Acupuncture to Quit Smoking - Herbal Treatment Can Help Withdrawl Symptoms
Author: Ron King
The ancient Chinese method of pain relief and medical treatment--acupuncture--is in fact over 3,000 years old. The method of utilizing extremely thin, disposable needles to activate certain pressure points that achieve desire effect, is part of the reason why people seek acupuncture to quit smoking. It relaxes the body while producing chemicals that flush out harmful toxins, yet produce the same euphoric feeling people normally get from smoking.
Generally, acupuncture to quit smoking is given over 4 or more sessions a few days apart. Each session includes the patient having the needles placed into the skin in strategic locations, such as the forearms, hands, ears or back. They are left in place for at least 30 minutes, and up to an hour. When the needles are inserted, the patient sometimes feels a dull ache or slight pain--only lasting seconds, if they feel it at all. The "quit smoking" acupuncture therapy is said to be so relaxing that many patients have fallen asleep during treatments.
Inside addition to the aid itself, many holistic healers will additionally provide herbal medicines to aid in an all-purpose wellness treatment. These herbs encourage the patient to quit smoking. While selecting a holistic therapist to apply acupuncture to stop smoking, it is critical to select a good agency. Previous to making an appointment, confirm that good sanitation practices are taken. Also assess their agency methods regarding aftercare concerns. It is also critical to ask your physician about acupuncture as a treatment you can experience.
There is no curative indication to recommend that acupuncture works; nevertheless a lot of folks experience immense accomplishment due to acupuncture to help them quit smoking. It is not legitimately recognized by the medical society as an efficient "cure" to heal, assist, or mend any complication. However, there are a lot of folks who reason and believe in acupuncture as a treatment for a wide range of ailments--from headaches to joint pain.
The genuine explaining factor to how possible acupuncture to quit smoking will perform, is how dedicated one is. Almost all reported success stories are by persons who were very dedicated to stopping smoking--some of whom attempted different treatments without any achievement. It is recommended for those who purpose acupuncture to quit smoking, to continue the herbal medicines while waiting for withdrawal signs cease.
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Are there any herbal options to help quit smoking?
I quit smoking on New Years and this is pretty rough. After 18 years of smoking, chemical dependence really has a grip on me. I heard that there are some herbal treatments that can help. Anyone know any?
No… I am not interested in advice that involves SMOKING herbs
Thanks in advance!
Eating licorice helped me…..I know there must be articles on it because that’s how I found out about it. It worked for me, as well as eating sunflower seeds (sunflowers have nicatine in them)
Yogi detox tea helped me to on another quit.
Exercise, and on different quit I had going for 2 yrs. was nicorette gum
Yes, it’s also time for me to quit again too.
Good luck YOU CAN DO IT!!!!
It DOES get easier
Go to “Blairsville.com”/smoking support board.
When I went on there, they had helped me tremendously to quit smoking….it really works too.
What is the best medication for quitting smoking(herbal/non-herbal)? nicocure really works? is Chantix #1?
What’s the best medication for quitting smoking, including herbal medications and what is the best non-nicotine ned? does Nicocure really works? and is Chantix the best med.? how do i find out if the medications are as effective as they claim to be?
I just quit smoking, and have been smoke free for about a year. For four years I smoked about half a pack a day continually. The toughest, but fastest way to quit is cold turkey. That’s how I did it. Just don’t smoke for seven days, and the cravings will disapear. You’re never going to stop unless you simply don’t want to smoke, so convince yourself ot that. Believe in yourself and have will power!
quit smoking, any herbal supplement?
Hi,
I want to quit smoking and in the past the gums or patches did not work. Do you know any herbal supplement that would help me tame the cravings so that I don;t feel compelled to fire my entire staff over a period of two weeks?
thanks
The only way to quit smoking is to quit smoking. Emphasis on the word quit. To quit something, you no longer do it. Quitting is not figuring out what you can do while you continue to smoke, it’s taking the dam cigarette out of your mouth and never putting one back in there again.
Drug companies and media have convinced you that it’s hard to quit, to sell you more quitting assistance crap. Just quit already and go to the strip club with your extra money….
Quitting smoking, herbal smoking mixtures, the inhaler or the patch?
i took up the habit of smoking at the young age of 13, im 15 now, and i dont want to continue this habit, 2 years is long enough
so i heard this thing about herbal smoking mixtures, i thought i could give them a try as sort of a crutch while i try to quit, along with the patch or a smoking inhaler, where would i get the herbal smoking mixture and should i use the batch or inhaler?
(please do not start saying im stupid for taking up the habit so young, im aware of how stupid and irresponsible that decision was, and i dont need to be informed. at least im trying to quit okay?)
im not talking about herbal mixtures with nicotine or chemicals in them,
im talking herbal mixtures that contain a drug called called Lobelia, which is in nicotene gum, actually its the main ingredient for nicotene gum, Lobelia confuses the brain into thinking its nicotene, theres a science behind it, scroll to the bottom of this page and read about Lobelia
http://home.teleport.com/~howieb/smoking/smoke5.html
I’ve not quit smoking myself (never started), but my sister has.
She also quit heroin a few times. She feels that quitting smoking is harder to do.
Most of this is because of the mental addiction as well as the physical. Most people use the patch to take care of the mental addiction, then slowly taper the strength of the patch down to take care of the physical addiction.
Both the use of herbal cigarettes and an inhaler will do little for your mental addiction, so are therefore unlikely to be as helpful for quitting.
Also helpful would be cutting your association with people who smoke and avoiding activities that you have built an association with the act of smoking. Maybe that means not hanging out behind the mall or stop drinking coffee or something… different for everyone.
You will probably also need to find some things to do with your hands. Keep yourself busy, both mentally and just plain with something to do.
Quit Smoking – Any herbal helpers?
I have a friend that is trying to quit smoking for good…I was wondering if there were any herbs that can help.
This is going to sound a little strange….I’m well aware….
1) Kava Kava tea – to “take the edge off” – because you are irritable as heck when you stop
2) Psyilium (the stuff in metamucil) – because wwith drawlmakes many people constipated
3) something to help you sleep – benedryl or an herbal supplement that contains valerian, or hops, or passion flower – because for some reason you get sleepy as heck during the day (see #4) and can’t sleep at night
4) green tea, or coffee – in small doses – because withdrawl makes you sleepy during the day. If this person has been using a source of caffiene all along, she will need much smaller doses – nicotine blocks caffiene uptake (and vice versa, which is why people who do both tend to do both heavily) – so a smaller dose will give her a bigger boost.
Lots of folks suggest the herb lobelia for cravings – because tobacco is a member of the lobelia family…never did a darned thing for me or most the people who I sold it to….
Good Luck – and to use the phrase of the American Lung Society – “Dont quit quitting” – the average person has to “quit” eleven times before they “quit” for good.
May you have a New Year with comfort, laughter and joy
Tink