
"Ear Candling," also known as auricular candling or coning, refers to various procedures that involve placing a cone-shaped device in the ear canal and extracting earwax and other impurities with the help of smoke or a burning wick.Some proponents even claim that impurities are removed from the inner ear, the facial sinuses, or even the brain itself, all of which are somehow connected to the canal. Proponents claim that candling is capable of:
- relieving sinus pressure and pain
- cleanse the ear canal
- improving hearing
- assisting lymphatic circulation
- regulating pressure
- purifying the mind
- strengthening the brain
- relieving pain and fever associated with a ruptured eardrum
- curing swimmer's ear and other ear infections
- relieving earaches
- acting as an alternative to "tubes put in your earsv
- sharpening the senses of smell, taste, and colour perception
- stabilising psychological reactions to things that humans experience
- stopping tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
- assisting temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain and stiffness
- relieving vertigo
- fortify the central nervous system
- clearing the eyes,
- purify the blood,
- acting as an anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, or antibiotic
- curing Meniere's syndrome
- aiding sinusitis
- releasing blocked energy
- reducing stress and tension
- curing auricular zona (a herpes zoster infection of the ear)
- opening and align the chakras
- opening the spiritual centres
- cleansing the auric bodies.