We tried ear candling years ago when it became popular. Nada results at all. Don’t know if anyone gets good results. The only wax that happened was melted wax from the candle, didn’t pull anything out of our ears.
Regarding candida, it is one of those fad diseases that makes the rounds. In the mid 1980’s it was all the rage to have candida, so since I had health insurance for a couple of years then (the only time in my life) I went and got tested since the symptoms seemed to fit.
No candida....
Not saying that no one has a candida overgrowth, but to know for sure one needs to get tested. There are herbs that take care of it, but they are not that mellow (no doubt easier on the system than whatever prescription meds are given) but still not something to take unless one really has candida.
I’ve had two clients fairly recently (and one a few years ago) that do or did have candida - were tested - and they had both tried all kinds of herbs that are supposedly to kick it out. But both clients were underweight, very depleted energy. So I made a program for them to build up tissues and strength first before trying to get rid of the candida, and that help considerably. Two so far either got rid of it entirely or were on their way, the newest one is working on for a week or so now.
Another aspect is that since candida is all over the place and often on our skin without causing any problem, getting the immune system stronger often helps, and since you had a cold, there’s that to take into consideration.
Do you have any other symptoms besides liquid in your ears?
A couple of things that may give some relief would be steam inhalations and neti, as these helps the sinuses and upper respiratory passages, and the inner ears and sinuses are very connected.
And don’t drink or eat anything cold, nice and hot stuff, including use of ginger (fresh is esp good for respiratory conditions, dry powder is esp good for digestive conditions, but they’re both good for both) and black pepper, which helps dry up secretions.
A tea with part black pepper and part ginger would be good, honey is also astringent.
One thing about herbs - good potency is important, they should have a noticeable strong aroma and taste. They need to be stored in glass and in a cool dark place, like cupboard not right next to or above the stove. Black pepper is a very useful spice/herb and the kind in little boxes at the grocery store is generally stale. I buy in pound bags as I use a lot in herb formulas, especially trikatu.
Which brings us to trikatu, I am planning medicated milk discussion a bit later today. Trikatu is basically Magic - a mix of equal amounts of powdered ginger, black pepper and pippali. It assists in any infective illness as it is strongly anti-microbial, it helps clear the lungs and entire respiratory system, it aids metabolism, digestion and assimilation of food and herbs, and is often added in small amounts to other herbs to help catalyze their action.
But since most people don’t have pippali/long pepper on hand, mix ginger and black pepper and use that in tea, in hot lemonade, etc I add trikatu and/or pippali to all hot drinks in the winter or if I otherwise need that action.
My ears itch so bad, I can hardly stand it. The only reason I’m stating candida was the Health Food Store lady, she is a CNHP if that means anything.
The fluid sound in my right ear is about 95% gone, but the itching in both ears is awful.