Ear Pain? Try These Simple and Effective Home Remedies

Ginger contains properties that reduce inflammation. It is helpful in curing ear infections. It is also a natural pain reliever. Extract juice from a piece of fresh ginger and put it in your ears. This relieves both ear pain and swelling.

Or take olive oil in a tablespoon, add a little mashed ginger to it. Heat this oil on a gas flame. After it cools down a little, put a few drops of this oil in the ears.

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Garlic has pain-removing properties. Therefore, garlic is also a good home remedy to cure ear infections.

Method of making and using it -

• Add small pieces of garlic to sesame oil and heat it.
• Cool this oil and filter it.
• Put 2 to 3 drops of this oil in the ear in which you are having pain.
• If you want, you can also extract the juice of garlic cloves and put it in your ears.

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Olive oil gives you relief from earache very quickly. It is a kind of lubricant that helps in removing ear infections. Olive oil even removes the hissing sound coming inside the ears. For this, put three to four drops of lukewarm oil in the ears.

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This is the easiest home remedy, because it is present in every home.

Method of making and using it -

• Take a little salt and heat it in a pan, keep stirring it with the help of a spoon or else it will burn.
• Now take it in a cloth and tie a bundle. Place this bundle on your ears.
• The heat that will come out of this salt will warm your ears.

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You can also use a hot water bottle to warm the ears. This remedy also helps in relieving pain. For this you do not have to do much, just pour hot water in the bottle, wrap it with the help of a towel. Now place it on the ear that is hurting.

You may not know, but peppermint leaves also provide relief from earache. Extract the juice of fresh leaves and fill it in any drop bottle. Now put a few drops in the ear which is aching. With the help of a piece of cotton, put some oil in the open part of the ear as well.

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By using these home remedies, you can get relief from the pain in your ears. If you are not getting relief even after using these home remedies, then you should consult a doctor without delay.

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