Give a sigh of relief if you suffer from ear infections. Now, you yourself can cure it by home remedies for ear infections. Ear infections are very painful and they take the hell out of you with pain and swelling. The holistic healing by the home remedies are easy to use and more effective; they even take care of the health of your ears.

Ear infections are mainly of two types: (i) otitis media (ii) otitis externa.
The former is the infection of the middle ear which is very common among children and the latter is the infection of the external ear. Ear infections are more common in winter season.

Causes of ear infection:

1. The otitis media is due to the blockage of the Eustachian tube caused because of cold, allergy or some other particles in the ear. This blockage causes fluid to build up in the middle ear and the swelling of the ear drum occurs.

2. Otitis externa is generally caused by the bacteria or fungi. Frequent swimming or exposure to water increases the chances of infection since moist and wet conditions are favorable for the growth of these bacteria or fungi. Some kind of skin allergies also cause otitis externa.

3. Some other factors also cause ear infections like nutritional deficiency and allergy among others.

Home remedies for ear infections:

• Put a few drops of garlic juice into the infected ear.
• Use a blow dryer to remove water, if trapped in the Eustachian tube.
• Put some olive oil drops on a spoon and warm it and put two or three drops into the infected ear.
• You can use few drops of lobelia extract also for pouring into the infected ear and rub the ear very gently.
• Ear should be washed using colloidal silver which is a natural antibiotic.
• Put some slightly warm juice of the mango leaf in a teaspoon and slowly drop one or two drops in the ear.

Even food acts as a healer of ear infections and also makes the immune system strong. The dietary supplements are effective in keeping the ear infections at bay.

a) Take vitamin C rich food for boosting your immune system that helps to combat any infection.
b) Increase the intake of Zinc in your diet. It reduces the ear infection.
c) Maintain a healthy diet having lots of calcium in it.
d) Avoid hydrogenated oils and processed foods.
e) Breast feeding is very important for infection in infants.
f) Cigarette smoke can block Eustachian tubes, avoid it.
g) Avoid the company of people suffering from cold.