Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This ear oil was a game-changer for us - my first daughter had had multiple ear infections as an infant, and once her doctor recommended that we start thinking about ear tubes, we started researching more natural remedies first. After starting a combination of this ear oil and the massage therapy described in No More Antibiotics: Preventing and Treating Ear and Respiratory Infections the Natural Way, both of my kids have only had a handful of ear infections in the five years since... and the ear infections were almost always because I'd forgotten to start doing the oil / massage at the end of each cold. Now that my kids are a little older (5 and 2.5), our routine for the 2.5YO is to start doing a few drops of ear oil / massage 1x/day at the start of a cold, increasing to 2-3x/day as the cold clears up (which would be the most likely time for fluid to build up and/or an ear infection to develop). The 5YO can tell us with more accuracy when her ears are starting to bother her, so we only do the ear oil / massage when she asks. Again, except for when I'd forgotten to do the oil / massage timely, I have to imagine this routine has avoided many, many ear infections; my kids are both in daycare and are sick frequently, and at least for my older daughter, she had gotten an ear infection with every single cold until we started using this ear oil. And for the times that they did get an ear infection anyway? With our doctor's ok, we've elected to monitor the ear infections for a few days, avoiding putting our kids on antibiotics (and then dealing with the awful GI issues that tend to follow) and instead stepping up the oil / massage routine. Every time we've done this so far, the ear infection has cleared up within a day or two. I cannot recommend this ear oil highly enough! And as an added bonus, I happen to love the smell of garlic, so I think it smells great (although I could understand that some people may find the smell more objectionable). Still seems worth it, in my opinion.