Ear candling

Ear candling, also called ear coning or thermal-auricular therapy, is a folk medicine practice intended to assist the natural clearing of earwax (cerumen) and "toxins" from a person's ear by means of a hollow candle placed in the ear. It involves lighting one end of the hollow candle, and placing the other end in the ear canal. Some proponents maintain the resulting vacuum can clean out the ear, but mainstream medical science and manufacturers of ear candles discount this theory due to lack of evidence supporting it. Many clients still find this practice beneficial to their auricular and overall health.