Onions are naturally antibacterial in nature and help destroy the bacteria causing ear infection and ache. Onion juice can easily be prepared and is best for treating ear infections. Grate onions and extract the juice from it. Take an ear dropper and ask a family member or a friend to drop one or two drops into the ear. You may also steam the onions and extract the juice from it to get more onion juice. Relief will be almost instant and in a week the bacterial action will subside.

Though the odor can be a great put off, garlic is a very strong antibacterial agent and offers instant relief from ear infections. While traveling, you can use garlic oil for dropping in the ear. Cut a clove of garlic and plug the infected ear for fast results. Garlic can cause a stinging sensation on your skin. To avoid this, rub some olive oil on the ear canal before placing garlic clove. Massaging the garlic oil around and at the back of your ear too offers great relief. Wait for a few days before relief sets in.

Cinnamon has antibacterial properties that can destroy bacterial action. Cinnamon oil can be prepared by adding half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder to olive oil and heating the mixture in low temperature. Strain the mixture and drop the oil into the ear two times every day. Infection will subside in 3-4 days. You might want to take cinnamon oil in an airtight container while traveling.

Take 5-6 mango leaves and grind to form a paste and boil it along with a cup of water. Allow it to steep for an hour until the infusion becomes strong. This water, which has antibacterial properties, can be used as ear drop to treat the pain and infection. You can start the treatment as soon as the infection sets in to get instant relief. This treatment is not ideal while traveling.

The strong medicinal properties of holy basil help in treatment of ear infections effectively. All you need to do is to extract the juice of holy basil leaves and use 1-2 drops in the infected year 2-3 times a day. Within 3-4 days, the infection will be gone. This treatment is also little difficult to continue while traveling.

With its anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, ginger juice can cure swelling of the Eustachian tube and bacterial infection as well. Take a ginger and extract the juice out of it through a clean cotton cloth. Warm it slightly and put 2 drops into the ear 3 times a day. Within 3 days infections will subside completely.

Mustard oil has great healing properties and can cure ear pain as well. Take a clove which too has abundant antibacterial properties and heat it in half cup of mustard oil. Using an ear dropper, put 2 drops into the ear twice a day. Continue for a week to relieve the pain and infection.

Massage therapy encourages lymphatic drain and reduces the inflammation and pain associated with ear infection. You can use onion or garlic juice for the purpose. Drop the oil into your ear and stretch the ear by pulling the ear lobes so the oil reaches the inside of the ear. Massage the underside and back of the ear moving in an up-down position towards the neck. This will encourage lymph drainage from the infected ear. Massage therapy will cure the infection in a week.

While you treat the infection with home remedies, ensure that you take adequate amounts of vitamin C, zinc, etc., as supplements to reduce and treat the infection through strengthening the immunity of the body. Take advice from a doctor to arrive at the right dosage.