Ear Candling Instructions

Ear candling is also called ear coning and has recently become a popular trend of removing earwax. The method is said to solve problems related to the ears like hearing problem and ear pain. Whether ear candling is advantageous or dangerous, is always a question of debate. Given below are the instructions for this process.

Instructions for Ear Candling

Ear candling is an age-old technique of removing earwax and was started thousands of years ago. In this technique, an ear candle is placed in your ear with the help of a supporting plate and the other end of the candle is lit. The candle is left to burn for few minutes and is removed from the ear. An ear candle is a hollow conical tube that is made up of cotton soaked in bee wax or paraffin. Ear candling cannot be done by yourself and you need someone to assist. So, get somebody to help you with ear candling. Before starting with the step-by-step instructions of ear candling, let us make a list of material required.

Materials Required

• Ear candles
• Scissor
• Pillow
• Towel
• Bowl of Water
• Paper Plate

Now that you know what all things you need, just follow the steps given below.
♦ Make a small hole at the center of a paper plate. The size should be small enough to insert the tapered end of the ear candles.

♦ Lie on the bed on one side with a soft pillow under the head. Cover your hair and shoulders with a towel. This is necessary for your protection.

♦ Ask the person who is assisting you with ear candling to insert the conical end of the ear candle into the hole made in the paper plate. The non-tapered end of the ear candle should then be lighted. Now, place the tapered end in your ear in a vertical position.

♦ While placing the ear candle in the ear, it should be ensured that the candle is placed properly such that the smoke that comes out of the tapered end does not escape out of the ear. Smoke escaping out of the ear indicates that the ear candle is not placed properly.

♦ With the gradual burning of the ear candle, the bee wax or paraffin and the cotton cloth of the ear candle start drawing out of the candle and they need to be removed, For the removal, these should be cut with the help of a pair of scissors and collected in a water bowl. This curled up material should be removed after every one or one and half inch of the ear candle burns.

♦ The ear candles do not blow out on their own, so ask your friend to remove the ear candle when the fire has reached the stop line and extinguish the ear candle properly into the water bowl.

♦ You can continue with one more ear candle and ear candling is done for one ear. Repeat the same procedure for earwax removal of the other ear.

The benefits of ear candling are temporary and you may feel relaxed and fresh after the process. Earwax plays an important role in protection of ears and it should not be removed artificially as our body has its own earwax cleaning technique. Ear candling exposes you to the risks of burns, ear injury, temporary deafness and danger to hair and surrounding skin. Hence, ear candling is not a recommended medical therapy by physicians and is one of the home remedies for earwax removal.