Detox

Substance Abuse.

Acupuncture has become a recognized therapy for substance abuse and detoxification in the United States today.

Benefits of Detox with Acupuncture

Acupuncture helps to alleviate symptoms of withdrawal. During withdrawal, it will help the patient to feel better physically, mentally and emotionally. Therapy will usually:

Reduce cravings
Restore sleep
Reduce anxiety
Reduce physical pain and cramps
Assist detox organs in elimination of substances

Acupuncture will also help one who was an addict before and is drug free for a period of time. It will correct the damage to your body which is caused by long - term substance abuse

How does it work

With Acupuncture, the body will be helped in producing natural relaxants and pain killers - endorphins which are tremendously depleted by use of drugs. Specific points on the ear are used, that stimulate kidney, liver and lungs - organs which are responsible for elimination of drugs from the system. Treatment also includes points regulating the nervous system.

Acupuncture detox involves shallow (1-2 mm.) insertion of thin solid sterile needles which are inserted into strategic points mainly on the ear. A session is usually 35 - 45 min long.

Nelly Tsivina is a member of (NADA) National Acupuncture Detoxification Association.
Note: NADA strongly recommends group counseling sessions to be attended along with Acupuncture.

Quit Smoking

Want to quit smoking ?

Like all smoking-cessation programs, success using Acupuncture begins with the true desire and commitment to quit smoking.

Acupuncture will make it much easier to stop even if you have been unsucesessful in other quit smoking programs, patches, hypnosis, etc.

What's involved in assisting you with quitting?

Generally we advise that you have from 3-5 treatments during the first week you quit smoking, which is usually the most difficult period both physically and emotinally.
Subsequently, two or three times a week for two weeks will suffice and then less frequently as needed
Overall, we suggest you stay in treatment for at least one month with a total of 6-10 sessions in this period.

Benefits of quitting smoking with acupuncture:

Reducing cravings by breaking chemical dependency
Clearing the lungs from nicotine to break chemical dependency
Emotional support by inducing relaxation

A study on 500 patiens reported in American Journal of medicine found that acupuncture helped more then 80% of participants to quit smoking. Two thirds of participants continue to be smoke free two years later. Generally most people find treatments to be very relaxing and that the feeling lasts for days.