The following below was a study conducted and an article written about cocaine addiction and acupuncture. As with any study, the results are only as good as the study. One study doesn’t mean that their is enough evidence to say that acupuncture can deal effectively with cocaine addiction, but it does lend itself to the fact that adding acupuncture is a wonderful adjunct therapy. With any addiction, the more positive behavioral models you use, the higher success you have for beating your addiction. Acupuncture should never be used as a “stand alone” method for addictions, but one therapy to be used along with many other therapies. I hope you enjoy the article.

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The National Acupuncture Detoxification Assocation auricular acupuncture protocol is used around the world to help people deal with and recover from substance abuse. The NADA protocol has been shown in a variety of clinical settings to be beneficial in the process of detoxification from substance abuse as well as to help with the emotional, physical and psychological attributes involved in addictions.The detoxification protocols, in contrast with much of Chinese medicine, involve no diagnosis and are usually not modified in any way. Due to the fixed nature of the protocol, many localities allow non-acupuncturists to administer the auricular acupuncture treatments.

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Below is a list, of what i think, shows the strengths and weakness of both medicines. Each medicine is amazing, powerful, and is great in certain circumstances. Also, each medicine has it weakness’s.

I believe Chinese medicine has many benefits and many benefits for the recovery process. Addictions are a wellness style of problem. They are not an “emergency” style of medicine. Though an addiction in crisis is certainly a medical emergency, the recovery, the day in day out, the emotional work that needs to be done to conquer our addictions, i feel, fall under a “wellness” style medicine.Comparing Western and Chinese Medicine. (more…)

Acupuncture is a viable alternative for mental health, and addictions.

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