Are you going to do the goldenseal with probiotics? They always prescribe Antibiotics for infection, btw.

Are you supposed to take the meds even before she gets the lab results?

If she gave you amoxicillin, she probably suspects bacteria are involved. I would throw the prescription in the trash and take goldenseal instead. If the goldenseal helps, I would start taking 4 critical care probiotics for every two goldenseal, and stay on them until the infection is completely gone. It won't hurt to keep taking the grapefruit seed extract too. There are probably fungi in the infection, attempting to clean up the mess that bacteria is making.

If your sinus infection comes back over and over. I would make some nose drops out of distilled water and food grade hydrogen peroxide, and use it twice a day, until the mother load decides to exodus.

If, on the other hand, the goldenseal does not help, on Friday your doctor will call you and tell you to stop taking the amoxicillin, as you don't need it. But you will already be a jump ahead of her, as you will have discovered from getting no results by taking goldenseal, that amoxicillin is not what you needed.

Your doctor will probably then prescribe something that ends with "ole" instead. In which case, if I were you, I'd throw the prescription in the trash, and start taking 4 drops of Lugol's Iodine in a glass of water twice daily, with a goal of increasing to 24 drops daily asap, and intention of staying on 150 mgs daily for six months. Then I would switch to a maintenence dose of 8 drops per day.

In addition to Iodine supplementation, I would snort as much bloodroot as I could endure. *It only takes a pinhead amount of bloodroot to cause an immense burning sensation in the nose, so be careful. And I am no sissy btw.

Good luck with getting rid of what ails you.

Just adding a few more natural / herbal methods to Glaxony's advice, you may also see some good results against bacteria in the ears (or anywhere else in the body as far as this goes) using Garlic Oil. Garlic is said by some herbalists to be one of nature's best, powerful, broad spectrum anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-biotic.... and it happens to be a natural anti-biotic which the human body and the bugs it contains will NOT develop resistance to the way happens with synthetic, big-pharma meds.

When formulated as an oil extract (usually Olive Oil), the oil helps to act as a buffer. Garlic is strong and can sting or burn on contact with skin/flesh. This is sometimes a desired effect, like, when ridding warts, moles, etc., but in the ears, you definitely want the garlic to be buffered with some olive oil.

J.R. Christopher had a simple formula for making Garlic Oil. He also often supplemented the use of Garlic Oil with a separate forumula he calls B&B - a Nervine formula. The basic directions are, at bed time, put about 6 drops of Garlic oil in the problem ear. If necessary, do each ear. After the garlic oil is in, you can supplement this (optional) by putting about 4 drops or so of B&B into the same ear. Then plug the ear with cotton and leave in while sleeping. I've used this approach with good success in combating constant problems with ears & eustachian tubes going through a cycle of clogging, aching, infecting, repeat. I suspect this is fallout from long term smoking that also produces a regular cough that sprays phlegm backwards and up into the tubes. Various things help combat this, including occasional H202 in the ear.

With the B&B formula being a Nervine, the ear is a great path for applying it; straight path to the brain where the B&B will nourish the nervous system while also soothing & helping to calm nervous activity. Some people have had their long term deafness resolved using this formula.

Also note, Garlic Oil is fairly easy to make home made. I've done it myself, it only takes about 3 days of macerating the garlic (preferred organic) in some good olive oil (preferred organic). There are a few tips to learn, which I learned the first time through and will know better the second time through.

I'm going to stick my neck out and say that you should continue and finish the Antibiotics you have been given. There is a time and a place for Antibiotics and this is one. Ear infections are dangerous things. To do half a course of Antibiotics is seriously not a good idea.

I have had ear problems in the past and grapefruit seed extract is really good stuff to get rid of wax and yeast but if the area becomes in any way sore or inflamed you must stop. Some times it works and some times it doesn't. Also, for some reason oil (olive) also irritated and worsened the condition. Water based products were better for me.

I don't think you have "parasites" in your ears. I think (probably because of leaky gut, most likely as a result of parasites) you have food sensitivity issues. In my case, ear problems were ALWAYS linked to dairy products. When I cut out dairy the problem went. I can handle dairy occcasionally but if eaten over successive days and for as long as a week, the wax/itching will start up. At least the condition is now under my control and no longer an issue.

Another thing: I used to swim alot (and underwater) and had a lot of ear problems. I swam in public chlorinated pools. I remember my doctor at the time pointed out that I might have eczema in my ears triggered by the chlorine. This was definitely true. Once I used ear plugs I was ok.