The consumption of marijuana, cocaine, alcohol, tobacco, and amphetamines is increasing, but there are also different strategies that are being done to prevent and control these addictions.

This is why the National Polytechnic Institute’s School of Homeopathy in Mexico is doing research for the control of addictions with acupuncture.

The application of metal needles into the body causes equilibrium in the person. In the case of the addicts, the side effects that come from stopping a drug. Some of these side effects when quitting are pain, intestinal problems, aggressiveness and hallucinations and others. When a needle is applied in specific places of the body the production of endorphins is stimulated. These are body substances that have analgesic properties.

Without the side effects, people feel a natural desire to keep their bodies free of the drugs that cause their addiction. Acupuncture also causes a long term relaxing and calming effect, and this helps the patient not to return to the drug.

Acupuncture doesn’t produce any side effects in people and the only discomfort is a tiny sting when the needles are put into the body. Between 70 and 85 percent of the patients who submit to this technique overcome the addiction to drugs. Cocaine is the easiest addiction to treat this way, and alcoholism is the most difficult. Researchers are finding that acupuncture helps to eliminate the desire to take these drugs, reduces anxiety and nervousness, and diminishes pain.

The treatment lasts from three to four weeks and will only work if people are convinced that they want to stop using these drugs. After the acupuncture therapy, psychologists are a fundamental support to guide and help the person not to relapse. It’s also important that the family supports the person who is trying to quit.

　　From qbueno.com