Does anyone have a home remedy for an ear ache?
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Sock full of beans or rice, heat for 2 minutes in microwave or pan on stove over low heat and put it on your ear.  the heat should give you some comfort. I have suffered with ear infections all my life this works.  I have to use ear drops and had to have a tube put in.  Heat works my friend,  hot as you can stand it but not too hot to burn.
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A doctor can fix it by flushing it(irrigation i think). Feels alot better the next day. Sometimes it is just caused from using qtips believe it or not you should never place them in the ear..go figure..hope this helps you out.
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*  Increase your liquid intake. (Warm tea with honey is a favorite home remedy).\n    * Use a steamer or humidifier in your bedroom.\n    * Gargle with warm salt water several times daily:  ¼ tsp. salt to 1/2 cup water.\n    * Take mild pain relievers such as acetaminophen (Tylenol®, Datril®, Tempra®), ibuprofen (Advil®), etc.\n    * Take non-prescription throat lozenges.
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I am fussy about my ears - tend to get a lot of infections, so I would try to go to a doctor. In Denver there are several free clinics if you don't have money. Anything like that in your area? However, I know that in Britain they don't treat adults with strep with antibiotics, preferring that the body battle it out. And I have had strep and have gotten better from it without the help of a doctor, but I was really, really sick. If you are still determined not to go you can try putting a hot pack on your ear for the pain. Fill a clean sock with rice or salt or barley and microwave it for a minute to heat it up. Lie down and put the sock over the ear that hurts. Best of luck.
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Heat always helps, I remember when i was a child having earache and my grandma got a hot water bottle with a towel over it and held it against my ear, that helped!
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Might want to see a doctor.  There are some OTC meds, but they might not help if it's an inner ear problem.
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You can use peroxide or alcohol. (I get swimmers ear and that's what I use) Also you can buy the swimmers ear drops from a store like wal-mart for cheap.
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U can put a small amount of peroxide in your ear or get a product called Swimmer's Ear.
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You might have an ear infection? but... try asking a doctor.. i think it's better that wa
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Steps \nTake a small bowl, and add some warm water. \nAdd an equal or slightly lesser amount of Hydrogen Peroxide. \nFill the ear syringe with this mixture. \nLie on your side, and insert a small amount of the mixture into the affected ear with the syringe. (unaffected side to the 'down side') \nRemain lying on your side for 5 to 15 minutes. You should be able to hear the Hydrogen Peroxide bubbling in your ear. \nWhen the bubbling sound stops, place the second small bowl under your ear, and turn your head to drain the ear into the bowl. \nRefill the syringe, and with the bowl under your ear, squirt the mixture into your ear with a slight amount of pressure. You should be able to feel the pressure from the liquid, but don't squeeze the syringe so hard that it causes pain. Repeat this step until you are out of the water/peroxide mixture. \n\n\n\nTips \nHeating the peroxide may help. Fill a sink with hot water, and place the bottle of peroxide in the hot water for a few minutes before performing preocedure. \nIt is best NOT to use a 'waterpic', or other mechanized water jet. If you cannot hear due to ear clog out of one or the other ear, it is best to see your health professional (a doctor, Nurse Practitioner or Physicians Assistant) at your local health clinic. \nWarnings \nDon't do this if you have experienced recent head trauma or air travel. \nThis procedure is intended to remove natural ear wax from ears. If there is a foreign object obstructing an ear, consult a doctor. \nPlacing cotton in your ear while lying on your side may help to prevent spills. (Never force the cotton into the ear canal, just 'snug' it into the outer ear opening, and be sure to lay with the ear being treated on the UP side.) \nDO NOT try this if there is any opening in the eardrum. (ie. ruptured eardrum, or tubes) \nMake sure when using the syringe to insert the mixture, there is enough room around the tip of the syringe for air to escape from your ear. \nDO NOT try to attach any kind of 'needled dispenser' to the syringe! At no point should any part of the syringe enter the ear. \nFor your comfort, make sure the water is warm as cold water will cause a violent reaction. Squirting cold water in the ear is how comatose victims are tested for consciousness. \nThings You'll Need \n2 Small bowls (1 to contain the cleaning solution and fill the syringe the other to catch the drained solution.) \nHydrogen Peroxide \nWater \nEar Syringe (Can be purchased at local pharmacy) \nCotton
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The best home remedy is to take 800 mg of Ibuprofen which is prescription strength.  It has an anti-inflammatory in it so it's going to work better than Tylenol and aspirin.  But the only way to truly rid yourself of the pain completely is to visit your dentist.
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heat up about a cup of salt in a frying pan - just keep stirring it around to get it hot.  Once it's hot, pour it into an old sock and place the sock on our ear (you may have to let it cool a minute or two)  The heat from the sock will soothe your pain and will clear the gunk in your ear
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I've used Hydrogen peroxide for a while with great success.  Just let it sit for a while.  It'll sound kinda funny, all bubbling in your ear, but it works really really well, then flush it with warm water.\n-Duo
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Hi Kim\n\nHere are some ideas to clean out your ears.\n\nHerbal Aids \n1.Garlic: Earache, inflammation of the middle ear, ear disease: Pack a small clove of garlic in gauze and place into the external ear passage; or drop 4-5 drops of oil into the ear channel, cover with flannel, and keep warm. \n\n2.Rue: Warm and place several drops of compound oil into the ear. \n\n3.Mullein: Use warm mullein oil, 2-3 drops in the ear 2-3 times daily. Apple cider vinegar is also a healing agent. \n\n4.Hops: Apply a flannel bag of hops, and moist heat over the affected area. \n\n5.Treat Both Ears: The simple, old-fashioned aids are sometimes very fast in giving relief. Always treat both ears, even if only one aches. \n\n6.Onion: Lightly bake a large onion, cut it in half and while warm (not hot enough to irritate the area), bind one half of the onion over each ear. Bandage in place and hold bandage on with a nightcap, white skullcap, etc., and leave on all night. \n\n7.Camomile: Use a fomentation over both ears of three parts of camomile and one part of lobelia. Take two ounces orally (a wineglass full) each two waking hours. Leave the fomentation on the ears all night. (Cover fomentation with plastic or oiled silk, etc.). \n\n8.Mullein: Use three to six drops of mullein oil in both ears several times each day. Insert it upon retiring for the night, and, as before, plug the ears with cotton. Place a fomentation over the ears all night of three parts mullein and one part lobelia. \n\n9.Dr. Christopher's B & B Tincture: When this procedure is used as explained here, it can be an aid in assisting an improvement of poor equilibrium, failure of hearing, aiding the motor nerve, etc. With an eye dropper insert into each ear at night four to six drops of oil of garlic and four to six drops of the following herb tincture: blue cohosh, black cohosh, blue vervain, skullcap, and lobelia, plugging ears overnight with cotton, six days a week, four to six months, or as needed. On the seventh day, flush ears with a small ear syringe using warm apple cider vinegar and distilled water half and half. \n\n10.Flaxseed Meal and Blue Vervain: Made into a poultice with flaxseed meal, using a strong infusion of Blue Vervain instead of plain hot water, it relieves ... earache and ear abscess as well. \n  \n\nTestimonials \n1.Garlic: When my little girl had an earache I put a piece of fresh garlic in her ear and it was better by morning. The previous alternative was to go to the doctor and pay a lot of money for penicillin. \n\n\nBest of health to you
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Try rubbing your neck start at your shoulder and go up to your ear.if you will rub behind you ear that should help.
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try running a bowl of warm water and adding mint or lavender to it.put your head over the bowl and place a towel over your head and stay like that for ten minutes.alternately you could go and see the doctor or just rest,stay indoors if you can help it. ♥b♥
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It could be that you have fluid in it. Have you had a cold or been swimming? Does it hurt or are you dizzy? Keep check for those things and go to the dr if it starts. If its water in the ear mix up 1 part vinegar and 1 part alcohol and drop some in your ear. Don't use cold water it hurts!