Acupuncture to Quit Smoking

Video Transcript

"Congratulations, you've decided to quit smoking! That's probably one of the best things that you can do for your health and longevity. Hi, my name is Mark Brinson, Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Physical Medicine and Human Performance specialist. The decision to quit smoking is one that needs to be both personal and with a little bit of help from your support systems. Smoking does take years, years off your life and your health and your quality of life. The way that an Acupuncture Physician may be able to help you with this is first of all you have to take make that decision that you want to quit. Nobody can make you quit, it has to be your own, that makes things a lot easier. But with a combination of daily acupuncture for about two weeks, herbs and different supplements and a few small dietary changes, what acupuncture can do is ease this whole process. It can cause your body to detoxify, it can help to clear your lungs, your liver and your kidneys, it can also help to significantly reduce cravings to only one or two a day. The typical person has about twenty cravings a day, don't think it's any coincidence there's twenty cigarettes in a pack. So with those two to three cravings a day, a good Physician will also give you tools to deal with that. Whether it might be a homeopathic drop that goes under the tongue, a lozenge, or some type of a mint, to kind either take your mind away from it or make you not want to have that cigarette, and what you'll notice in about two weeks the physical addiction is gone, and the only thing you'll be left to kind of break is that psychological addiction. Sometimes people don't realize how much they use a cigarette to get out of an uncomfortable situation, to take a break during the day, for reasons other than just smoking. But you'll find that within a year's time, your body and you mind will be completely free and the lungs will be of a good condition, the kidneys, the liver, and hopefully all of the effects of the smoking will be reversed. So I encourage you to really get in there and start on your journey, whether it be with acupuncture or something else. My name is Mark Brinson, Doctor of Oriental Medicine I wish you balance and happy healthy lives."