Top 10 Bizarre Healing Treatments

[Serpo]

In today’s world when we think of healing someone, you probably think of medicine, vaccinations, and other common things that every doctor seems to use. However, in the past, before medicine wasn’t nearly as advanced as it is today, there were plenty of bizarre techniques used in order to heal or cure someone.

Below is a list of some of the weirdest medical healing treatments that have ever been used. While some worked, some didn’t, and today some of these practices are seen as outdated, and some are even seen as more damaging then they are helpful. On the other hand, some of these are still used as a way to treat various ailments. Not all ancient medical practices were thrown under the bus.

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[gunDriller]

have you ever heard of ear-coning ?

this is one of the classes/ seminars that they had at a Sufi Islam "community center" in San Diego where i took physical yoga classes.

what they do is make a conical shaped candle. the ear-coners put the small end in their ear. then they light the other end on fire.

it's supposed to cleanse the ear from wax, negative vibrations, etc.

they charged $75 for the seminar.

i did not attend. but some people did.

pretty New Age, huh ?

[freespirit]

that's pretty interesting, Serpo...

A friend of mine is a nurse specializing in wound care, and we were discussing maggot therapy in wound care. i find it amazing that the maggots are so effective, the idea being that they will only eat dead flesh.
this particular treatment method is definitely in use today, and quite effective.

[ShortJohnSilver]

that's pretty interesting, Serpo...

A friend of mine is a nurse specializing in wound care, and we were discussing maggot therapy in wound care. i find it amazing that the maggots are so effective, the idea being that they will only eat dead flesh.
this particular treatment method is definitely in use today, and quite effective.


Has to be the right maggots, however! Don't try it at home with the wrong ones...

[Kali]

have you ever heard of ear-coning ?

this is one of the classes/ seminars that they had at a Sufi Islam "community center" in San Diego where i took physical yoga classes.

what they do is make a conical shaped candle. the ear-coners put the small end in their ear. then they light the other end on fire.

it's supposed to cleanse the ear from wax, negative vibrations, etc.

they charged $75 for the seminar.

i did not attend. but some people did.

pretty New Age, huh ?


I've done it before. It messed my ears up for months. The wax in my ear melted and went deeper...and possibly the wax from candle went down to.

I'm still not sure if it even cleared itself out. I might just be used to it now.

[Serpo]

have you ever heard of ear-coning ?

this is one of the classes/ seminars that they had at a Sufi Islam "community center" in San Diego where i took physical yoga classes.

what they do is make a conical shaped candle. the ear-coners put the small end in their ear. then they light the other end on fire.

it's supposed to cleanse the ear from wax, negative vibrations, etc.

they charged $75 for the seminar.

i did not attend. but some people did.

pretty New Age, huh ?


Its been around for a while now really and it does extract a lot of ear wax