Acupressure and Home Remedy tips For Ear Pain
>> Sunday, February 01, 2009 –
acupressure,
Hand Reflexology
I have two small kids aged 18 months and 5 years and at least once a year they suffer from ear infections. Ear infections are very painful and common in small kids. Usually in case of ear infection the throat region also starts paining as these are internally connected organs.
The pain usually occurs in the night and you need to wait till next day till doctor can see the child. In that case it is always handy if we can apply some home remedies along with acupressure to control the pain. Here are two options which you have, one is base on Antibiotic property of Garlic and the other is based on Acupressure.
Home Remedy
This is a tried and tested treatment which I have got from my grand parents and parents and tried it a lot of times. Take a small bowl of mustart oil and 3-4 cloves of garlic. Boil them together till garlic turns black. Take care that it does not burn too much, but taking off the bowl from the stove as soon as garlic cloves start turning black. This will make sure that all the medicinal properties are mixed with the oil. Let the oil cool down. Now put 4-5 drops of the oil in the affected ear. Within around half an hour the pain will subside and in most probability you won't need to visit the doctor next day.
Acupressure Points
Press on the cheek bone in front of the middle of the ear. Press it for around 5 minutes and then repeat after two hours.
Please refer the point number 6 on reflexology chart for the point on the hand correspoinding to ear problems. This region is on the base of little and ring fingers and the region just below these fingers. Press the similar points in the feet. Make sure that in case the pain is on the right ear then you press the points more in the right hand and feet and similarly in case of pain in left ear.
The pain usually occurs in the night and you need to wait till next day till doctor can see the child. In that case it is always handy if we can apply some home remedies along with acupressure to control the pain. Here are two options which you have, one is base on Antibiotic property of Garlic and the other is based on Acupressure.
Home Remedy
This is a tried and tested treatment which I have got from my grand parents and parents and tried it a lot of times. Take a small bowl of mustart oil and 3-4 cloves of garlic. Boil them together till garlic turns black. Take care that it does not burn too much, but taking off the bowl from the stove as soon as garlic cloves start turning black. This will make sure that all the medicinal properties are mixed with the oil. Let the oil cool down. Now put 4-5 drops of the oil in the affected ear. Within around half an hour the pain will subside and in most probability you won't need to visit the doctor next day.
Acupressure Points
Press on the cheek bone in front of the middle of the ear. Press it for around 5 minutes and then repeat after two hours.
Please refer the point number 6 on reflexology chart for the point on the hand correspoinding to ear problems. This region is on the base of little and ring fingers and the region just below these fingers. Press the similar points in the feet. Make sure that in case the pain is on the right ear then you press the points more in the right hand and feet and similarly in case of pain in left ear.
