Not sure if this goes under health or weird.

[Pappy]

[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]There is no evidence in peer-reviewed medical literature that this provides any known health benefit.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]ear candling, [/FONT][FONT=&quot]ear coning[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]An alternative medicine practice in which a [/FONT][FONT=&quot]cone[/FONT][FONT=&quot] of waxed paper is placed in the patient's external auditory canal and then set on fire. It is promoted as a treatment for cerumen impaction and for removal of unspecified toxins from the body. The practice is dangerous; it occasionally results in burns or perforation of the eardrum. In Canada and the U.S., it is considered an unregulated medical practice—unproven, untested, and illegal to use.

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I have never seen or heard of this until I spotted it on the net. Anyone ever try this?
By the way. I’m not going to do it.

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[hollydolly]

Yes I've seen somebody have that done...it was a complete and utter waste of time...and what a farce....the fact you have to have this candle burning away right in your ear while you lie on your side and hope the hot wax doesn't drop onto your face is terrifying...a whole waste of time and trouble..

 

[Falcon]

Have a fire truck standing by. Let us know how it went. Just sayin'.

 

[RadishRose]

I've seen them for sale in a "health food" shop when looking for some lavender oil. The owner explained the "candling" process. I was kind of in disbelief! Not for me.

 

[Warrigal]

Hubby has a cousin who has been doing this, and yes, she is a total weirdo.

 

[jujube]

I had Italian friends up in Michigan who swore by ear candling. I never tried it, though.

 

[Warrigal]

An example of a non medical placebo, IMO.

 

[Pappy]

Illegal, ha. You can buy the candles almost anywhere. There are versions that catch the wax as it melts. I guess grandpa blowing smoke in my ear, for my youthful earaches, wasn’t so bad after all.

 

[Mrs. Robinson]

I actually bought candles that were specifically for this purpose some years ago. Someone had told me it would be good for my son`s ear problems. I was too chicken to ever try it though. Coincidentally,I did see the procedure done on a Facebook video just a couple of days ago. Weird. If I run across it again,I`ll post it.

 

[ProsperosDaughter]

I am all for alternative medicine; but this is woo. IMO

 

[Traveler]

I knew a wild mountain girl who did that. I named her, "Dances with brain cells".