Did you know that there’s actually a specific place in your ear that, when stimulated, can greatly reduce your nicotine cravings? It’s a great way to complement your quit smoking efforts without having to take any drugs or substances with negative side effects. By stimulating certain points along your ear, you can take away those nicotine cravings and make it much more likely that you’ll succeed in quitting smoking. This art of stimulating certain points along the ear to help treat the body is known as auricular therapy.
You may have heard about the power of acupuncture and how it can greatly help you in your efforts to stop smoking. By using acupuncture needles around your ear area, acupuncturists can perform auricular therapy on you to reduce your nicotine cravings. Sometimes though, it may not be feasible for you to spend time and money to travel all the way to see an acupuncture therapist. Fortunately, there’s an alternative solution that allows you to perform auricular therapy in the comfort of your very own home, without needing a licensed healthcare professional.
Pen-shaped acupuncture devices can be purchased for less than the cost of a good acupuncture session. You can learn to operate these devices on your own, and use them to reduce your nicotine cravings without having to pay a licensed healthcare practitioner for each session. These devices can help you to locate the correct acupuncture points, then deliver a mild electric shock to stimulate those points.
Aside from the significantly lower cost, these devices can also be applied whenever you want, wherever you want, without having to travel all the way to an acupuncturist’s office. You can’t always predict when you might get a nicotine craving. You could be in the middle of a party or an office meeting when an overbearing urge to smoke hits you like a wave. Or the need to smoke may hit you in the middle of the night, when nobody is awake to help you. By keeping an acupuncture pen/device with you at all times, you can excuse yourself to go to the bathroom and treat yourself whenever the need arises.
While auricular therapy may not ensure your success in quitting smoking, it can reduce your nicotine cravings and make your life much easier, without breaking the bank.
September 6th, 2009 at 6:51 am
i am trying to Quit Smoking by having a very good discipline not take cigarettes anymore. I also use nicotine patches to curb my nicotine cravings from Cigarettes.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:31 am
i did have a hard time Quitting Smoking but several months of discipline and the use of nicotine patches helped me a lot to stop smoking.