The Legend
Hopi ear-candles are named after a Native American tribe. The Hopi nation is renowned for an extensive knowledge of healing and spiritual lifestyle and ear-candles have been used by their healers since ancient times.

Candles are still made on the basis of the traditional formula. Ear-candles are now used throughout North America and Asia and, although the current treatment has come to us from the Hopi nation, the use of ear-candles to treat ear-problems has been known for centuries; having been used by the Egyptians, Romans and Greeks who, it is believed, used them for cleansing, purifying and healing.

How they work
The Hopi candle is not a candle as such, but a hollow tube made out of cotton, stiffened by bees wax and herb oils – chamomile, sage and st. Johns Wort, the healing properties of which are well known.

The candles operate on the principle of convection, creating a change of pressure within the ears and sinuses that can help to relieve congestion this induces a pleasant feeling of warmth and a balance of pressure in the ears, forehead and sinuses. It is soothing and helpful for earache and headache, ear noise, stress and nervousness. These benefits have been well known through years of experience and confirmed by thousands of doctors worldwide.

The Treatment
The physical effect is often described directly after the treatment as soothing, pressure and pain relieving sensation, mainly in the ear and head area. Treatment may also spontaneously cause freer nasal breathing and an improved sense of smell, even when the nose was blocked before treatment.

Further more, the whole ceremony brings a wonderful relaxation, a deep sense of security and a feeling of happiness, which is seldom experienced. The treatment includes both ears and will last about one hour, some time is also spent on a form of facial massage designed to stimulate facial lymph drainage. Ear Candling is not invasive and can be considered as suitable for all ages. Overall, it is a very gentle, relaxing therapy, which leaves most people feeling calmer in themselves and clearer in thought.

Ear Candling is considered to have many benefits and to be helpful in alleviating many conditions including:-

• Excessive ear wax
• Noises in the ear, tinnitus
• Enhancing hearing, taste and even smell
• Clearing backed up mucus
• Vertigo and dizziness
• Neuralgia
• Relieving glue ear (particulary in children)
• Snoring
• Fever
• Hay Diminishing Chronic sinusitis and rhinitis
• Headaches and migraines