The Complete Herbal / To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic.

by Nicholas Culpeper

FOR THE EARS, AND THEIR IMPEDIMENTS.

13. For pain in the Ears.

Drop a little oil of sweet Almonds into the ear, and it easeth the pain instantly: (and yet oil of bitter Almonds is our doctor’s common remedy.)

14. For an imposthume in the Ear.

Boil some milk, and put it into a stone pot with a narrow mouth, and hold the sore ear over the pot whilst the milk is very hot, that the vapour of the milk may ascend into the ear: this is an often approved remedy to take away the pain, and break the imposthume.