The Health Benefits of Ear Candling
Also known as ‘“Ear Coning” this method of purifying the ears, and spirit, has been in use since very ancient times.
Ear candles are made of cone-shaped material with a paraffin or beeswax coating. The tip of the cone is gently placed in the opening of the ear canal; a paper plate barrier is in place as a protective barrier. The other end of the cone is lit which creates a gentle, swirling vacuum of warm air within the cone. This has the effect of warming the excess ear wax and toxins and lifting them outward.
Benefits of ear candling can include symptomatic relief of:
- Sinus congestion
- Colds
- Ear aches and infections
- Candida
- Hearing problems
- Lymphatic congestion
- Sore throats
- Excess mucus
- Sinus infections
- Balance
- Equilibrium
- Pressure in the ear
Many ancient cultures also viewed ear candling as beneficial to the person’s spirit. Nerve endings in the ear are connected to subtle streams of energy within the domain of the inner ear. These streams are also called “meridians” in Traditional Chinese Medicine. When hearing is impaired or blocked it is believed that we are disconnected from our life force flow. Through ear candling the physical blockages as well as energetic blockages in the meridians are dissipated allowing the ears to function more optimally and life force to flow more freely.
Contraindications for ear candling:
Recent surgery to the ear, a recently ruptured eardrum from increased pressure in the middle ear, cysts in the ears, mastoiditis (infection of the bone just posterior to the ear), Tympanotomy (tubes surgically placed in the ears), artificial eardrum, or cochlear implants.
