Stop Smoking with Acupuncture
Nicotine is a highly addictive drug, and many people find smoking an extremely hard habit to break. Acupuncture can change the way you think and feel about smoking, so that your body starts to feel healthier and rejects the experience of smoking. Many people who have given up smoking with the help of acupuncture report that after acupuncture cigarettes tasted bad, and felt too hot in their lungs and mouth. Smoking made them feel ill and they found they no longer enjoyed smoking. These new experiences reflect the true nature of smoking which is effectively poisoning the body. Giving up then becomes an easier choice for people who are starting to experience real health again.
Acupuncture helps you give up by:
Enhancing the Immune system
What is involved in an Acupuncture Treatment?
Acupuncture treatment is tailored to the individual to maximize effectiveness. Most commonly fine needles are used on Acupuncture points on the body, and also in the ears. Often the NADA protocol of 5 ear points are used in the treatment of smoking. These points are used to treat man forms of addiction, and were developed in the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction were they have a strong calming and craving reducing effect. Often tiny (3mm long) intra-dermal needles are used in certain points on the ear and are taped in to stay in for a week. This helps to reduce stress in the gap between treatments.
Treatment is usually twice or three times a week in the first week when cravings are the strongest. Then one weekly treatment for a few weeks is advised. The total number of treatments varies from person to person, but is normally between 5-10 depending on past health, lifestyle and other factors.
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