Re: OT: Preping for HBOT/ Ear Candleing

[Guest guest]

I did ear candling. Didnt seem to help much and I ended up on drops.

Janet

[Guest guest]

I have tried the ear candles three or four times and because I am so amazed at

how much wax it pulls out I always make everyone else try them. If you ask me

wether or not it makes a difference, I would say a difference to what...

Never the less its weird to see. I don't know about you but to me it seems the

stuffy feeling is deeper than surface ear wax. More like there is a vacume on my

spinal cord pulling all the pressure inwards.???

barb1283 <barb1283@...> wrote:

Has anyone done ear candleing . I'm trying to prepare for hbot

treatment. Last time/first time I did it, I had trouble with ear

pressure. I've used ear drops but not sure it has done the trick.

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[Guest guest]

What is " ear candleing "

[Guest guest]

Maybe I will try it then, just to see this

phenom. I guess if I'm careful it won't hurt

me..right?

--- Tazin Round <unitedstatesvet@...>

wrote:

> I have tried the ear candles three or four

> times and because I am so amazed at how much

> wax it pulls out

[Guest guest]

Did you use over the counter drops or did your doctor Rx them? thanks

>

> I did ear candling. Didnt seem to help much and I ended up on drops.

> Janet

[Guest guest]

Well it is nice if someone helps you, it works best if you cut the burned part

off as you go, by yourself you are almost guaranteed a nice cheek burn. Just

concentrate on keeping the seal spoke of in the directions. And don't let the

crackling sound freak you out..lol

No it won't hurt you and anything is worth a try is what I always say.

bbw <barb1283@...> wrote:

Maybe I will try it then, just to see this

phenom. I guess if I'm careful it won't hurt

me..right?

--- Tazin Round <unitedstatesvet@...>

wrote:

> I have tried the ear candles three or four

> times and because I am so amazed at how much

> wax it pulls out

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[Guest guest]

They are about foot long cones, I think made of gauze and wax of some sort but

by burning them they soften and suck out ear wax buy the flames and the suction

it creates. And when I say ear wax, I mean you never knew you had so much in

there.

LiveSimply <quackadillian@...> wrote: What is " ear candleing "

[Guest guest]

LoL, you will be amazed at the wax. My kids like me split it open so they can

look at it. They think it is so cool. I think it's kinda gross. hehe Don't

forget about the olive oil and garlic in the ears too. Works miracles.

Re: [] OT: Preping for HBOT/ Ear Candleing

Maybe I will try it then, just to see this

phenom. I guess if I'm careful it won't hurt

me..right?

--- Tazin Round <unitedstatesvet@...>

wrote:

> I have tried the ear candles three or four

> times and because I am so amazed at how much

> wax it pulls out

[Guest guest]

Sorry if my post to how to use the ear candle was addressed to the wrong person.

I left the computer, came back to type the message. Sent it, and then realized

that my computer ate the original msg. So, I may have posted to someone elses

reply. Sorry for that.

Re: [] OT: Preping for HBOT/ Ear Candleing

Maybe I will try it then, just to see this

phenom. I guess if I'm careful it won't hurt

me..right?

--- Tazin Round <unitedstatesvet@...>

wrote:

> I have tried the ear candles three or four

> times and because I am so amazed at how much

> wax it pulls out

[Guest guest]

Can this be done by professional, do you know?

--- Tazin Round <unitedstatesvet@...>

wrote:

> They are about foot long cones, I think made of

> gauze and wax of some sort but by burning them

> they soften and suck out ear wax buy the flames

> and the suction it creates. And when I say ear

> wax, I mean you never knew you had so much in

> there.

[Guest guest]

Hi , I was one wanting to do it. I have always had a tendency to

have lots of ear wax by mom says. I went for one hbot and had trouble

with the pressure and my ears so thought I would try it. Thanks for

sharing the instructions. Doesn't matter who it was addressed to.

Barb

--- In , " Eaglestone " <eaglestone@...>

wrote:

>

> Sorry if my post to how to use the ear candle was addressed to the

wrong person. I left the computer, came back to type the message.

Sent it, and then realized that my computer ate the original msg. So,

I may have posted to someone elses reply. Sorry for that.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, it can. Can't remember what the lady told me her title was. But, I'll bet

if you have a chiropractor they'll know.

Re: [] OT: Preping for HBOT/ Ear Candleing

Can this be done by professional, do you know?

--- Tazin Round <unitedstatesvet@...>

wrote:

> They are about foot long cones, I think made of

> gauze and wax of some sort but by burning them

> they soften and suck out ear wax buy the flames

> and the suction it creates. And when I say ear

> wax, I mean you never knew you had so much in

> there.

[Guest guest]

I just read s post on this and sounds like there are people who do do it if

you prefer but she gives the exact instructions in her post. I was just to lazy

to type it all I guess..

bbw <barb1283@...> wrote: Can this be done by professional, do

you know?

--- Tazin Round <unitedstatesvet@...>

wrote:

> They are about foot long cones, I think made of

> gauze and wax of some sort but by burning them

> they soften and suck out ear wax buy the flames

> and the suction it creates. And when I say ear

> wax, I mean you never knew you had so much in

> there.

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[Guest guest]

How and why the olive oil on ears?

Janet

[Guest guest]

I just had my friend help me at home.

Janet

[Guest guest]

Olive oil is very soothing/healing to the ears, so it garlic. My friends son at

2 years old was on anti-biotics for 4 months for ear infections. I kept telling

her to try olive oil. She wouldn't listen. Then the doctor told her that the

infections were getting worse, and they couldn't give him anti-biotics any

longer. They had given them for to long, and they couldn't give them any

stronger. His ear drum would end up bursting. So, I begged her to try it.

With in 2 days the infection had gotten better, within 5 days it was gone.

How to use:

Take a metal measuring cup, put about 1/2 inch of olive oil. Place 2 cloves of

garlic cup up in the oil. Heat the oil until the garlic is translucent. Don't

boil. Let cool. Take a dropper, place 3-4 drops in the ear and massage into

the ear. Best to do it at bedtime, and lay on the opposite ear. It is very

soothing and healing. If feels best if oil is warm/not hot. Then put the

remainder in the frig, or an air tight container. You can leave the garlic in

it.

A few here in the group use it too. Someone here told me they use it about 1

week before the ear candle to loosen the wax. I have never personally tried it,

but it makes sense..

Re: [] OT: Preping for HBOT/ Ear Candleing

How and why the olive oil on ears?

Janet

[Guest guest]

Vear in mind that oliveoil DOES go rancid especially if you put garlic in

it and DO NOT put it in the refrig.

It take a few minutes to remove the cloudiness sas it warms to room temp

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Eaglestone wrote:

> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:34:19 -0400

> From: Eaglestone <eaglestone@...>

> Reply-

>

> Subject: Re: [] OT: Preping for HBOT/ Ear Candleing

>

> Olive oil is very soothing/healing to the ears, so it garlic. My friends son

at 2 years old was on anti-biotics for 4 months for ear infections. I kept

telling her to try olive oil. She wouldn't listen. Then the doctor told her

that the infections were getting worse, and they couldn't give him anti-biotics

any longer. They had given them for to long, and they couldn't give them any

stronger. His ear drum would end up bursting. So, I begged her to try it.

> With in 2 days the infection had gotten better, within 5 days it was gone.

> How to use:

> Take a metal measuring cup, put about 1/2 inch of olive oil. Place 2 cloves

of garlic cup up in the oil. Heat the oil until the garlic is translucent.

Don't boil. Let cool. Take a dropper, place 3-4 drops in the ear and massage

into the ear. Best to do it at bedtime, and lay on the opposite ear. It is

very soothing and healing. If feels best if oil is warm/not hot. Then put the

remainder in the frig, or an air tight container. You can leave the garlic in

it.

> A few here in the group use it too. Someone here told me they use it about 1

week before the ear candle to loosen the wax. I have never personally tried it,

but it makes sense..

>

> Re: [] OT: Preping for HBOT/ Ear Candleing

>

>

> How and why the olive oil on ears?

> Janet

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

How long can you leave it in ears?

I laid down with some over the counter ear drops

in and been fooling around with my ears and now I

think I have infected them and wonder if I left

oil in too long or oil was not antiseptic. My

ears weren't bothering me before, just trying to

get some ear wax out. Brings to memory the adage

of 'leave well enough alone' right now. Last

night I put some hydrogen peroxide into ears

thinking they were infected and that would help,

and now I have a 'rash' in and around

ears...however I am rashing to 'everything'

lately, so I will probably leave them alone for

awhile but wonder where I went wrong.

--- Eaglestone <eaglestone@...> wrote:

> Olive oil is very soothing/healing to the ears,

> so it garlic. My friends son at 2 years old

> was on anti-biotics for 4 months for ear

> infections

[Guest guest]

Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I just got your e-mail. We put it in and sleep

with it in there. I put a cottonball in there to hold it in. But, if you can't

do that it doesn't matter. Just put it in and go on about your daily business.

You don't drain it out, it just leaves when it feels like it. I had a bad ear

infection from swimming 2 years ago, so I used it everyday for 3 days. I felt

much better, but used it for a few extra days. Others here have told me they

use it the same way. The itching/pain usually stops w/in 1 day. I try all the

natural stuff first. It seems to work. My oldest is 11 years and no

anti-biotics or prescription meds for the kids since they have been born. I

guess not everything works, but the stuff we have tried does seem to work

atleast for us.

Let me know how it works.

Re: [] OT: Preping for HBOT/ Ear Candleing

,

How long can you leave it in ears?

I laid down with some over the counter ear drops

in and been fooling around with my ears and now I

think I have infected them and wonder if I left

oil in too long or oil was not antiseptic. My

ears weren't bothering me before, just trying to

get some ear wax out. Brings to memory the adage

of 'leave well enough alone' right now. Last

night I put some hydrogen peroxide into ears

thinking they were infected and that would help,

and now I have a 'rash' in and around

ears...however I am rashing to 'everything'

lately, so I will probably leave them alone for

awhile but wonder where I went wrong.

--- Eaglestone <eaglestone@...> wrote:

> Olive oil is very soothing/healing to the ears,

> so it garlic. My friends son at 2 years old

> was on anti-biotics for 4 months for ear

> infections

[Guest guest]

I filled my ear completely up with it. Perhaps

one just puts a drop or two. Sometimes I overdo

things a bit. I may have 'fooled' around with my

ears too much, too much handling.

--- <blackmold@...> wrote:

> Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I just got your

> e-mail. We put it in and sleep with it in

> there. I put a cottonball in there to hold it

> in. But, if you can't do that it doesn't

>

[Guest guest]

Yeah, just a few drops. Well, atleast you got some in there.

Re: [] OT: Preping for HBOT/ Ear Candleing

I filled my ear completely up with it. Perhaps

one just puts a drop or two. Sometimes I overdo

things a bit. I may have 'fooled' around with my

ears too much, too much handling.

--- <blackmold@...> wrote:

> Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I just got your

> e-mail. We put it in and sleep with it in

> there. I put a cottonball in there to hold it

> in. But, if you can't do that it doesn't

>

[Guest guest]

I find this discussion on ear wax and candling interesting with all

the responses. It's good to see everyone discussing such type of

treatments. I've heard many pros and cons about candling and I've

never been convinced that it actually works. But then again I have

not tried it, only thought about it.

I found my own treatment for my kids, grandkids and my nephew that

constant ear infections and also later to be found a serious problem

of wax buildup. Yup, you guessed it, white vinegar and it's worked

for everyone of them and have not had any ear infections since and

I'm glad the parents listened. The reaction it had on the ear wax

was just an extra benefit. My sister in law called me two days

later, after I put the vinegar in myself of a 4 year old, and he

would not lay still so it did not stay in more than a couple of

seconds. She was eccstatic and grossed out at the same time, because

it pushed all the ear wax to the opening to where she could pull it

out for 2 more days. After many years of antibodics, steroids,

creams and the threat of tubes, she now uses the white vinegar as a

preventative and has not had a problem since, or so I thought.

Come to find out she stopped using it about 6 months ago and my

nephew went right back to having ear infections and now had surgery

to have tubes put in. Doesn't make sense, after 2 years he didn't

have any infections.

For those who are not aware white vinegar is a great antifungal,

antibacterial and many ear infections,ie;swimmer's ear, etc., are

caused by aspergillus niger. I've got some articles from doctors

stating this. Since I have found how efficiently it works for many

skin irritations, toenail,fingernail infections, dandruff, minor

abrasions, rashes, I will at least attempt to use this simple

ingredient that will only cost you about $2.50 a gallon, for several

days before I visit any doctor.

Any wound that I have used this on you will not believe how much

this helps for the healing process to take hold, with no redness or

infection like I have experienced all the other time with prescribed

medications. No, it's not an answer for everything, but it is a darn

good start and it's easy enough without breaking anybodies budget.

Since Sharon's exposure any skin abrasions she experiences, she does

not heal the way she used to. I can remember one instance on a small

puncture on her foot that would not heal for over 3 months. After

soaking her foot in white vinegar twice, it disappeared within a

week. You might experience a bit of stinging, but it does subside

very quickly. The rashes and itching that some are experiencing

lately, for whatever reason, try it and if you can't handle the odor

of the vinegar, do it outside. Just put it on a wash cloth or a

spray bottle.

For you history buffs, during the 1700's & 1800's when the " plagues "

where going through the towns, the caretaker of the sick would clean

the room, bedding and patient with hot vinegar. This was their way

of disinfecting the rooms and patient to stop the spread of the

disease. So you see this is not some new witches brew, it's been

around for centuries.

Warning: I do not recommend using it in the ear canal if you already

have tubes in them or other surgery. I am not a doctor, this is just

my opinion.

For what it is worth.....

KC

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> > We've done ear-candling here too, for years,

> > and we've never had any problems. Done it on

> > my kids and myself and my hubby.

> >

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[Guest guest]

Okay, I just found some info on ear candleing and wax inside it is

not ear wax, it IS wax from the candles as stated by a manufacturer

ot ear candles, Wally's, at link below. It says that ear candling

is to warm and hense soften the wax inside ears so that it may come

out on its own naturally, so it may be good if you do it before bed

and maybe overnight some will be able to flow out.

It would seem though that warming up some ear wax cleaner/oil it

would do that better. Last time I used otc ear wax cleaner/oil I

used it at room temperature instead of warming it in. I used to sit

it in warm water to warm it. Anyway, mystery solved.

I had HBOT again and ears still were a problem. Person who assisted

me with it said at first most people have trouble but then it seems

to go away with repeated HBOT treatments. He said he took a series

of treatments himself and had trouble with ears but it cleared up on

its own without him doing anything. Just thought I would report

this information. On box of Wally's candles it does NOT say that

wax in candles is not ear wax but if you go to their site, they do

say it, so a little tricky on their part I'd say but at least they

admit is *somewhere*.

<http://www.wallysnatural.com/how_to.html>

>

> > They are about foot long cones, I think made of

> > gauze and wax of some sort but by burning them

> > they soften and suck out ear wax buy the flames

> > and the suction it creates. And when I say ear

> > wax, I mean you never knew you had so much in

> > there.

>

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I bought their ear candles but before I did I read everything on the

box. There was a statement on box in small print that said " wax in

candle after treatment may be from candle " but it didn't say IS from

candle, so I bought them. I used two. One I held level during

process since I was so afraid that hot wax might run into ear and

afterward I opened it up and found no wax, so next time I slanted it

very slightly and still found no wax afterward. There looked like

there might have been a tiny amount, so I decided to go to their

website to see if there might be more instructions just to be sure

slanting candle was what I had to do and was safe, and that's when I

saw statement, that purpose of procedure is to warm and soften ear

wax and that wax in candle afterwards is from candle. Yes, that is

deceptive. Perhaps they have it on their website to protect them

against charges they don't reveal. Yes, candles I bought does

mention website for Wally's which is brand I bought.

Anyway, I went to HBOT for two days now and apparently the therapy

has driven wax in my ears deeper and is now bothering me so I have

to stop therapy and go to doctors about ear wax. It feels like the

pressure pushed the wax right up against my eardrum, or rather I'm

sure it has as the sound of things moving around in my ears are very

loud.

*****I thought of going to doctor to have ear wax cleaned out of my

ears ahead of time which would have been SMART. HOWEVER since my

experience to date is that doctors do not 'accomodate' my requests

for treatment, tests, etc. I figured it would be a waste of my time

(which is scarce right now), that I would get the usual, " nothing is

wrong " statement so I skipped the preventive step. I tried the otc

step already and felt it had not worked. So now there *is a problem

and that is the way things work with health system anyway. They

just aren't into preventive care, even if request is reasonable. I

bet I couldn't have gotten anyone to clean them out for me anyway.

The decision to not ask is born out of much experience of hanging

around there waiting rooms only to be told things like my two year

old sore throat is nothing to worry about or even look into,

it's " normal " .... as if I am 'new owner of all of these body parts'

and don't know what normal or healthy feels like. Anyway, now I am

angry at medical institute even though I didn't ask for help because

I felt I wouldn't get it!

I hope they can get it out. I read shape of ear canal is like an

hour glass and wax is supposed to stay on outside part of hourglass

structure since by sound it is obviously rubbing up against ear

drum, it has been pushed into inner part, so I've developed yet

another problem to be solved. I don't know if drops will get into

inner ear. I assume they are designed to not go that deep but don't

know. The drops with hydrogen peroxide irritated my ear canal. I

will try warming some baby oil and see if that helps, but today I

had to cancel rest of my HBOT appointments..sigh.

Some reading in PubMed indicates there has been some success with

treating vasculitis (which I have apparently due to 'mucor' fungus

in house, from attic?) with combination of Amphocilin B (sp?) and

HBOT, so thought I would try that. I have had reactions to many

mild medications and supplements recommended to me and now I can't

do this either at least until I can get wax out of inner ear.

Even finding a non moldy apartment hasn't worked out yet. My move

out date at hotel was last week and I'm still here. I know all the

staff by name. Two of them have left for other jobs...and they said

goodbye to me! Living on $44 a day is making me nervous. The only

thing I can think of is taking a moldy apartment and try to turn it

into less moldy apartment and hope it is better than my house. It

certainly is not what I had hoped to do.

>

> Barb,

> Wow, how interesting is that. I would swear when I have finished

doing it and have looked VERY close at the build up that is in the

[Guest guest]

I found this article helpful for treating ear wax. However reading I

did suggested that before trying to clean wax out of your ears, first

you should test to make sure you do not have a perforated ear drum.

You do that by putting a drop of rubbing alcohol into ear. If it

hurts, you have perforated ear drum and should not try to treat the

ear wax yourself or you could damage ear drum more or start an

infection. Anyway, with that caviat:

<http://tinyurl.com/y43gog>

<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000979.htm#Signs%

20and%20tests>