5 Weird Therapies for your Body and Mind
By siliconindia   |   Friday, 19 August 2011, 23:06 IST
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3. Ear candling
Also known as Auricular Therapy, probably to make it sound normal, is actually "Ear Candling". The effort is very futile. Lighting up one end of a hollow candle and placing the other end in your ear is far from normal. The process involves one end of the candle being lit and the other placed in the client's ear. The flame is cut back occasionally using scissors. The candle is stuck through a paper plate or an aluminum pie tin to protect against hot wax or ash falling onto the subject. It may take from fifteen to forty-five minutes for the process. Though criticized, many people still do believe in the process to remove dirt and ear wax.