It is the craving matters when you start to quit smoking. New pills help to back the chemical change in the body which get used to Nicotine. A successful rate of 30% with nausea side effect seems draw back a lot who dare to quit. One thing for sure is that smoking is killing our health, no matter you smoke first hand or second hand. Think your health and promise to quit.
Acupuncture helps for sure if you still wondering about which way to go. Just like the fact brought the West to acupuncture in last 70‘s, smoking cessation is one of the best thing acupuncture can help. But how? Actually the principle for pain management by acupuncture also works for quit smoking to relieve any addictive actor in the body. While taking acupuncture, the body release a chemical element which works similar as the nicotine, so that the nerves can be relaxed without the continuous dosage of nicotine. In a 6-8 weeks treatment, you will over come the craving and enjoy days without cigarette. Clinical experiences found out the beginning 2-3 weeks counts the successful rate of quit smoking as many could not tolerant the craving and stress or other reactions the body throw.
From the view of Traditional Chinese Medicine, it is the balance of the body that benefit a long term good health. Not only can acupuncture help you out of craving, but also correct any imbalance that happens. Amending the lung and cardiac system is another way acupuncture can help for smokers, of course most smokers concern about that.
As we know, smokers have higher rate suffering high blood pressure, get cholesterol problem and even harden their artery vessels.
With acupuncture, the entire imbalance in the body will be corrected. Many people take a cigarette either for fun or just to kick the stress they cannot wipe away. If we let them drop off the cigarette and yet couldn‘t figure a way to help the stress, it is not helping at all. Acupuncture can successfully relieve stress and raise the control power of stress in the future.
Keep in mind that there is almost no side effect of acupuncture if you find a qualified acupuncturist, and the course of quit smoking is only about 5 weeks. Since TCM take each people with individual condition, the treatment won‘t be everybody the same. Sometimes, herbal remedy is applied to help people with other concerns to quit smoking more effectively. Smoking damage our internals and we have to treat from internal. Without medical help the detoxing work done pretty slowly to renew your system. In TCM, each patient will get an individual diagnosis for the internal condition, hence the program for quit smoking is different for everybody. When craving is not a big deal, detoxing and mending the damaged system will be scheduled to recover thoroughly.
I have patients who quit smoking from 1 pack per day in just 3 treatments. Sometimes it is a good idea to learn the inner play of the smoking habit. Allen Carr’s book is found helpful to assist smokers find their peace of mind, while acupuncture could relieve any tension or discomfort during the session of stop smoking.
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