ear candles?

[gordon stelter]

Air flow can not be created in a system without a 
port at both ends. Put a vacuum cleaner nozzle on your
arm, over a  ball of lint, and press hard enough to
create a good seal against your skin.  Turn it on,
then turn it off and let the motor stop. Remove it
from your arm. 
     The ball of lint will still be there.
     Most people have no hole in their head which
would allow air to flow through the ear canal diue to
reduced pressure at the other end,  and push stuff
out. But this might not be true of those who believe
in ear candling, so the results of "scientific
inquiry" on this isssue may be inconclusive.
     Thump


--- ilex cameron ross <i1ex@earthlink.net> wrote:

> wow - THANKS Tom & Kent!
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
> Behalf Of Thomas Cole
>   Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 10:42 PM
>   To: Pianotech
>   Subject: Re: ear candles?
> 
> 
>   Go to
>
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/candling.html
> 
>   Tom Cole
> 
>   ilex cameron ross wrote:
> 
>     hello hello again, list!
> 
>     I took quite a hiatus due to being too busy to
> keep up with the emails -
> I figured if I was deleting over half of what I was
> getting from the list
> just to maintain my inbox, that was a definite sign
> to go inactive!
> 
>     Soooo, I was in some airy fairy gift shop today
> and saw ear candles and
> started wondering what "we" (of the piano tuner
> persuasion) think of such a
> device? Everyone I know who has used ear candles
> says they're just
> incredible, that even if you clean your ears
> regularly, these things manage
> to extract all sorts of gunk out of there, thus
> vastly improving your
> hearing. Thing is, you're only supposed to "ear
> candle" once or twice a year
> because your ears produce wax as a protective
> measure. So, my
> thought/question is that maybe ear candling *isn't*
> such a great idea?
> 
>     Has anyone here done this or heard any
> scientific research on whether or
> not it really is a good idea?
> 
>     Yep, leave it to me to come back with some
> off-the-wall question like
> this ;)
> 
>     -"ilex" / holly ross
> 



		
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