painful earache

contributed by Ethnomedica 19 Jan | 16:58

A family remedy for treating earaches was to take an onion. Cut the onion up into tiny pieces and wrap it in a cloth then apply to the ear and cover with a hot water bottle.

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From Germany in the 2000s

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