Since my father was a chiropractor, I grew up
always well-adjusted (physically, not just socially!). And I never had an
earache as a child. In fact, I had my first ever ear infection when I was
married, had our first child and was teaching in public school. I literally
didn't know what it was! I thought I was losing my hearing or something. I went
to an MD, the only time I had ever been other than to have our baby and sure
enough I had some kind of raging ear infection. It was so bad that my eardrum
was pushed the wrong direction. Ouch. I was absolutely miserable and of
course, I couldn't work if I couldn't hear the kids so I agreed to take the
antibiotics.
I knew also though that I needed a good chiropractic
adjustment. I had not been going to the chiropractor as regularly then. So I
went in and got my adjustment that same day, and went home to rest. I upped my
Vitamin C and put some Vitamin E oil in my ear and by the next day I was feeling
all better. That's the joy of having a strong immune system. Even when you do
get sick, your body responds so well and you recover so much more
quickly.
Anyway since then, I've realized that most people aren't as
fortunate as me or my kids. My oldest is 14 and he has only ever had an earache
once. I didn't even bother to take him to the medical doctor. We just went to
the chiropractor to get an adjustment, upped his Vitamin C and acidophilus, and
put Garlic Oil in his ears. My 10 year old, got really sick on us one winter
though a few years ago. I couldn't quite figure out what was going on with him.
He was complaining of a stomach ache, headache, and sore throat. The flu was
going around so I just figured that was it. Well he kept running a really high
fever and just when we thought he was starting to improve, he got awfully
lethargic the next day. It scared me. None of my kids had ever been that sick.
Well of course it was on a weekend, so I had to take him to our hospital's
Convenient Care.
It turned out that he had Scarlet Fever and (get this!)
a double ear infection, even though he wasn't even complaining about his ears!
Scarlet Fever isn't as scary as it sounds. It just means that he had Strep
Throat that developed into the Scarlet Fever. So they gave him an antibiotic
shot. The only shot any of my kids have ever had. We took him home and I did
the garlic oil in his ears, got him to the chiropractor, and he made a rapid
recovery.
So our first line of defense against ear infections is always:
chiropractic
garlic oil (I know fresh garlic in olive oil would be even more effective,
but I keeping the garlic oil capsules on hand is easier for me.)
Vitmain C
Acidophilus
You can read Colleen Huber's tips here and more from Dr. Mercola here. I'm sure many of you might have some
wonderful tips as well. God has definitely provided many resources for us to
deal with illnesses and to guard our health. And I'm not totally opposed to
antibiotics.When used rarely and appropriately, they are wonderful. I just think
they are often prescribed just because they *might* help in spite of the
warnings against the negative effect of anitbiotic overuse. I truly think if
more people realized that these natural remedies can be just as or even more
effective as the pharmaceutical stuff, there could be many more healthy parents
and children in the world.
It is very true that GOOD chiropractic care is extremely helpful in preventing disease, as well as shortening an illness once one has begun. I have not been sick but once in 3 years since I have been regularly adjusted by a D.C. who checks each visit for subluxations. I used to be sick once a month prior to that time.
I would add that better nutrition (including probiotics) and a clean colon are the other components that turned my health around.
Thanks for the great info. I put warm olive oil in the girls ears when theirs were aching this week. Next time I'll use garlic oil! At the first sign of illness around here I always grab the vitamin C and garlic tablets, too.
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