With your issues of pain, nausea, and recurrent infections, a medical professional would be helpful. Is MassHealth an option for you?

I have insurance, however there is still a co-pay for the visit. Plus the cost of the antibiotic if they prescribed me any. It usually comes when I have post nasal drip. So change of season, any illness like a cold or flu, etc..

No response to our postings is rude on the part of Katie.

This post was edited by HerbDoctor on Tue, Aug 13, 13 at 10:21

another option: i would instead recommend a therapy which would encourage the ear to drain (rather than put oil into a fluid filled ear). garlic oil and other infection fighting herbs could be taken internally and an onion poultice used to relieve pain and encourage the ear to drain. onion poultices occupy an honored place in folk healing tradition being inexpensive, easy to make and use, effective.

i have a client handout on making and using an onion poultice i'll gladly share, if anyone wants a copy message me privately from here.

This post was edited by kaliaman on Wed, Aug 7, 13 at 10:03

Bullwinkle: "This method is 100% safe." [crash] "99% anyways."

alternating hot and cold compresses for the pain and inflammation.

I can just stuff a small clove of garlic in my ear -but when I was younger, my mother used to trim the tops, and sew an 'extraction' cord into the bottom of them, so they wouldn't get stuck in there.

I haven't had a bad one since I finally kicked the antibiotic habit about 15 years ago (my parents and pediatrician treated penicillin like it was a vitamin) but they're high on my list of things I have had to treat, or cope with, in my life.

Kaliaman, your email doesn't show on your list. My ear has been plugged for 9 years. I fell and suffered a minor concussion. I need help badly.