Ear Candling

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Ear candling, also called ear coning or thermal-auricular therapy, is an alternative medicine practice claimed to improve general health and well-being by lighting one end of a hollow candle and placing the other end in the ear canal. According to medical researchers, it is both dangerous and ineffective. The practice does not remove earwax or other toxins. But those who do ear candling testify that it made them feel better. Many people had powder that comes out; practicioners says that toxins are orange to brown in color.

Candling should never be done on a person who has water in their ear, swimmers ear, or inner ear water. The water could steam and cause a burn.

story: A fellow teacher was sick, with a cough. It seemed like she could not get well. During a candling, she began to cough intensely so the procedure was stopped. But she said that she already felt better. Her cough clear up.

story: One mother and her son both had candling done. They said that it cleaned out their sinuses, and they felt relaxed. The mother said that anybody who is anxious or tense would benefit from ear coning. The mother said that her childhood neighbor, a Mexican Indian, would roll up a newspaper into a cone, put in a sick child's ear, and light the end. So ear candling was very similar.

story: One practicioner said that she has pulled many object out of people's ears. For example, one lady had a tiny doll shoe. The lady remembered that her doll only had one shoe. Now, we know where the second one went.

Procedure: One end of a cylinder or cone of waxed cloth is lit, and the other placed into the person's ear. The flame is cut back occasionally with scissors and extinguished between 5 and 10 centimeters (2-4 inches) from the person. The person is lying on one side with the treated ear upright so the candle is almost vertical. The candle can be stuck through a paper plate or aluminium pie tin to protect against any hot wax or ash falling onto the person. Another way to perform ear candling involves the person lying face up or sitting upright with the ear candle extending out to the side with a 45 degree upward slant. A dish of water is placed next to the subject under the ear candle. The flame appears to create negative pressure, drawing wax and debris out of the ear canal

Outside Sources:

http://earcandling.com/

http://www.coningworks.com/

http://doesitwork.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2008/01/17/4362034-fire-in-the-hole-the-truth-about-ear-candling

http://www.healingfeats.com/earcone.htm

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