ear candling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An alternative medicine practice supposed to assist the natural clearing of earwax from a person's ear, involving lighting one end of a hollow candle and placing the other end in the ear canal.

Word forms

ear candling

Etymology

From ear candle + -ing.

Synonyms

ear coning thermal-auricular therapy
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