"ear candling" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: ear candle + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ear candle|ing}} ear candle + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ear candling (uncountable)
  1. (alternative medicine) 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. Wikipedia link: ear candling Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Alternative medicine, Pseudoscience Synonyms: ear coning, thermal-auricular therapy

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