An ear ache is common to most people. It may be due to hard ear wax, water in your ears due to swimming or a bath or a hard blow to your ear. Either way you must take care to prevent any infection from spreading. An ear ache in a child is extremely painfully especially the child is unable to tell you the pain that it is going through.

The simplest thing that you can do to get relief from an ear ache is to use a hot water compression. Use a hot water bottle against your face and ear to help to soothe the ache.

Heat a few spoons of olive oil and add a few garlic to it. When the oil cools down; pour a drop into the aching ear. The garlic has healing properties to cure the earache.

For infants try a mixture of lavender oil mixed with olive oil. Heat the oils together and massage it onto the outer ear.

Grind 4 to 6 cloves of garlic and fry it. When it begins to get brown; add a drop of olive oil to the pan. Now, squeeze the hated mixture with a cloth and collect it in a bowl. Use a drop of this in the aching ear and the rest to massage it around the ear.

Heating olive oil and adding a few pieces of onion and frying the consistency will give you a brown liquid. Use this liquid to massage your outer ear and pour a drop into your ear. An ear ache is normally caused by an infection. The best remedy in this case is a diet high in Vitamin C. it helps to boost your immune system and is a natural antibiotic that helps to relieve fever and swelling caused by the infection. In this case you can either put 2 drops of hydrogen peroxide or holy basil oil in the aching ear.