The juice of Marjoram, both wild and cultivated, dropped into the ears helped deafness, pain, noise, and ringing. The oil is often used in the ears to relieve earache. The ointment, which is made from the oil, is used in the same way. We have had earaches in our family which resulted from congested lymph glands and colds. By inserting oil of Mullein into the ear, however, we were able to stop the irritation in the ear as well as in the accompanying glands.
Ear candles are an old invention.
A pointed dowel rod is wrapped with a cotton or linen strip of cloth which has been dipped in melted paraffin wax. When the paraffin hardens, a long, thin, cone-shaped form will result and the dowel rod can be removed. The pointed end of the linen cone is put into the ear canal and the other end is lit. The person should be sitting upright so the wax doesn't drip into the ear. To avoid injury, be sure to put the fire out before the burning candle reaches the head.