Patients with otitis media are not advised to wipe with alcohol if there is no pus flowing out. Alcohol has a strong stimulating effect and may aggravate the congestion, redness and swelling of the mucous membrane of the ear canal, which is not conducive to the recovery of otitis media. If the patient has acute purulent otitis media, the eardrum is perforated and there is a lot of purulent discharge inside the ear canal, you can also wipe the mucous membrane of the ear canal with a small alcohol cotton ball or alcohol swab, the main purpose of which is to sterilize and clean up the purulent discharge in the ear canal, after which you must rinse it repeatedly with saline to avoid residual alcohol, which may aggravate the patient’s symptoms. You can use levofloxacin ear drops to reduce inflammation, and add oral antibiotics, such as roxithromycin capsules, to treat the patient’s otitis media for one week, and the situation will improve significantly.