What is Thermo-Auricular Therapy/Hopi Ear Candling?
Hopi Ear candles are made from untreated cotton and beeswax and honey, impregnated with Sage, St Johns Wort and Camomile. Only a trained practitioner should use the candles, which gently massage the ear drum and help regulate the pressure within the head including the sinuses. A treatment is very soothing and is helpful for earache, headaches, stress, nervousness, ear noise, and “dirty ears”. This non invasive therapy very effectively removes wax even from young children’s ears. Hopi Ear candles cannot be used by people with perforated ear drums or having grommets. Hopi Ear Candle Treatment usually begins with a consultation during which time you are asked a series of questions about how you are feeling, your medical history and why you have requested this treatment. This is an opportunity for the therapist to ensure that there are no reasons why it would not be advisable for you to have a Hopi Ear Candle Treatment that day (e.g. perforated ear drum/grommets or other drainage devices i