Acupuncture can help quit smoking and is more effective for patients who voluntarily accept to quit smoking.
Acupuncture for smoking cessation can be performed on smoking cessation points, Yingxiang, Dicang, Hegu, and Ashansanli, and is more effective when connected to electroacupuncture. It can also be used in conjunction with the use of Wang Bu Liu Xing seed ear acupuncture to press the Shen Men, mouth, lungs, stomach and other acupoints.
In addition to helping to quit smoking, acupuncture is also effective for smoking cessation syndrome. People with smoking cessation syndrome can have acupuncture on Shakuzawa, Fenglong, Hegu, Shenmen and smoking cessation points. Those with chest tightness and phlegm can add danzhong and neiguan; those with itchy and uncomfortable pharynx can add tianchu, leiqiu and zhaohai; those with irritability can add tongli and neiguan; and those with muscle twitching can add yinlingquan and taichong.
Patients are advised to quit smoking in time, with the help of a doctor.