Acupuncture to stop alcohol addiction

Alcohol dependence is a psychological state caused by the craving for alcohol after drinking repeatedly for a long time. Alcohol is a narcotic, and long-term consumption can lead to alcohol dependence. Some of the alcohol-dependent people may experience tremors, hallucinations, disorders of consciousness, muscle twitches, and plant nervous disorders after interrupting drinking, which is called withdrawal syndrome or alcohol dependence syndrome. The clinical manifestations of alcohol dependence are: 1. The dependent person’s experience of alcohol: soon after starting to drink, he or she will experience a happy mood, talk a lot after drinking, feel nervous and fatigue, etc. All of them disappear. It is under the domination of this experience uninterrupted daily drinking, personal thirst for alcohol is getting heavier and heavier, and withdrawal syndrome can occur when drinking is broken. 2, psychological dependence: that is, the thirst for alcohol, the degree of this thirst with the growth of drinking time is increasing, so that the withdrawal phenomenon will occur when you stop drinking. In order to satisfy the craving psychology and avoid the withdrawal phenomenon, the behavior of looking around for alcohol will occur. 3, somatic dependence: when the withdrawal syndrome occurs when drinking is cut off that is, somatic dependence has been formed. At this time, the withdrawal can appear in varying degrees of physical and mental symptoms. In order to satisfy the cravings, without the painful experience of withdrawal symptoms, the dependent person may drink alcohol regardless of the time, place and surrounding circumstances. Heavy drinkers turn drinking into the center of all activities, giving the impression that the patient’s personality has changed. 4.Withdrawal syndrome: Early manifestations include anxiety, depression, nausea, vomiting, poor nausea, chills, sweating, panic attacks, irregular pulse frequency, poor sleep, nightmares, and partly hypertension; as progress, tremors, hallucinations, disorders of consciousness, seizures, etc. 5. Tolerance: In order to achieve a good experience of initial drinking, the amount of alcohol consumed is gradually increasing, but after reaching a certain level with the deepening of intoxication and age, the amount of alcohol is gradually decreasing again. Patients often want to be in an intoxicated state and may show signs of being unhygienic and unconcerned about their surroundings and family members. 6. Somatic complications: Alcohol is toxic to cells throughout the body. In addition to damage to the peripheral nerves of the central nervous system, it also damages the liver, gallbladder, stomach, heart and kidney. Systemic malnutrition is common. Acupuncture can relieve withdrawal symptoms, reduce anxiety, hostility, stress, insomnia and depression, and increase vitality and relaxation. At present, the acupuncture point stimulation method of acupuncture for alcohol withdrawal is mainly auricular acupuncture. For those who are generally addicted to alcohol and afraid of needles, we can use Wang Bu Liuxingzi to apply acupuncture points; for those who have been drinking for a long time, have a large amount of alcohol, and are stubbornly addicted to strong alcohol, we must use snap-needle buried acupuncture points. 1.Auricular acupressure points for alcohol withdrawal are taken from the mouth, stomach, subcortex, endocrine, Shen Men, throat and liver. 2, body points are taken from the spleen, liver, kidney, nei guan, liguan, shenmen, and foot three li. Put the seeds on the adhesive tape and press the ear points with the thumb and index finger until they feel sore, swollen and painful. Choose 4-5 acupuncture points each time, and press each point for 3-5 seconds, 3-5 times a day. 3, moxa stick smoked alcohol withdrawal will be lit moxa stick moxibustion li gou point, bilateral, each time about 15 minutes. 4, electro-acupuncture treatment for alcohol withdrawal can be selected spleen Yu, liver Yu or kidney Yu, with a milli-needle rapid direct stab into the needle, stop after obtaining Qi, with electro-acupuncture therapy instrument, the current intensity of the patient to tolerate, stay acupuncture 30 minutes, once a day, 5 times for a course of treatment, 2 to 3 days treatment once. By regulating the balance of yin and yang in the body and the internal organs, the balance in the body can be restored, thus achieving the purpose of quitting drinking.