickly. I put witch hazel in my ears after washing my hair and anytime I feel irritation.



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