Ear Treatments

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Your ears are lined with mucus membranes where candida overgrowth can occur, just like other areas of your body that have mucus membranes, i.e. eyes, nose, sinuses, mouth, throat, esophagus, stomach, intestines, genitals, etc. Symptoms of candida in the ears and/or candida toxins, which are affecting the ears, include:

  • chronic ear infection.


  • dryness and itchiness, often accompanied by excessive flaking similar to dandruff.


  • ringing (tinnitus) and clicking sounds in the ears.


  • ear pain and ear aches.


  • ear discharges and abnormal fluid in ears.


  • deafness.


  • abnormal wax build-up.


  • redness & swelling of the ears.

Please note that some ear symptoms can be caused by the healing process because the body will get rid of toxins through any orifice of the body it can. Some people experience more detoxifying effects through their ears than others do.

Eliminate Toxins

The first step is to eliminate any toxic substances you are exposed to, especially in your immediate environment:

  • smoke


  • molds - handle molds according to the article How to Successfully Overcome Candida


  • toxic fumes from carpets and other synthetic materials - Rip out synthetic carpets and replace them with natural wool or cotton carpets or rugs, wood or cork.


  • air fresheners and most candles (except bees wax)


  • cleaning fluids evaporating from dry-cleaned clothes


  • fumes and contact with toxic household cleaning products — buy non-toxic cleaning products


  • perfumes


  • body care products containing toxic substances, i.e. shampoo, bar soap, hair spray, hair gels, lotion, make-up, etc.


  • laundry soap, fabric softener sheets, etc. that contain toxic substances


  • Seek out natural, non-toxic household cleaning and body care products. See Toxins - Environmental, Household, Personal Care, Etc.

Eliminate Drugs & Over-The-Counter Medicines

Also eliminate the use of all medical drugs and over-the-counter medicines, including birth control pills and hormone replacement treatments (HRT). All drugs are toxic/poisonous to the body. Your body does not get sick from a lack of drugs! Note: Do not suddenly stop taking medical drugs. Going off some drugs requires careful supervision and most should be gradually decreased over a period of time.

Do not cook with a microwave, and eliminate all processed foods which may be irradiated (zapped with radiation) or contain pesticides, toxic substances, additives and preservatives. All commercial spices are irradiated.

Ear Treatments

To achieve some level of comfort you can treat the ears directly using several different methods and solutions. To treat candida overgrowth in the ears you can use antifungals such as coconut oil, garlic or nystatin, but minimizing candida in any part of your body, including your ears, will happen gradually as you continue on the candida program, particularly the diet and supplements.

Also, see the "Other Important Treatments" at the end of this article. Directly treating any one area of the body will not help unless you are also getting the nutrients (diet) and supplements recommended on the candida program, as well as helping your body to detoxify - see How to Successfully Overcome Candida.

Wax Build-up in the Ears

Put 10 to 15 drops of coconut oil in each ear, followed by a dry cotton ball. Leave it in for 4 to 8 hours, at which time you can swab out your ears with a Q-tip, removing the wax. If one treatment doesn't work, keep repeating it until all of the wax build-up is gone.

Garlic Treatment

One of the best direct treatments for candida overgrowth in the ears, and ear infections, or for flaking, aching and itching is garlic. Garlic contains a natural antibiotic and it is one of the best antifungals. You can use raw crushed garlic or garlic tea or garlic oil in your ears.

Hydrogen Peroxide

You can also use hydrogen peroxide mixed 50/50 with filtered water.

Raw Crushed Garlic

After crushing the garlic with the flat of a broad knife, cut it on all sides into a small enough cube to fit into the ear comfortably. Put a few drops of coconut oil in the ear, followed by the cut garlic piece and a cotton ball to hold it in. The garlic will fall out after it dries.

Treatments Methods

You can put the treatment solution into your ears using an eyedropper, small syringe or a cotton ball, i.e. garlic, nystatin, ocean sea salt, hydrogen peroxide – see recipes for the solutions, which are after the methods below.

When using some solutions, like garlic, you will feel heat going through your ears, which will tingle, but it is not harmful.

  • Eye Dropper or Small Syringe – Using a small syringe or an eye dropper trickle the solution in little by little (about 5 to 10 drops) into each ear while leaning your head sideways, followed by a dry cotton ball. This can be done 3 to 4 times a day.


  • Cotton Ball – Tear a cotton ball into two pieces which are small enough to fit into the ears. Soak the cotton ball pieces thoroughly in the solution. Put a soaked cotton ball into each ear, followed by a dry cotton ball to hold it in. Leave the cotton balls in for about 1 to 2 hours at a time. Do this 3 times a day.

Treatment Solutions

Garlic Tea

  • Boil 1 cup of water and set it off the heat.
  • Add one raw crushed garlic clove.
  • Allow it to steep 20 minutes.
  • Strain it and allow it to cool to body temperature.

Homemade Garlic Oil #1

  • Crush up and mince enough garlic cloves to fill 1/4 cup.
  • Pour 1 cup of extra virgin olive oil or coconut oil in a jar with a tight fitting lid.
  • Add the 1/4 cup of minced garlic, cover and shake well.
  • Keep the mixutre at room temperature for 14 days, preferably in direct sunlight, and shake it once every day.

Homemade Garlic Oil #2

  • Break up and crush 2 bulbs of fresh garlic and cut it up into small pieces (mince).
  • Place the garlic in the top of a double boiler, and pour enough extra virgin olive oil into the garlic to cover it well.
  • Cover the pot, and warm the oil gently over very low heat for 1 hour.
  • Cool it, and strain the oil through a piece of cheesecloth, and store it in a covered glass jar in the refrigerator.
  • To use the garlic oil in the ears, place a small amount in a metal spoon and heat it gently over a flame until warm.
  • Use an eye dropper to suction up the oil. Put 5 to 10 drops into each ear, and plug your ears with a soft cotton ball.
  • Repeat this every hour, or as needed.

Hydrogen Peroxide

  • Use regular 3% drug-store type hydrogen peroxide (H202) and mix it 50/50 in body temperature filtered water. Be careful not the get the H202 solution in your eyes. If you do, flush your eyes with lots of clean water.
  • Use an eye dropper to suction up the H202 solution. Put 5 to 10 drops into each ear, and plug your ears with a soft cotton ball.

Nystatin

  • Mix 1/2 teaspoon of powdered nystatin into one cup of warm clean water (mix well); allow the solution to cool to body temperature.
  • Use an eye dropper to suction up the nystatin solution. Put 5 to 10 drops into each ear, and plug your ears with a soft cotton ball.

Other Important Ear Treatments

  • Coconut oil is a very effective antifungal, which can also soothe and strengthen mucus membranes in your ears. Swab the inside of your ears liberally using a Q-tip, or put 10 to 12 drops of coconut oil directly in them, followed by a dry cotton ball.


  • After doing the treatments above, wait 20 minutes and then swab your ears with coconut oil. You can also use coconut oil to massage around your ears.


  • Essential fatty acids (especially omega-3), contained in a good Cod Liver Oil (CLO) or fish oil, are very important for reducing reactions to toxins, and for help with inflammation. Take the equivalent of 3,000 mg per day.


  • Also vitamin A and D contained in CLO are very important for the health of mucus membranes. If you are taking fish oils (in the Summer) for Omega 3, also ensure you take vitamin A.


  • Take baths with Epsom salts, salt or 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide. Baths help draw toxins out through the skin and help your body to detoxify and heal.

    Add two cups (500 grams) of Epsom salts or one cup of salt to a full tub of hot water. Or add 1 cup of 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide to a full tub of hot water. Sit and soak until you sweat, about 20 minutes.


  • Vitamin C - take 4,000 mg when the worst symptoms occur, and 1,000 mg every hour until the symptoms subside, or bowel tolerance is reached, i.e. loose stools. Then cut back the amount taken to a dose that doesn't create loose stools.


  • Drink six glasses of the Electrolyte Drink per day (1/4 teaspoon of ocean sea salt and the juice of 1/2 lemon in 6 ounces of clean water).


  • To help your body heal and detoxify, consume plenty of chicken soup and bone broths.


  • Cloves and clove oil are excellent powerful antioxidants, which makes them one of the best detoxifiers. They are also a natural antibiotic as well as being antifungal.


  • Clove Tea


  • Boil four and a half cups of water.
  • Remove the water from the heat and add two level teaspoons of ground cloves, or use whole clove buds, which are more potent. To crush whole clove buds, put them in a tough plastic bag and crush them with a hammer until they are pulverized – use 2 levels teaspoons.
  • Let it steep for 20 minutes. Strain and drink the entire amount during the day. It is okay hot or cold.


  • Alternatively, take clove oil – one of the best brands is NOW 100% clove oil. Take 4 drops three times a day. They are too strong to take straight, but you can dilute them in coconut oil or extra virgin olive oil or put the drops in gelatin capsules.