What is ear candling?
It is a simple, natural ear-cleaning technique using a hollow cone, which has one end burning, and the other end set at the opening of the ear canal. Smoke travels into the ear and loosens the ear wax, ear mites and the build up of yeast making the rounds inside the complexities of the inner ear, it comes back up the cone bringing with it wax and debris. Recipients describe the treatment as pleasant and relaxing. The herbal candles we use are handmade from 100% unbleached cotton, pure beeswax and essential oils, essences and extracts.

Benefits of Ear Candling

1. Removal of excess ear wax
2. Soothing and beneficial with ear infections
3. Release of head congestion due to sinusitis, allergies, colds and flu
4. Removal of Candida (yeast) and relieving itchy ear
5. Helpful with some hearing loss and tinnitus-ringing in the ears
6. Beneficial for persistent chronic ear infections
7. Improves balance and equilibrium
8. Promotes spiritual opening, emotional clearing and auric cleansing
9. Realignment and cleansing of subtle energy flow,sharpening of
mental functioning, vision, hearing, smell, taste and color perception
10. Acts as a catalyst to clear out debris from nerve endings allowing
for clear vibrational flow to corresponding areas of mind, body and spirit
11. Detoxification of sinus and lymph system
12. Harmonizes body work

Ear candling, or ear coning as it is sometimes termed, was used by the Egyptians, Essenes, Mayans, and Tibetans over 3,000 years ago has been lost to most in modern civilization. In those times ear candling was only offered to great warriors, spiritual leaders, those of the social hierarchy, and for initiation purposes. Though ear candling was a cleansing procedure used by many early cultures, it is still used in India, Egypt, Mexico, Japan, Germany, Canada, Australia, and the United States today. As a matter of fact, German medical students are required to learn ear candling as part of their course of study. In the United States, however, ear candling is a natural procedure delegated mostly to the homeopath.

Many organizations have been established in the United States to promote ear candling as a standard practice for cleansing the ear canal and sinuses just as homeopaths regard lemon tea as a cold remedy. Some times the simplest of remedies are still the most desirable in lieu of drugging the patient. This is not to say that ear candling is the answer to all ear, sinus, or throat problems; however, ear candling does improve the symptoms and even eliminates many problems associated with eye, ear, nose, and throat ailments.

Disorders of the Ear
The ear is susceptible to a large number of disorders, some of which can lead to deafness. Vertigo (dizziness associated with a disturbance of balance) is not common, but may occur in some disorders of the inner ear.

Infections
Infection is the most common cause of ear disorders. Infection may occur in the ear canal, leading to otitis externa, or may affect the middle ear, causing otitis media, which often leads to perforation of the eardrum. Persistent middle-ear effusion (buildup of fluid within the middle ear), often due to infection, is the most common cause of hearing difficulties in children.

Middle-ear infection can spread to cause mastoiditis (infection of the mastoid process, the bone behind the ear), or brain abscess, but these complications have become extremely rare since the introduction of antibiotics.

Sinus
Sinus infection of the inner ear may cause labyrinthitis with severe vertigo and/or sudden hearing loss. This is common with people who often travel by air.