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Ear candling, the Glossary

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Ear candling, also called ear coning or thermal-auricular therapy, is a pseudoscientific 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.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 30 relations: Alternative medicine, American Family Physician, Atlantis, Canada, Canadian Family Physician, Candle, CE marking, Cotton swab, Ear canal, Ear pick, Earwax, Edzard Ernst, Food and Drug Administration, Health Canada, Hopi, Jonathan Jarry, List of topics characterized as pseudoscience, List of unproven and disproven cancer treatments, Naturopathy, Now (newspaper), Office for Science and Society, Otorhinolaryngology, Quackwatch, Spokane, Washington, Suction, The Guardian, Time (magazine), Toxicant, Vacuum, WebMD.

  2. Alternative detoxification
  3. Ear procedures

Alternative medicine

Alternative medicine is any practice that aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine despite lacking biological plausibility, testability, repeatability or evidence of effectiveness. Ear candling and Alternative medicine are pseudoscience.

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American Family Physician

American Family Physician (AFP) is the editorially independent, peer-reviewed and evidence-based medical journal published by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

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Atlantis

Atlantis (Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος|island of Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias as part of an allegory on the hubris of nations.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Canadian Family Physician

Canadian Family Physician (French: Le Médecin de famille canadien) is a monthly peer-reviewed open-access medical journal published by the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

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Candle

A candle is an ignitable wick embedded in wax, or another flammable solid substance such as tallow, that provides light, and in some cases, a fragrance. Ear candling and candle are candles.

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CE marking

The presence of the logo (from French, "conformité européenne" meaning "European conformity") on commercial products indicates that the manufacturer or importer affirms the goods' conformity with European health, safety, and environmental protection standards.

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Cotton swab

Cotton swabs (American English) or cotton buds (British English) are wads of cotton wrapped around a short rod made of wood, rolled paper, or plastic.

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Ear canal

The ear canal (external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus, EAM) is a pathway running from the outer ear to the middle ear.

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Ear pick

Ear picks, also called ear scoops, or ear spoons, or earpicks, are a type of curette used to clean the ear canal of earwax (cerumen).

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Earwax

Earwax, also known by the medical term cerumen, is a waxy substance secreted in the ear canal of humans and other mammals.

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Edzard Ernst

Edzard Ernst (born 30 January 1948) is a retired British-German academic physician and researcher specializing in the study of complementary and alternative medicine.

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Food and Drug Administration

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Health Canada

Health Canada (HC; Santé Canada, SC)Health Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Health.

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Hopi

The Hopi are Native Americans who primarily live in northeastern Arizona.

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Jonathan Jarry

Jonathan Jarry is a Canadian scientist and science communicator working in Montreal, at McGill University's Office for Science and Society (OSS).

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List of topics characterized as pseudoscience

This is a list of topics that have, either currently or in the past, been characterized as pseudoscience by academics or researchers. Ear candling and list of topics characterized as pseudoscience are pseudoscience.

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List of unproven and disproven cancer treatments

This is a non-exhaustive list of alternative treatments that have been promoted to treat or prevent cancer in humans but which lack scientific and medical evidence of effectiveness. Ear candling and list of unproven and disproven cancer treatments are pseudoscience.

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Naturopathy

Naturopathy, or naturopathic medicine, is a form of alternative medicine. Ear candling and naturopathy are pseudoscience.

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Now (newspaper)

Now (styled as NOW), also known as NOW Magazine is an online publication based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Office for Science and Society

The Office for Science and Society (OSS) is an organization dedicated to science education, operating from Montreal's McGill University.

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Otorhinolaryngology

Otorhinolaryngology (abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the surgical and medical management of conditions of the head and neck.

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Quackwatch

Quackwatch is a United States-based website, self-described as a "network of people" founded by Stephen Barrett, which aims to "combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct" and to focus on "quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere".

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Spokane, Washington

Spokane is the most populous city in and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States.

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Suction

Suction is the day-to-day term for forces experienced by objects that are exposed to the movement of gases or liquids moving along a pressure gradient.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Toxicant

A toxicant is any toxic substance, whether artificial or naturally occurring.

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Vacuum

A vacuum (vacuums or vacua) is space devoid of matter.

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WebMD

WebMD is an American corporation which publishes online news and information about human health and well-being.

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See also

Alternative detoxification

Ear procedures

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_candling

Also known as Auricular candling, Auricular coning, Chinese candle, Ear candle, Ear candles, Ear coning, Hopi candles.