Beeswax ‘Ear Candles’ Used to Clear Congestion

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Beeswax `Ear Candles' Used to Clear Congestion

 

 

 

Hopi: A Candle Brought Music to My Ears

 

Daily Telegraph (UK), 5/5/2008

 

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Ear candling, a traditional therapy used by the Ancient Greeks, was

popularised by the Hopi Indian tribe of the American south-west. The

narrow, hollow rolled column of cotton flax is impregnated with beeswax.

Now know as Hopi candles, they also contain honey, sage, St Johns Wort,

and camomile. The patient lies on their side and a candle is gently

inserted as far as is comfortable into the ear canal. It doesn't hurt,

but it feels odd...