Clinical Application of Acupuncture

ACUPUNCTURE

FOR

QUIT SMOKING

Introduction

• Acupuncture for quitting smoking is to

remove the craving for tobacco through

regulating the nervous system and

improving the functions of lung. With

acupuncture treatment for quitting smoking,

the patient will feel thirsty and have a bitter

taste in mouth, without desire for cigarettes

any more.

Treatment Various ways of acupuncture to quit smoking:

Ear points as the

Main way

Electro-needling toStrenthen thestimulation

Body points Used in

combination

Thread-embedding to

consolidate

Quit-smoking pointsTo enhance the

effect

Psycholo-gical treatment

To calm the mind

Ear therapy

• Ear acupuncture falls in the category of micro-

acupuncture system. Ear points are closely related to

internal zangfu organs through channels and

collaterals. That the corresponding regions and

points are stimulated to regulate the zangfu organs

for the purpose to reduce the addiction to cigarettes

and to treat the complications is regarded as the

method of first choice for quitting smoking.

Ear therapy—— main points:

• Lung, Trachea, Subcortex, Mouth, Throat, Inner Nose,

Sympathetic Nerve, Shenmen, Stomach, Large Intestine.

Select 5-7 points each time.

• Apply ear-acupuncture or seed-pressure. The seeds stuck

to points can be kept for 3-5 days for stimulation. Two

ears are used by turns. The first three days the treatments

are given everyday and later change to every other day,

seven treatments as one course.

• How many courses should be given is determined by the

quantity and history of smoking of the patient.

Body acupuncture with electrostimulation

• Body acupuncture: the craving for tobacco is manifested by

the local symptoms and disorders of zangfu organs. The

points Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Feishu (BL 13),

Fenglong (ST 40) and so on can be selected for acupuncture

every other day, the needles can be retained for 20-30

minutes each time.

• Proper frequency and waves of electrostimulation can be

used for enhancing the therapeutic effect. Generally, in the

first course of treatment, the continuous wave is used and in

the second course, the dense-disperse wave is used.

New discovery: quit-smoking point

• The experts discovered that a point on the

wrist, a little above the transverse crease of

wrist, is effective for quitting smoking, so it is

called quit-smoking point. It is located in the

depression between Yangxi (LI 5) and Lieque

(LU 7). Electric stimulation is applicable.

One of the negative and positive poles of wire connect with quit-smoking point and the other with Lieque (LU 7) or Chize (LU 5) to form the loop of electric current.

Thready embedding

Principally, thread embedding can be done at all the

points that can be punctured with needles. But the points

at the extremities, because the muscles here are not rich,

the thread for embedding should be shorter. Clinically,

the points Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40) and Chize

(LU 5) are selected for embedding for consolidating the

therapeutic effect of quitting smoking. It is especially

important and good for heavy smokers.

Psychological treatment

• Psychological treatment should be applied

for those smokers with a long history.

Although acupuncture is miraculous in

effect, the result will be not good if the

will and desire of patient to give up

smoking is not strong enough.

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