How Does Acupuncture Help With Stopping Smoking?
The technique of using acupuncture to help stop smoking is by inserting the thin needles into the skin over certain organs designated as affecting the breathing areas of the body, such as the lungs, the airways and the mouth. This stimulates the organs, and the areas of the body controlled by them, to help the person stop smoking. By having acupuncture performed to stop smoking, smokers have reported a diminished need to smoke and have even shown that the cigarette related chemicals have become absent, or lessened, in their bloodstream. There are many specialists who practice this ancient Chinese art of acupuncture and more acupuncture clinics are opening up every year, in every city around the world. When you schedule an appointment with an acupuncturist with the hopes of quitting smoking, the practitioner will sit down with you and will ask you certain questions such as how long you’ve smoked, how much you smoke and your reasons for quitting smoking. They will also more than likely a
