Ear candles originated in ancient times, and the birthplace is unknown. Ear candles are divided into three types: thin wax, medium wax and thick wax. Raw materials are generally flax or cotton, which are divided into thin wax, medium wax and thick wax, as well as kapok, wax, essential oil, spices and other ingredients.
Ear candles are actually pseudoscience. Candles melt and drip into the external auditory canal and tympanic membrane, which can make people deaf and even discharge pus continuously in severe cases.
Many health care and beauty institutions have introduced "ear candle therapy", in which a hollow candle is inserted into a person's ear and lit. The rising hot air forms vacuum negative pressure, which can suck out earwax and even harmful substances in the inner ear, sinuses and brain, and has the function of detoxification, so it is also called "intracranial purification therapy". It is said that it is also good for the heat and vibration generated when the candle burns to be transmitted to the ear.
In 20 12, at the celebration of the establishment of Guangzhou Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Hospital 10, Feng Yu, vice president of Guangzhou Otolaryngology Hospital, said in an interview with this reporter that ear candle therapy is purely pseudoscience and there is great danger. Not only can the wax and toxin in the ear not be sucked out, but the melted wax drops will also enter the external auditory canal, and the heat generated when the candle sticks burn will also damage the ear canal, which will easily cause otitis media, and even lead to perforation and deafness of the tympanic membrane.
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A real case of the harm of ear candle
On June 27, 2005, a 59-year-old woman in Alaska, USA, treated herself with ear candles in bed. As a result, she accidentally dropped the candle and burned the sheets and other things. Finally, the fire triggered her asthma attack and eventually died in the hospital.
On July 4th, 2009, Mr Weng, a citizen of Ningbo, went to a health massage shop for ear candle therapy. As a result, the therapist accidentally dropped the candle into his ear. Afterwards, he barely took out a piece of candle oil in two hospitals, and half of the candle oil reservoirs in his ears could not be taken out.
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Baidu encyclopedia-ear candle