Beeswax 'Ear Candles' Used to Clear Congestion

Hopi: A Candle Brought Music to My Ears 
Daily Telegraph (UK), 5/5/2008
http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/05/beeswax-ear-candles-used-to-clear.html

Ear candling, a traditional therapy used by the Ancient Greeks, was popularised by the Hopi Indian tribe of the American south-west. The narrow, hollow rolled column of cotton flax is impregnated with beeswax. Now know as Hopi candles, they also contain honey, sage, St Johns Wort, and camomile. The patient lies on their side and a candle is gently inserted as far as is comfortable into the ear canal. It doesn't hurt, but it feels odd...

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