Smoking Cessation Acupuncture

Smoking is something most people start in their teenage years to look hip and to get accepted in a crowd. However little do they know that this ‘cool’ habit can turn out to be life threatening when they grow older. Diseases like lung cancer, emphysema, stroke and cardiovascular diseases are all a consequence of the nicotine and tobacco of smoking.

Smoking is not only unhealthy for the smoker, but its second hand smoke can also cause problems to those around you. People who inhale this second hand smoke too are susceptible to all the diseases smokers are susceptible to. So instead of spoiling your health, and those around you, it is better to try stopping smoking.

If you find it rather difficult to try to stop smoking by yourself, you could seek help from professionals and family to do so. An effective means of stopping smoking is through smoking cessation programs.

Different types of smoking cessation programs

Smoking cessation programs are carried out in various methods like smoking cessation acupuncture, smoking cessation hypnosis and laser smoking cessation programs. All of them are effective in stopping smoking through their individual methods.

These smoking cessation programs are usually offered in hospitals. With the expertise and the facilities they have in the hospitals, they will be able to cure your smoking habit. There are also acupuncture smoking cessation programs offered in community clinics and agencies.

It is always better for you to get information about different programs offered by these institutions online, so that you can compare their costs and the features of their programs to choose the best smoking cessation acupuncture program for yourself.

Smoking cessation acupuncture process

Smoking cessation acupuncture is based on the theory that the vital energy ‘chi’ flows through 12 key areas of the body. You find at least 365 acupuncture points in these channels, which get blocked at times, to lead to chronic habits.

A minimum of five needles are inserted into the ear, hands and wrists after which you are left to relax for half an hour or so. You find a significant lessening of cravings for smoking with these needles pricked in your body.

Sessions of smoking cessation acupuncture concentrate on the physical and emotional withdrawal symptoms that occur in you. To stop smoking faster, you may also apply mixtures of the oil of cloves and wintergreen, Sichuan lovage rhizomes and evodia fruit extracts at the acupuncture points.

Laser smoking cessation

Even smoking cessation hypnosis is effective in helping you stop smoking. With this program, you can reprogram your unconscious mind so that it works at helping your mind stop your smoking habit permanently.

Laser smoking cessation is another method to stop smoking where low intensity laser beams are applied to specific points in your body. With the application of these laser beams, you experience an immediate reduction in the cravings associated with smoking cessation.

Whichever smoking cessation program you choose, after the program, you start hating cigarettes, find an improvement in your blood circulation, feel optimistic and thus officially become a non-smoker.