Among the folk remedies for the treatment of otitis, the most famous are compresses. Compresses are divided into dry and wet. With a dry compress, simply put on a warm shawl. This will gradually warm up the patient's ear and provide a reduction in the focus of inflammation. The most effective treatment for otitis is the use of a moist compress.
Compresses, both wet and dry, are usually put up for the night. The difference between a dry compress is that it can be used around the clock, and there are no time limits. If you need to go out into the street, you should close the sick ear with a piece of dry cotton wool, and put a headscarf or hat on your head. Wet compresses are applied strictly on time. If an adult falls asleep with a compress for the whole night, then nothing terrible will happen. However, if you put a wet compress on your child, be sure to strictly follow the time. For adults, applying a wet compress is two or three hours, and for children - strictly no more than two hours.
Method of preparing a wet compress: take small dishes and heat vodka or diluted alcohol in it. Then, wet the cotton swab, and immediately attach it to the sick ear (it should be warm, but not hot!). Remember that vodka or alcohol very quickly cools. Vatu can be placed behind the ear, or make a cake with a hole in the middle and put it in your ear. In the latter case, the ear canal itself will be opened. On top of cotton wool, you need to put a special paper for compresses, which, however, you can replace the usual tracing paper or a simple piece of cellophane package. Fix the compress with a warm kerchief. If the patient has a temperature, then you can use a regular bandage or a cotton shawl. When using a wet compress, it is better for a patient to be in bed.
In folk medicine, as a means to treat this disease, various alcoholic tinctures are also widely used. If desired, they can be bought in any pharmacy already ready. You can buy tinctures, which use walnut, calendula or Japanese sofor. Tinctures are instilled in the ear with a pipette two or three drops several times a day. Tincture before use it is better to slightly warm up, placing a vial into a glass with hot water. You can also use vodka. Moreover, it helps even with chronic purulent otitis.
You can prepare the following tincture on your own. For cooking, take two tablespoons of fresh or dried mint, and pour 200 ml of vodka. Then let it brew for a week. If you need to apply the tincture earlier, then just take a few drops of the tincture from the bottle for one instillation, and put the rest back to infuse. Apply this tincture two to three drops, three times a day.
In the treatment of otitis, grasses can also be used. For preparation of alcoholic tinctures from medicinal herbs, you can use achinacea and celandine. You can use only celandine juice. Apply alcohol or water infusions of spray, rose petals or chamomile.
The following little-known folk remedies can be used to treat the disease. Garlic is used as an excellent anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and analgesic. For the treatment use garlic oil, which is instilled in the diseased ear.
The recipe for cooking garlic oil is simple. For its preparation you need 4-5 cloves of garlic and vegetable oil. You must boil the garlic in a small amount of vegetable oil, it is better to take the olive oil, but if you do not have it, you can use the usual sunflower. Obtained oil must be insisted for a few days, and preferably a week.
Otitis is one of serious diseases, and it is necessary to treat it only by proven methods. Do not treat it lightly, since not completely treated otitis can give serious complications, even to the loss of hearing. As a rule, ear diseases are directly related to the condition of the nasal passage. Due to illness of the nose, the infection can get into the ear canal. So in the treatment of otitis should be in parallel to carry out treatment and nasal cavity.