Natural Otitis Media Treatment for children

Otitis Media is also termed glue ear because the fluid of the middle ear increases in viscosity becoming glue like. This results in a diminished hearing ability through the ear with no loss of bone conduction hearing. If there is less bone conduction, the patient may have auditory nerve involvement.

The patients in this study were of ages 2- 18 presenting earaches, ear itching, or diminished hearing. These patients were screened with a simple audiometer for external hearing loss and with a tuning fork for bone conduction. Sixty-five patients were reported in this study, thirty-five which had the typanogram test both pre and post. All patients had Otitis Media symptoms.

The treatment for all patients was a mucous-dissolving herbal formula of low potency nettles (nature’s mucous dissolver) and horsetail grass silica (nature’s lancet) with iodine and alfalfa in the remedy for anti-histamine effects. Each parent of these children was taught to massage the ear for Eustachian tube drainage. The Eustachian tube angle of drainage increases with age, increasing the risk of Otitis in children. The simple technique of ear massage was performed twice daily during the one month of the study.

Other causes of Otitis Media include the ear’s susceptibility to toxins in an ever-toxic world, poor pancreas enzyme production making the lymph more viscous, allergy reactions, infective cases, or stress involvement. Since this was a professional practice not a classic study, patients were treated for whatever else presented in the etiology survey.

Limitations in the audiometer and subjective analysis of ear pain made quantified results difficult. Since it is the purpose of this pilot study to provoke deeper inquiry, we simply used an Otitis positive or negative diagnosis. In every single case, Otitis improved dramatically within 1 month of treatment. Fifteen of the cases were scheduled for surgery, and in every case surgery was aborted because of symptom improvement.

Further analysis with better-trained practitioners and more precise equipment for media vs. internal diagnosis is needed. We cannot determine the precise most valued intervention among those modalities used in this study, i.e. clinical therapy; use of Mucous Dissolver (T17); ear massage; increased parental involvement; stress reduction, or others.

Ear Massage Technique:

This massage technique is to aid the inner ear and to help clear the Eustachian tubes. The massage process should be done gently and firmly – not to the point of pain. If the child shows signs of pain, reduce pressure. The following three steps should be done twice daily on both ears: