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:

Body
points Used in
Electro combination
-needling to
Strenthen the Quit
stimulation -smoking points
To enhance the
Ear effect
points as the
Main way

Thread
-embedding to Psycholo
consolidate -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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