they are controversial. I personally have used them for 10 years and they help with my sinus problems. I am new to listia, looking for sites that don't charge an arm and leg to sell so I can offer good products to people at reasonable prices!
No I get them from a company that hand makes them. I don't have time for that but like buying in large quantities to pass the savings on to others too.
Material that appears after ear candling, sometimes alleged to be earwax and toxins, was found to be residue from the candle itself.
Ear candling, also called ear coning or thermal-auricular therapy, is an alternative medicine practice claimed to improve general health and well-being by lighting one end of a hollow candle and placing the other end in the ear canal.One end of a cylinder or cone of waxed cloth is lit, and the other placed into the subject's ear. The flame is cut back occasionally with scissors and extinguished between 5 and 10 centimeters (2-4 inches) from the subject.
The subject is lying on one side with the treated ear uppermost and the candle vertical. The candle can be stuck through a paper plate or aluminium pie tin to protect against any hot wax or ash falling onto the subject. Another way to perform ear candling involves the subject lying face up with the ear candle extending out to the side with a 45 degree upward slant. A dish of water is placed next to the subject under the ear candle.
The flame is thought by proponents to create negative pressure, drawing wax and debris out of the ear canal,[3] which appears as a dark residue.
An ear candling session lasts from 15 to 45 minutes, during which one or two ear candles may be burned for each ear.