Thursday, November 25, 2010

Acupuncture: Newest Smoking Cessation Method

By Terrence McGuire


These days, increasing numbers of people want to live a healthier life style by quitting smoking cigarettes. Smoking is perhaps the most dangerous habit for your health there is. This is because not only are cigarettes habit forming they too damage many of the organs within your body and cause several types of cancer. When you have tried stopping using tobacco previously using e cigarette, Nicotine replacement therapy or prescription medications, you already know your attempts frequently lead to relapse or failure as the dependence on using tobacco is very strong. But suppose there were a method to to get an edge when attempting to stop cigarettes?

There is an ancient medical method, more like a skill in fact, referred to as acupuncture. Discovered and used by the Chinese since 1600 BC, this alternative style of homeotherapy is shown to have scientifically verified results as a smoking cessation aid. Several types of alternative remedies, like acupuncture, have over the past few years been seen to possess medical benefits based on scientific fact. Why don't we have a look at exactly how this ancient art form will help you quit smoking forever.

The process of acupuncture consists of inserting micro-needles in to the body at precise places typically called "Meridians". There are twelve meridians each one affiliated with an organ or part of the body. The insertion of acupuncture needles in these places promotes the bodies natural mechanisms of healing and immunity. In the example of smoking cessation, the needles regulate your systems excretion and reaction to dopamine.

Dopamine is proven to be the major neurotransmitter related to satisfaction and addiction. Regulating dopamine allows for a decrease in desires including those for smoking. Acupuncture alone is unlikely to help you give up smoking cigarettes when used alone but users report a greatly reduced desire for a cigarette.

There are various tools and strategies intended to assist you as you are attempting to stop tobacco. Research has shown that combining more than one stop smoking approach substantially improves your odds for success. It's now very clear that along with smoking cessation strategies such as the e-cigarette, nicotine replacement therapy and prescription medicine, acupuncture can be a very helpful addition to help you to break the addiction.




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