Cure ear infections with garlic
If you’ve ever had an ear infection, you know how annoying it can be.
Ear infections are usually accompanied by a low-grade fever. You might experience pain in one or both ears. Depending on the severity of your ear infection, you might feel:
- slight discomfort in the ear while swallowing
- some pain when relieving air pressure within the ears (this happens whenever your altitude is changing, e.g. going down an elevator of a high-rise, in an airplane that’s ascending or descending, driving down a mountainous area, etc.)
- the feeling of a “bubble” popping in your ear, particularly when you lie down. The popping is usually very painful.
Ear infections treated by a doctor will usually involve a round of powerful antibiotics and ear drops. It usually takes more than a week to resolve severe cases.
If you don’t have access to a doctor, there is an incredibly effective home remedy you can try — the humble garlic.
I have used garlic to treat my own ear infections, each time with great success.
What you’ll need
One clove of fresh garlic. Thick tissues or some thin cloth (you can just cut up an old cotton handkerchief).
How to do it
1) Chop the garlic into tiny pieces. They should be small enough to fit into your ear.
2) Wrap a pinch of the finely chopped garlic into some thick tissue or cloth. Twist the end so that the garlic is encased tightly.
3) Place the wrapped garlic securely in your ear (with the twisted end sticking out of your ear). You don’t need to shove it in deep, just place it securely enough that it doesn’t fall out when you tilt your head. Remember that for this to work, you only need the fumes of the garlic, not the actual garlic itself.
It’s best to do this right before you go to bed, so that the garlic fumes will work throughout the night while you sleep. It’s also a good idea to do it while you sleep for social reasons (people may not understand why you have stuck garlic in your ears 
).
Garlic works fairly quickly, and you should feel a lot less pain after a night with the garlic in your ears. For more severe cases, continue using fresh garlic a couple more nights to thoroughly kill the infection.
Why it works
Garlic is a powerful anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal ingredient.
The power of garlic is such that even its fumes have been clinically proven to kill bacteria such as:
- shigella flexneri (causes diarrhea),
- salmonella typhi (causes typhoid),
- shigella sonnei (causes bacillary dysentery),
- aeromonas hydrophila (causes gastroenteritis, is very resistant and hard to kill),
- branhamella catarrhalis (causes bronchitis, sinusitis, and laryngitis), and
- staphylococcus aureus (causes a wide a range of illnesses)
I agree. Garlic is a natural antiseptic and as such can be used for various ailments. Thanks for the tips.
I’m trying it now; using the tube without paper method. At first it burned a lot, but I can definately feel it work. Man, it is fast!
im scared to try this.. im using 2 different antibiotics.. one to drink and the other one are drops for the ear…
Hi Ivan, I remember being scared also at first, but once I tried it, I found garlic to be much more pleasant to use than antibiotics. I remember the dropper my doctor gave me, everytime I put a drop in my ear, I could taste it in the back of my throat. The antibiotics also failed to work for me, perhaps my infection was too severe. Meanwhile, the garlic works only through its “fumes”. If you wrap the garlic up properly before inserting, no garlic will actually enter your ear at all. It is quite safe.
Wow….I’m not going to lie. I thought this sounded crazy! But, I started getting an ear ache (possible infection) that accompanied my cold. I didn’t want to go to the doctor ($$$$). So I decided to try it. I just took a clove of garlic and dug my fingernails into it to really let the fumes and juices flow and then I took a band-aid and essentially taped the clove to the inside of my ear. Within an hour or two I felt the pressure subsiding. My ear still feels uncomfortable after having the clove in my ear for about 3 hours. But now I’m going to bed with it. Crossing my fingers!
Sounds promising – let me know how it goes. I’m interested to hear if your band-aid method works just as well.
I use the open garlic band-aid method whenever my son or I have an ear infection, I think it works better than the wrapped up garlic method. It works faster, although the hearing is impaired from that side I can still hear clearer with the band-aid than tissue. I’m actually doing it now after a week of antibiotics not killing the pain or infection. Been about thirty minutes and I no longer feel like my head is stuck underwater!
Thanks for sharing, Shaelynn!
Wow ! I do infusions with other natural herbs .Each have specific properties that combine with castor oil’s unique biochemical make up to alliviate different ailements.
Garlic !! has great properties that at times equals or are better then anti biotics.What else has the mix been known to beneficial for ?
I make ifusions of Eucalyptus,Rosemary,lime peels,citronelle,aloe vera.
My next infusions will be a mix of mint herbs and thyme . The later has properties you should GOOGLE to then hasten to want to use !!
Plese keep us posted on progress with the garlic cure.
im trying the garlic right now my ear is starting to hurt so i will try this i hope it works.