Editing Ear candling (section)

{{Short description|Alternative medicine practice for ear cleaning}}
[[File:Ear candling-self applied.jpg|thumb|Attempting the procedure]]
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'''Ear candling''', also called '''ear coning''' or '''thermal-auricular therapy''', is a [[List of topics characterized as pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiologyonline.com/articles/ear-candling-fool-proof-method-1010|title=Ear Candling: A Fool Proof Method, or Proof of Foolish Methods? Heather L. Shenk Jess Dancer|last1=Shenk|first1=Heather L.|last2=Dancer|first2=Jess|date=December 12, 2005|website=AudiologyOnline|language=en|access-date=2019-05-04}}</ref> [[alternative medicine]] practice claiming to improve general health and well-being by lighting one end of a hollow [[candle]] and placing the other end in the [[ear canal]]. Medical research has shown that the practice is both dangerous and ineffective<ref name="Seely">{{cite journal|author1=Seely, D.R. |author2=Quigley, S.M. |author3=Langman, A.W. | title=Ear candles: Efficacy and safety |journal=Laryngoscope |year=1996 |pages=1226–9 |volume=106 |issue=10 |pmid=8849790 |doi=10.1097/00005537-199610000-00010|s2cid=45885657 }}</ref> and does not functionally remove [[earwax]] or [[toxicant]]s, despite product design contributing to that impression.<ref name=MayoClinic.org>{{cite web|last1=Beatty M.D.|first1=Charles W.|title=Ear Candling: Is it Safe?|url=http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/consumer-health/expert-answers/ear-candling/faq-20058212|website=MayoClinic.org|publisher=Mayo Clinic|access-date=7 June 2014|ref=MayoClinic.org}}</ref>