I have heard that olive oil in the ear can help a ear infection but i dont have any will vegetable oil work?

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Yes, but try to burn two cloves of garlic in that oil, sieve, and cool the oil at room temp before using. You can store the oil in bottle. Recommended oil are canola & soy. Using garlic just enhance the medical value. A drop or two will be enough.

Measurement:
2 Tablespoon Oil - use 1 clove of garlic (meshed)

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no. try sweet oil?

Olive oil is great for ear infections. put on cotton ball insert in ear. works wonders vegetable oil does not work

my gramma used to warm up Crisco just till melting, then the cotton ball.maybe the secret is warming it up?

The only reason for adding olive oil was to soften ear wax. Therefore, vegetable oil would work as well. The only thing for the infection would be an antibiotic ear drop, or an antibiotic by mouth.

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