"Home" Remedy

How To Treat An Ear Infection Abroad

1. Recognize one's lack of insurance
2. Wonder how to navigate foreign health care system
3. Panic
4. Scurry over to laptop
5. Search for homeopathic remedies
6. Troll many a home remedy forum
7. Decide on a course of action based on products in the pantry
8. Have companion pour white vinegar in one's ear
9. Wait a bit
10. Drain
11. Warm up a spoon over the stove
12. Pour vegetable oil in spoon
13. Let oil warm
14. Have companion pour warm oil in ear
15. Wait a bit
16. Drain
17. Hijack companions sock
18. Fill sock with white rice
19. Tie end of sock into a knot
20. Microwave sock for forty seconds
21. Apply warm compress to ear
    
22. Repeat treatment for three days
23. Feel much better