Get rid of ear infections naturally

Children are often plagued with ear infections and they're often taken to doctors who give them antibiotics. However, antibiotics destroy our healthy bacteria, which is our first line of immune defence. This leaves children, and adults, wide open for numerous health problems later in life after they've taken antibiotics.

Ear infections are most often caused by a bacteria, virus, or fungus in the ear and the juice of a few cloves of raw garlic with a little water is an effective natural antibiotic, antiviral, and anti-fungal (without the associated negative effects of pharmaceutical drugs).. This simple mixture can be placed right in the ear a couple times a day as an easy home remedy to beat common ear infections.

However, before you do this, you should know that with ear infections, it can be painful while the garlic is killing what needs to be killed. The pain, however, generally lasts just a few minutes and when the problem is eliminated, there will be no pain even with the same dosage of garlic water.

To make the mixture, juice a few cloves of garlic and strain the juice to ensure it's without chunks or solid residue. This can be done using a juicer, blender or indeed by pounding. Then, add approximately five times as much purified water as garlic juice. Then simply tilt your head to the side and pour in some of the garlic water. Keeping your head tilted to the side, let the garlic juice remain in your ear for a few minutes or as long as you can stand. When you're ready, simply tilt your head to the other side to drain the remainder, and rinse your ear in your next shower/bath. With young children, or if you have a low tolerance for pain, you may want to dilute the juice even further.

It generally takes just a dose or two before the pain - and problem - are eliminated. And most would agree that the momentary pain beats having your immune system compromised for the rest of your life - whether you're an adult or child - just because your doctor didn't tell you how to replenish your healthy bacteria after he/she gave you drugs (antibiotics) that destroyed them.

If you've already taken antibiotics and are turning to home remedies as a back plan, it's important to also get started in replacing your healthy bacteria.. Having an abundance of these friendly microbes in your gut will help you avoid many problems. Indeed research suggests that even just one dose of antibiotics can wipe out all of our healthy bacteria. To replenish these good bacteria that live in your gut, take a course of Probiotics. Make sure that the product states how many Viable Organisms (basically the number of good bacteria) it contains. Preferably you should always choose a products that has a minimum of 1Billion bacteria per capsule. You only need to take probiotics for a limited time (usually one month). Remember that probiotics need to be kept in the fridge, otherwise the bacteria start dying.

Healthy bacteria are also found naturally in raw fermented foods, including sauerkraut (fermented cabbage), kim chi, and kombucha. Quality yogurts (as well as Mabisi and sour water) also contain plenty of healthy bacteria, but yogurt is also mucus-forming which contributes to clogged pathways in the body. In particular, mucus-forming foods contribute to clogged sinuses - and clogged sinuses are connected with ear infections. Due to this, it's better to get your healthy bacteria from vegetable-based sources. Dear readers, I have taken a break and will be back after the festive season. Happy holidays.



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