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Smoking is a hard habit to break. If the gum and the nicotine patch does not work, maybe you should try something else such as alternative forms of health care such as acupuncture.
Acupuncture is an ancient practice that involves the use of needles. The tool is inserted into the skin so that your energy or Qi flows start to your entire body and thus free to help you stop smoking.
If you go visit an acupuncturist for the first time and tell him that you want to stop smoking, after a few questions, the specialist will perform the examination to your ear and looking for the place of low energy.
After the spots is known, then this sharp needle is inserted. 5 needle is usually placed at various acupoints.
Treatment is complete after one hour and when the needle is removed, you are advised to wear ear magnets so the session continues even when you leave the clinic. While acupuncture itself is a painless procedure, some smokers said that they feel pain or get a cold shoulder.
Most smokers will have to come to the clinic 4 to 6 times before to see any significant results. Just to give you an idea, one study showed that respondents reported a decrease in the number of cravings to smoke just after one or two sessions. Seven of the 10 respondents able to kick the habit after 5 or 6 sessions.
Since the number of test subjects small, there are some who doubt the effectiveness of acupuncture. This is because although there are positive signs with regards to short-term effects of this technique, its impact is not sustainable. This is why some journals have stated that it was not clear what can be done acupuncture in smoking cessation.