Tip Tuesday: Onion Poultice

Onions for ear aches???  OK, get ready.  This sounds really weird.  But I wouldn't tell you about it unless we tried it first and it really does work.  I'm sure there's a good scientific reason... but it's just one of those old-timey things that you've got to see... um...feel to believe.

This really helps an ear ache.


Making an Onion Poultice:
Just peel an onion and cut it in half.  Then heat it up some way til it's hot.  You can bake it, fry it, whatever.  It doesn't need to be brown like this, it just so happened to get that way.  The second time we tried it in the microwave and that worked just fine, too.

 Then wrap it up in a soft, thin, old cloth.  It looks really gross, but if you have a terrible ear ache, you'll try just about anything!

Hold it on your ear for 15 min. or so.  It helps to tilt your head.  Think happy thoughts and
 Prepare to be amazed!

Once it cools, it won't work anymore.  You can re-heat the same onion and use it again, for about 15 min. each hour.  But it might just fix your ear ache on the first try...

 and save you a trip to the doc.

And a round of antibiotics.

Gotta love that!