Hydrogen peroxide in the ears for the flu and colds

j87x Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:14 am

Any truth to this or is it junk science?

http://www.healingdaily.com/exercise/hydrogen-peroxide-in-ears.htm
http://www.purestcolloids.com/no-cold.php

Although it would appear to contradict what we are taught about the flu and colds, many people have tried hydrogen peroxyde in the ears with great success. Hydrogen peroxide works quite well and is supposed to be effective about 4 times out of 5, especially if done when the symptoms first appear.

In 1928, Dr. Richard Simmons, hypothesized that colds and flu virus enter our bodies through the ear canal. It was Dr. Simmons' hypothesis that, contrary to what we have been taught, we usually can catch the two via the ear canal and not through the eyes or nose or mouth as most of us believe. Dr. Simmons' findings were dismissed by the medical community.

This method works because the rhinovirus which causes colds enters the body through the ear canals and the hydrogen peroxide kills the virus before your body gets infected.

scottyc33 Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:38 am

I've tried this once or twice - hard to say if it works or not since I rarely get sick these days.

I also will gargle with HP if I feel a sore throat coming on and I do feel that it helps.

Dr. Mercola recently recomennded this in an article on the common cold, so there may be something to it.

HP is cheap - so there's no harm in trying it.

Hydrogen peroxide in the ears for the flu and colds

Hydrogen peroxide in the ears for the flu and colds

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