14. Breast Milk
No mother wants to hear her baby cry. Infants with an ear infection typically can’t talk and tell you what’s wrong with them. However, mothers usually figure out it’s an earache that the cause of the pain, reasonably quickly.
It may seem like an alternative cure for an earache, but breast milk can provide your baby with relief from pain symptoms. Breast milk contains natural antimicrobial compounds that fight infection and disease. Place a few drops into your baby’s ear, and the antimicrobial properties should start to show some signs of relief after a few minutes. Repeat the treatment every few hours until symptoms begin to diminish, and your baby stops crying.
Mothers don’t have to worry about the milk infecting their babies ear, it naturally dries out and absorbs into the skin. Some research suggests that breast milk may even work to cure symptoms of pain in adults affected with an earache.