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Hopi ear candles pre date many alternative medicine treatments in America. In fact, Hopi ear candles pre date America, seeing as they originate from the countrys natives.
Long before John Smith and his British cohorts berthed, the Hopi Indians of America have been treating their ears to these therapeutic candles / cones. Like the ancients before them, as well as the Siberians across the pond, the Native Americans used candles to revitalise themselves.
Fast forward to today: modern Americans have rediscovered the delights to which the Hopis were privy. Now the pre-colonial practice of ear candling has been scientifically reincarnated as Thermal Auricular Therapy.
Then, as now, thermo auricular therapy or Hopi ear candling can treat many conditions. A Hopi ear cone looks like an ordinary candle, except that it is a hollow tube soaked in wax.
Inserted into the ear and set aflame, a Hopi ear candle exerts pressure on the ear canal. It contrives a gentle vacuum, suctioning and loosening earwax, debris, yeast, fungus, bacteria and other contaminants. In doing so, the ear candle becomes a chimney through which these materials are expelled.
Some earwax may even continue to be ejected up to 48 hours after a Hopi ear candling treatment. The burning candle has a soothing effect on the patient.
At most, Hopi ear coning could treat impacted cerumen, tinnitus, sinusitis, rhinitis, sore throats, hay fever, vertigo, migraine, asthma and neuralgia. It may rectify ear pressure imbalances and could even cure Menier's Disease.
Best of all, it is a non-invasive procedure. All a patient needs to do is to lie on his/her side and have a trained therapist perform this otherwise ancient practice.
Ever so gently the Hopi ear candler inserts the cone into the ear, usually through a protective plate. This setup keeps the patient’s head safe from embers and ashes. The candler would closely mind the patient as the ear cone burns down in 10 to 15 minutes. After this, the candle is doused and the same procedure is repeated on the other ear. At last, the patient is shown the candle, cut open to reveal the powdery remains of the ear’s impurities.
Hopi ear candles are made by rolling up cotton, linen or muslin around a tapered wood to make a funnel, which is then soaked in paraffin or beeswax. Many varieties are made with supplementary ingredients like organic flax, honey, sage, chamomile, and St John's wort.
Hopi ear coning treatments cost $60 at most in spas, parlors and health centers. Alternatively, one could buy Hopi ear candles online at a much lower cost.
