I've had a low-grade sinus headache and an earache in my right ear for the last few days...yes, I was quite bad over the holidays and now I'm paying the price..:( My ear hurt really deep inside, it hurt when I would massage around the back of it or tug on the earlobe. I could also feel that the ear canal was inflamed.
I tried Similisan, a homeopathic earache remedy, it didn't work, although it has in the past.
I put hydrogen peroxide in my ear, that also did not help.
Last night I candled my ears..I used 2 per ear as it has been a while, and that took care of the pain, although I could still feel a blockage deep inside.
This morning I came across this remedy, from:


http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/earache.html


CAYENNE PEPPER WILL UNBLOCK EUSTACIAN TUBES
5/6/2006: Jack from Toledo, Ohio writes, "IF YOU SUFFER FROM SINUS HEADACHES, THIS WILL GIVE RELIEF IN 30 SECS TO 5 MINUTES DEPENDING ON HOW LONG YOU'VE HAD IT. IT WILL ALSO STOP AN ASTHMA ATTACK; TAKE 2, 8OZ GLASSES, FILL ONE WITH COOL TO COLD WATER THE OTHER WITH NO MORE WARM TO HOT WATER YOU CAN SWALLOW IN ONE GULP. IN THE HOT WATER, PUT 1/8 TO 1/4 LEVEL TEASPOON OF "CAYENNE POWDERED RED PEPPER", MIX VERY WELL, THEN PICK UP BOTH GLASSES, DOWN THE HOT WATER AND RED PEPPER IN ONE GULP "QUICKLY". AS SOON AS YOU'VE DONE THAT, PUT THE COLD WATER INTO YOUR MOUTH AND RINSE VIGOROUSLY AND SWALLOW, REPEAT THE RINSE WITH COLD WATER UNTIL YOUR MOUTH IS WARM TO HOT, QUIT RINSING, FILL YOUR LUNGS WITH ALL THE AIR THEY CAN HOLD, AND HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN, THEN LET THE AIR "SLOWLY OUT YOUR "NOSE" REPEAT THE BREATHING EXERCIZE 4 TO 5 TIMES, BY THE FIFTH TIME YOUR PAIN WILL BE GONE!! IF YOUR EUSTACIAN TUBES ARE PLUGGED UP THEY WILL OPEN IN A FEW MINUTES, AND YOU'LL FEEL YOUR SINUSES DRAINING DOWN YR THROAT, YOU'LL NEED TO BLOW YR NOSE BECAUSE THIS WILL DRAIN YOUR SINUSES. THIS WILL ALSO GIVE UP TO 32 HOURS OF ASTHMA RELIEF AS WELL AS CLEANS YOUR BLOOD OF IMPURITIES WHILE YOU SLEEP."

IT WORKS! I used approximately 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne as I only have the "spice", not the therapeutic cayenne. I hadn't any pain at this time, but my ears(both of them) "popped"...Yay! I didn't know I couldn't hear, but...I can HEAR again! My head is clear...aaaaaahhhhh... :)