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The Pharmacy First service, launched in January in England, extended the range of services chemists can provide, including treatment of sinusitis, earache and shingles.

A pharmacist had recommended she visit a doctor following a bout of earache.

These plants—in the form of ointments, potions, or burning smoke—were prescribed for everything from earaches and toothaches to flatulence and “pains of the womb.”

Treatments for seven conditions such as sore throats and earaches are now available directly from pharmacists, without the need to visit a doctor.

Wax build-up in the ear canal can cause painful symptoms including tinnitus, earache and hearing loss.