Here's a recipe you can make to help with ear infections this coming cold season - from the website Frugally Sustainable
Herbal Ear Oil Recipe
Ingredients
4 ounces good-quality, organic olive oil
0.25 ounce dried mullein flowers
0.25 ounce dried garlic
10 drops tea tree oil
10 drops eucalyptus essential oils
5 drops lavender essential oils
Method
1. Make an herb-infused oil with the dried mullein flowers and garlic. Click here and read this article for detailed instructions on creating an herb-infused oil.
2. To your mullein flower and garlic infused oil, add the essential oils of tea tree, eucalyptus, and lavender. (available at my website: www.youngliving.com/laurasoils).
3. Fill dark glass dropper bottles full of the medicinal oil. I like these 1 ounce or 2 ounce size bottles.
4. Because cold oil applied to the ear will often increase the pain,
always warm the oil to body temperature by placing the bottle in warm
water before application.
5. Instill 2-5 drops in the ear three times daily.
6. For best results — and for the highest level of pain relief
– follow the application of ear oil with a 10 minute warm compress.
A gentle massage behind and below the ear using this recipe for lavender oil will aid in pain relief as well.
7. This oil should keep for 6-12 months in a cool, dark place. Feel
free to add a few drops of vitamin E oil in order to extend it’s shelf
life.
Please note: It is always best to have the ear drum
physically inspected by a licensed health care practitioner prior
to applying this or any herbal ear oil. Ear infections can cause hearing loss and deafness if left untreated.
Where Can I Get This Stuff?
-Mountain Rose Herbs…they
have everything (dried herbs, essential oils, and the cute little dark
glass dropper bottles) you’ll need for this remedy! It’s your
one-stop-shop!
-The Bulk Herb Store also carries many of these ingredients if you’d like to price check.
Now it’s your turn…what all-natural remedies do you use for ear infections?
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