Inner Ear Infections

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Inner ear infections especially among preschoolers and young adults are at almost epidemic proportions. A study released from Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta stated that the cost of doctor visits for ear infections last year was over $1 billion dollars. Even at rising doctor fees that’s a lot of ears. I’m sure that each of us knows at least one young child that has chronic ear infections.
What causes the increase of ear infections?

We might find a clue by looking at other trends in our society. There are more bottled fed children than breast fed. (Breast feeding however is being more encouraged lately.) The baby who is breast fed gets the mother’s immunity with the milk. Breast milk also doesn’t cause mucus build up.
Record high commercial milk and milk products sales. Cows milk thickens the mucus in the body which inhibits its cleansing effect.
Anti-biotics are the most prescribed drugs in America. Anti-biotic usage (although in emergencies are needed) weakens the body’s natural immune system. I personally believe that Anti-biotics are grossly over prescribed.
Anti-biotics are also in our meat supply. This too can lower our immune response.
People keep their homes too warm in the winter. The ideal temperature in our homes is 58 to 62 degrees Fahrenheit. Warm air drys out the mucous in our nose and respiratory system, dramatically increasing our chances of getting infection of the ears, sinus and throat. It is also a good idea in the winter to set out clean containers of water to humidify the air.
Many people use cold suppressants such as Contact, Sinoff etc. These do not clean out mucus but rather thicken it so bacteria and viruses can attack the respiratory system and ears.
America as a whole is a constipater society. The three complete bowel movements daily that we all should be having not only are important so we get a constant supply of fresh nutrients it also has a cleansing and siphoning effect on the body. The respiratory system is to be cleansed by the mucus which then empties into the bowel to be excreted. If you let the bowel movements get sluggish the respiratory system can not drain properly.
Changing your life style by cutting out all of the above will not cure all ear problems but many people I have worked with have had dramatic results by just cutting out milk products, cold suppressants, excessive use of antibiotics, lowering the temperature in their home, humidifying their home and acquiring good bowel elimination.

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By looking at the illustration it is easy to see how easy infections from the sinus/throat area could infiltrate the Eustachian tube. Swollen glands in the neck both lymph and tonsils also pinch off the very end of the Eustachian tube preventing it from draining properly. It is more effective to clean something with water than with jello, so for mucus to do it’s job it needs to be thin and antiseptic. Vitamin C in adequate dosages should greatly increase the desired constancy of mucus. To break up thick mucus many have used combinations called Marshmallow/fenugreek, goldenseal and Tei Fu oils.

Most have excellent result with their children’s inner ear infections by cutting out the milk, over the counter products, unnecessary anti-biotics, keeping the bowels moving and giving the child goldenseal at first symptoms.
I have a friend whose son was one the children who contributed to the tally of raising chronic ear infections. He had ear aches for 4 months when he was 6 months old he had been on 5 different kinds of anti-biotics for 3 months and it wasn’t getting rid of the ear aches.
The doctor suggested that she had tubes put in his ears. Instead, my friend gave her son goldenseal and in less than 5 days the doctor could not find a sign of the ear infection. Whenever Tommy’s ears started to get infected she’d give him the herbs, he began needing them less and less. He is now 3 years old and he has not had one ear infection this winter.

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