Editing Ear candling (section)

==Procedure==
One end of a cylinder or cone of waxed cloth is lit, and the other is placed into the subject's ear. The flame is cut back occasionally with scissors and extinguished between five and ten centimeters (two to four inches) from the subject.

The subject lies on one side with the treated ear uppermost and the candle vertical. The candle can be stuck through a paper plate or aluminium pie tin to protect against any hot wax or ash falling onto the subject. Another way to perform ear candling involves the subject lying face up with the ear candle extending out to the side with a forty-five-degree upward slant.  A dish of water is placed next to the subject under the ear candle.

Proponents claim that the flame creates negative pressure, drawing wax and debris out of the ear canal,<ref name=why>{{cite web |url = http://healing.about.com/cs/holistictherapies/a/earcandling.htm |title = Ear Candling: Why Would You Want to Candle Your Ears? |author = Phylameana lila Desy |publisher = About.com |access-date = 2010-04-09 |archive-date = 2011-03-01 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110301101341/http://healing.about.com/cs/holistictherapies/a/earcandling.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref> which appears as a dark residue.

An ear candling session lasts up to one hour, during which one or two ear candles may be burned for each ear.

Treatment is also performed by some [[naturopaths]] in Canada, although import and sale are prohibited by [[Health Canada]]. [[Jonathan Jarry]] from the [[Office for Science and Society]] says that the ''Association des naturopathes agréés du Québec'' (ANAQ) states in its code of ethics that "its members can only use natural health products that conform to the rule of Health Canada". Results from an inquiry performed by Jarry showed that out of 50 naturopaths in Quebec, two offered the treatment and five said the consumer should buy the candles and do it themselves. Only one said that the use of ear candles is unethical.<ref name="JarryVideo">{{cite AV media |people=Jarry, Jonathan (Director) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GfunNxHHkw  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/-GfunNxHHkw| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|date=September 3, 2019 |title=The Strange Case of the Illegal Ear Candle |access-date =February 9, 2020 |medium=Motion picture |publisher= The Body of Evidence}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Conventional removal of earwax===
The conventional removal of [[earwax]] in medicine is done through an apparatus that creates a [[vacuum]] with which a doctor can remove excess earwax through [[suction]]. If the patient has a skin problem or the earwax is too sticky, an oil can be used to solubilise it so that excess earwax can be wiped off without inserting any object into the ear canal, such as a [[cotton swab]], which can damage the ear canal.<ref name="JarryVideo"/>