ear candling
/ˈkand(ə)lɪŋ
/(also ear coning)
noun [mass noun]
A form of alternative therapy in which the tapered end of an ear candle is placed in a person’s ear while the other end of the candle is lit, in the belief that earwax and other impurities are drawn out of the ear canal by a partial vacuum created by the candle flame: the Spa menu includes colonics, ear candling, and body brushing performed with an oak-leaf broom...
- However, I will describe here a test we did of a very popular health fad known as "ear-candling."
- A few years ago my grandmother happened to mention the practice of "ear-candling" and how her mother used to perform this home remedy on her when she was a child.
- Ear-candling is a process which is said to extract ear-wax (cerumen).
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