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Summary: When people stop smoking, there is a lot of energy blockage in the upper chest. Learn how acupuncture helps energy flow with tips from a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in this free acupuncture video.
"Next point to help to move the energy flow, so the energy won't be block in a certain area. When people are smoking, they have a lot of energy blockage in upper chest. So, when we try to help people quit smoking, we choose the point called, Large intestine 4 to help smooth the energy flow, relax the body. This point is located up between the first metacarpal bone, the first and the second metacarpal bone. If you put hand like this and then the highest the point which is also in the middle of the second metacarpal bone is large intestine 4. So we wipe out this point and we can insert needles perpendicularly, 1.5 inches. And that's a very strong point so we have to let patients lying down. So this is the highest point. We put a needles tip here and then we insert .5. If patient is not lying down and also nervous or feel hungry and take good thing, so I have to let patients lying down."