What are Hopi Ear Candles?

Thermal auricular therapy (Hopi Ear Candle) is an ancient Native American therapeutic technique which on a purely physical level gently clears and releases wax and pressure in your ears.  Energetically the technique can help to balance your body's energy systems by cleansing away negative energy.  The candles are traditionally hand made using beeswax, honey extract and traditional herbs such as Sage, St John's Wort, Camomile and pure essential oils.  

The Hopi, who are the oldest Pueblo people with a high degree of spirituality great medicinal knowledge brought this knowledge to Europe with the professional knowledge of Biosun.

How do they work?

The candles create a chimney effect which warms and draws impurities to the surface so that they can easily be removed. This can have the effect of equalising the pressure between the inner and outer ears and relieve the discomfort which that causes. Many of the impurities are literally vapourised with the smoke from the candle, although some can also be found within the compressed residue within the candle. 

 This can be particularly beneficial if you suffer from ear problems caused by pressurisation when flying.

If you have never experienced this therapy before, or it's been many years since your last treatment, we recommend that you have three treatments within the first seven days, this is because if there is a large build up of compacted wax within your ears then it enables you to gently adjust to the changes in your hearing, your balance and your overall sense of wellbeing so that you derive the maximum benefit from the treatment.  After that you can arrange another treatment whenever you feel personally that you could benefit from it.

What are they used for?

Hopi ear candles have been reported as beneficial in a number of conditions:-

Excessive or compacted wax in the ears

Sinusitis, rhinitis, glue ear (although not recommended if grommets have just been fitted), congestion from colds and flu

Headaches and migraine

Hearing impairment 

Tinnitus, ringing in the ears

Vertigo and dizziness

Calming and reducing stress

Helping to bring the energetic system back into balance by gently encouraging clearer energy flow.

Treatments

The treatment takes approximately 45 minutes and is a very pleasant and relaxing experience, you will be covered with a blanket and made comfortable before the treatment begins. Your ears will be examined to check that there is no evidence of infection or damage to the tympanic membrane (ear drum) prior to beginning a treatment as you may need to seek medical advice and we would not be able to proceed in that situation.

The sound of the candle burning is reminiscent to a log fire crackling as it gently warms the ear canal and begins to draw the impurities out of the ear.  Once the first ear has been done you will be asked to turn over so that the second ear can be done, we always treat both ears.

Once both ears have been treated you will then be asked to lay back and relax as you are given a gentle face and head massage to allow you to fully benefit from the effects of the treatment as well as encouraging release of any sinus congestion which you may be experiencing.  You will then be allowed to simply lay quietly for a while and relax.

We use only the highest quality Biosun original ear candles.