Boil 2 to 3 fresh garlic cloves for a few minutes.
Crush them and add some salt.
Wrap the mixture in a clean cloth and press it against the painful ear to relieve the ear pain.
Eat raw garlic to cure your ear infection faster:
Two to three crushed cloves a day will boost your immunity and may help to speed up healing process of the infection in the ear.
2. Olive oil
Olive oil is a natural medicine and it can help clear the ear infection by softening the ear wax. One of the main causes of an ear infection is wax in the ear that catches fungal or bacterial growth. Use olive oil as a natural ear infection remedy to help clear the wax blockage from your ear.
Warm the olive oil slightly.
Pour a few drops of the remedy into the infected ear.
When the ear wax has softened, gently remove it from the outer ear with cotton-tipped swabs, but be careful not to go too deep and cause an injury (I’ve previously mentioned why it’s not good to clean inside your ears).
Tip: To increase the efficacy you can add to the olive oil garlic and mullein flowers that work very well for relieving ear infections. Mullein has been used in traditional medical systems due to its anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties.
Garlic Mullein Oil to Treat Ear Infection
2-3 tbsp chopped garlic
2-3 tbsp mullein flowers
Extra virgin olive oil
Place the garlic and mullein flowers in a small saucepan and add just enough oil to cover the herbs. Warm for 15-20 minutes over very low heat. Strain well and store in tightly covered glass jar in the refrigerator.
How to use? warm the oil in a teaspoon over a candle or stove-top burner. Warm only to body temperature (about room temperature). Use a dropper and apply 3-4 drops into the ear. Apply the warm oil every 30 minutes or as often as needed.
3. Steam inhalations with Eucalyptus and lavender essential oils
Essential oils are an excellent remedy to treat ear infections naturally. You can use essential oils for ear infections by inhaling steam which will help to kill off infections in your nose and ear canal (both of which are connected together).
In fact, essential oils are an extremely effective home remedy to help soothe ear discomfort and pain. To use essential oil as a home remedy for ear-related infections, this is what you should do:
Boil some water and pour it in a non-plastic container.
Add a few drops of eucalyptus and lavender essential oils. You can also add tea tree oil for its powerful antimicrobial effect. This is also a natural home remedy for treating sinus infections.
Cover your head with a towel and inhale deeply to soothe the earache.
4. Basil
Holy basil has shown to be effective for treating minor earaches and ear infections. There are a few different methods to use basil to relieve the symptoms of a painful ear infection.
Basil juice for treating ear infection
Crush four to five fresh basil leaves to extract the juice.
Apply the basil juice around the painful ear, but make sure it doesn’t leak into the ear canal.
Basil oil for soothing ear pain
Mix a few drops of basil oil with carrier oil (such as coconut oil, olive oil, castor oil).
Pour the natural remedy on a cotton ball and wipe around the infected ear, just inside the ear (but not into the ear canal) and behind the ear.
Repeat twice daily until the pain in your ear has gone.
5. Diluted tea tree oil
There are conflicting references regarding the use of tea tree oil for curing an ear infection. According to a study published in the journal Audiology & Neuro-otology short exposure to tea tree oil in the ear can help kill off bacteria and viruses that cause ear infections.2 Tea tree oil has long been used as an alternative treatment for ear infections due to its antiseptic properties.
