hopi ear candles

[shazbo]

hopi ear candles or reiki has any one ever had this done

 

[Florence]

Are hopi ear candles made from ear wax?

 

[cookie_monster]

neither.

but my aunty is a trained reiki master and has worked on my mums arthritis before....my mum said it definitely felt better afterwards. she also did a lot for my grandma before she passed away to help with pain relief and relaxation- apparently it really did help.

personally, ive never had it done- but my theory is even if the results are only psychosomatic, who cares if you end up feeling better? isnt that the goal?


x

 

[shazbo]

ment to help sinus prob and headaches think they are herble i think and they slowly burn in ears

 

[Lucy]

I've been to have the ear candles done at the Chinese Doctor down Crabbery Street a few times. I'd recommend it, especially before flying.

 

[Wookie]

From the ear candling Wikipedia page:

Ear candling, also called ear coning or thermal-auricular therapy, is an alternative medicine practice claimed to improve general health and well-being by lighting one end of a hollow candle and placing the other end in the ear canal. According to medical researchers, it is both dangerous and ineffective. Claims that the practice removes earwax have been thoroughly debunked. In spite of requests to do so, the manufacturers have refused to stop making false claims that the practice originated with the Hopi tribe.

(My emphasis.)
This has been a public service posting by the Staffordforum Sceptics Society.

**EDIT ** Reformatted.

 

[Gramaisc]

Are hopi ear candles made from ear wax?

Don't be silly. If that was true, you could just poke a string into your ear and light it.

 

[Florence]

Possibly achieve similar results as have been claimed.

 

[Gramaisc]

I wonder if it would have a similar effect if applied to other orifices?

 

[Rikki]

Ben Goldacre covers this in his book bad science, heres what he has to say on his website. But like cookie monster says if you want it to work and belive it will your going to feel better after most probably.

 

[Wookie]

I'm glad you mentioned Goldacre; you've just reminded me I got Bad Science for Christmas and haven't started reading it yet.

 

[shazbo]

my partner had it done said was very relaxing worked for couple of days then went back to being bung up with sinuses but as he has had problem long time he has to have another 2 sessions so we will see if works or is a ongoing thing £20 a session

 

[Wookie]

You'll let us know when he goes deaf due to hot wax dripping into his ear, won't you? </scaremongering>

 

[shazbo]

bit late there is his hard of hearing now has been from age 4 lol