Contents:
- Medical Video: How to Use Acupuncture to Quit Smoking
- How can acupuncture eliminate smoking habits?
- What points are used?
- Ear point:
- Body point:
- How much acupuncture do I need?
- What are the lifestyle changes and eating patterns that need to be done?
Medical Video: How to Use Acupuncture to Quit Smoking
Acupuncture as an alternative to quitting smoking has been increasingly used. In fact, acupuncture is often used as a treatment for people who are addicted to drugs because of their ability to reduce craving and nicotine "sakau" symptoms, such as irritability, anxiety, and difficulty concentrating.
How can acupuncture eliminate smoking habits?
Successful acupuncture helps smokers to stop. Acupuncture treatment overcomes all symptoms and aims to balance the energy in the body to optimize health.
Acupuncture treatment focuses on anxiety, irritability and fatigue; common symptoms experienced by smokers who quit smoking. Acupuncture also helps in relaxation and detoxification.
In a study by the University of Oslo, Norway, acupuncture was found to reduce the desire to smoke significantly, up to 5 years after initial treatment. Studies also show that cigarette taste is considered worse for smokers than before treatment.
The acupuncture needles used are as thin as hair. The needle is inserted at several points in the ear and body to help stop smoking. During treatment, small pellets are generally placed on the acupuncture points in the ear. When the desire to smoke appears, pressing the pellet can stimulate the acupuncture point to calm the mind and eliminate the desire to smoke.
Acupuncture is not a miraculous treatment for addiction like smoking. But acupuncture is effective in facilitating complete smoking cessation. If you are ready to stop, contact an acupuncturist to consult and see how acupuncture can help you start a healthy life without smoking.
What points are used?
Each patient was treated according to each diagnosis. Usually a combination of acupuncture points in the body and ears is believed to affect the organs and energy channels associated with cigarettes.
Common points used to stop smoking include:
Ear point:
- Shenmen
- Kidney
- Sympathetic
- Upper and lower lungs
- Hungry or mouth
Body point:
- Tim Mee - the extra meridian point on the wrist, between LU-7 (Lieque) and LI-5 (Yangxi), the specific point for quitting smoking.
- Four Gate Points (LI-4, LV-3) - used for circulating energy (Qi) throughout the body and calming the nervous system.
Treatment generally lasts 5 to 30 minutes, 1-2 times a week. After the needle is removed, the pellet is usually installed to stimulate the point between treatments to reduce the desire to smoke.
How much acupuncture do I need?
The duration, amount and frequency of treatment varies, generally lasting 5 - 30 minutes, 1-2 times a week. Some symptoms improve after the first treatment and more serious symptoms require some treatment.
The program to stop smoking will require 4 - 6 initial treatments in the first few weeks, followed by monthly treatment for 4-6 months.
What are the lifestyle changes and eating patterns that need to be done?
- Exercise. Moving is a powerful way to remind you why you should not smoke. Exercising can reduce stress and help you relax more than smoking.
- Take fresh fruit and vegetable juices to neutralize blood from nicotine acid and strengthen blood sugar.
- Carrots, carrot juice, celery, salads and citrus fruits can increase body alkalinity and reduce the desire to smoke.
- Avoid ready-to-eat foods, sugar, and coffee that can interfere with blood sugar levels and increase blood acidity which can aggravate nicotine "sakau" symptoms.
- Lobella tea or green tea can be drunk every day during the detox period to provide tissue elements that reduce the desire to smoke. Lobella was used to remove dangerous poisons such as snake bites.
- Drink water. Research shows that dehydration causes cravings. Drink water frequently throughout the day.
- Deep breathing exercises to increase the body's oxygen and keep you calm.
- Schedule your acupuncture treatment.
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