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Olive oil in your ears

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mrs_overall | 17:56 Sun 11th Mar 2007 | Body & Soul
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When I was young and had earache, my mum would pour olive oil in my ears and tthen stuff a piece of cotton wool in to stop the oil dribbling out. Did anyone else have this done to them and can anyone tell me WHY parents did it?
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To loosen earwax ...
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No, it wasn't earwax...
The GP said I needed my tonsils & adenoids out but still I had the oil poured in my lugs...not that it ever did any good!
I am currently waiting to have my ears syringed, in the meantime I have been advised to do the above, as Abdul says to loosen the earwax.

olive oil does loosen ear wax . when you have ear ache you should not put anything in the ear , i was told
My mother did this to me and I ended up with a mastoid.
i remember this getting done to me, but it olive oil was warmed.

no idea what good it did tho!
i think it was merely to soothe.

the warmth would soothe but also to make you feel like you are being made better by a special potion
yes, my mum used to warm it first before pouring it in my ears.

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