Acupuncture for Quit Smoking

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Smoking is a complicated addiction and bad habit.  Quitting smoking is not an easy task to be successful without lots of support.  You may need the best tools to help reducing the physical and emotional symptoms.  Acupuncture is one of the best resources to help you succeed.  

Acupuncture has been used to help fight addiction and decrease cigarette desire for a long time. Many people have had success and clinic research is supporting these claims now. In a recent published study, “Alternative Smoking Cessation Aids: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials,” researchers put data from 14 different studies together to see which alternative techniques helped patients stop smoking.  The acupuncture studies examined 823 different patients.  The researchers concluded that both acupuncture and hypnotherapy may

help patients quit smoking.  The scientific world is far from definitely recommending acupuncture for smoking cessation, but more and more research shows that it does help many people Acupuncture helps with smoking addiction in many ways.  It stops jitters, curbs cravings, lessens irritability and restlessness, increases relaxation and helps detoxify the body.  It can also restore balance in your constitution and jumpstart the healing process.

There is a point is called “Quit Smoking,” which is used specifically to quit smoking.  It’s located one finger’s width above your wrist crease, on the inside of your arm.  It is used solely to help people quit smoking and it does this by changing the way cigarettes taste, after a few acupuncture for quit smoking treatments, some people may start to feel the taste of smoking becoming nasty, not pleasant and enjoyable as before. This point alone may be not powerful enough, smoking is a complicated addiction.  "Quit Smoking" is a powerful acupuncture point, but it must be used in conjunction with other points to reduce cravings, rebalance your body and heal.

Physical cravings are only one aspect of cigarette addiction. Many times, the habit of smoking is harder to stop than the physical addiction. If smoking helps you feel calm during difficult emotional situations, not smoking can make you feel irritated and vulnerable.  If smoking is part of a daily life, not smoking can make your day feel “crazy.”  All of this is normal and challenging. I recommend that people use all the support systems they have available.  Such as get help from family and friends. join a support group.  exercise.  find new smoke-free activities. Stopping a smoking addiction needs support—physically, emotionally and socially.

There are many herbs which help with cravings, irritability, tissue repair and detoxification. Make an appointment with this office and I can discuss which ones would be best for you.

Besides the acupuncture for quit smoking, Huo's Energy meditation can help you calm down and relax your mind, make the goal of quit smoking be accomplished easily and quickly.