Anyone ever try ear candles for better listening?

Dweller is right.

Not in our house. Tipping my head on its side won't clear my sinuses. Candling does.

Pardon my ignorance, but I thought that wax had to be melted before it can be drawn up through the wick. Why not just go to a drug store and buy the Murine kit. It's not as new-age as sticking a lit candle in your rear (umm...ear) but it works nevertheless.

Another thing you can do- works for ears or bum- is use the high-power Shop-Vac in your garage. I haven't tried it, but it should work. AND if you replace the Shop Vac powercord with a Dominus, it should work even better!

True story:
an aquaintence of mine is into all sorts of new age remedys.
After trying this, he convinced himself that ear candling would be beneficial for the whole family and his mom reluctantly agreed just to shut him up.

After his 'remedy' managed to set her hair on fire, the experiment was discontinued.

So how does this work?

Does the candle get your ear canal hot enough to liquefy the wax? If you lay on your side, and the bottom of the candle is in your ear, and the candle flame is on the other end above your ear, and heat rises; how does it get hot below the candle?

Is it simply a matter of suction? This small hollow candle creates enough suction to draw sticky wax out of your ear?

Curious minds want to know!

Put me in the "no way in hell can this work" crowd.

Now before you laugh too hard, this guy is one of the most intelligent guys I know, and swears by these methodologies.

So? Howard Hughes was also very smart and died alone in a hotel room because he was afraid of germs.