Ear Candling

EAR WAX AND HISTORY OF EAR CANDLING

Ear wax is like a recycling center, as your ears produce a sufficient amount of protective wax to trap dust, dirt, and dead hair in your ear canal.

As wax builds up it moves to the ear opening, and the excess debris are bathed away when you wash around your ears. Excessive productions of wax, or a narrowed meatus (ear canal) leads to impacted cerumen (impacted wax) (1). When obstruction is complete, partial deafness results. Tinnitus or dizziness may accompany (2).

Egyptian, Chinese and Tibetan cultures practiced ear candling thousands of years ago. The same was true in the New World, where the Aztecs, Incas and Mayans all used ear cones in their cultural rituals. Native Americans used ear candling for therapeutic, as well as spiritual reasons.

Eventually people began to recognize the value of ear candling in the improvement of common ear ailments, and the practice spread to virtually every country in the modern world. it is in this climate that ear candling is becoming more popular, and is an alternative for improved ear health.