Originally Posted by KathyAire
Originally Posted by leatheflea
Purreed onions, squeeze juice through cheese cloth. Make sure its not a hot onion. One drop in the ear as needed. Works, used it on my kids, it was like magic.
I'm not saying it doesn't work, but that's a weird one.
Onions have allicin, an anti-microbial/antifungal, that's why it often works "like" an antibiotic.
By the way, "candles" for ears is also an ancient remedy. They are not actually candles because they are hollow tubes, but one does light the end of them and the flame creates warmth which tends to draw unwanted substances (wax) up out of the ear into the tube.
Jan in VA