Editing Ear candling (section)

== Origin ==
Ear candle manufacturer Biosun referred to them as "Hopi" ear candles, but there is no such treatment within traditional [[Hopi]] healing practices.  Vanessa Charles, public relations officer for the [[Hopi#Tribal government|Hopi Tribal Council]], has stated that ear candling "is not and has never been a practice conducted by the Hopi tribe or the Hopi people."<ref name=Bromstein>{{cite news|last=Bromstein |first=Elizabeth |title=Wax on, wax off: Does candling clear canal or burn it? |work=[[Now (newspaper)|Now]] |date=13 January 2005 |url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/lifestyle/story.cfm?content=145396&archive=24,20,2005 |access-date=25 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005070247/http://www.nowtoronto.com/lifestyle/story.cfm?content=145396&archive=24%2C20%2C2005 |archive-date=5 October 2010 }}</ref>  The Hopi tribe has repeatedly asked Biosun to stop using the Hopi name.<ref name=Hopi>{{cite web | title=Authenticity of the Hopi Candle | url=http://freespace.virgin.net/ahcare.qua/programme/earcandling.html#authenticity | date=2004-03-02 | publisher=Active Health|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823071341/http://freespace.virgin.net/ahcare.qua/index5.html|archive-date=August 23, 2006}} "The Hopi Cultural Preservation Office is not aware of Hopi people ever practicing 'Ear Candling.'  Biosun and Revital Ltd. are misrepresenting the name 'Hopi' with their products.  This therapy should not be called 'Hopi Ear Candeling.' [sic]  The history of Ear Candeling [sic] should not refer to being used by the Hopi Tribe.  Use of this false information with reference to Hopi should be stopped."</ref> Biosun ignored the request for over a decade until sometime after 2014<ref name=biosun_claim>{{cite web|title=Hopi Ear Candles |url=http://en.biosun.com/ohrkerze/ |publisher=Biosun |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108040018/http://en.biosun.com/ohrkerze/ |archive-date=2014-11-08 }} Claims have varied, including "The Hopi, the oldest Pueblo people with great medicinal knowledge and a high degree of spirituality, brought this knowledge to Europe with the professional involvement of BIOSUN" and "BIOSUN Earcandles have their origins in the century-old culture of the Hopi Indians and other cultures."</ref> when the product was rebranded as "traditional earcandles" in Germany, although the product is still marketed by third-party US resellers as "Hopi".

Many advocates of ear candles claim that the treatment originates from traditional Chinese, Egyptian, or North American medicine.  The mythical city of [[Atlantis]] is also reported to be the origin of this practice, which has no documentation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roazen (M.D.)|first=Lisa|title=Why Ear Candling Is Not a Good Idea|url=http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/candling.html|publisher=[[Quackwatch]] |date=2010-05-12|access-date=2015-11-03}}</ref> The earliest records state that it was first practiced by Americans in the 20th century from some European immigrants. It developed largely in Arizona.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Harmony|first=Doc|title=What Is The History of Ear Candling?
|url=https://healthyenergyamazinglife.com/blogs/live-in-harmony/what-is-the-history-of-ear-candling?srsltid=AfmBOoq0a6G7s5sbbeo7NIMhceQeWwXK-KnZYCViXD7ILXHVthFxgzSn|date=June 8, 2021}}</ref>