Stop Smoking

With all the cancer and other health risks that have been linked to smoking, it is no wonder there is such a large group of people worldwide that want to stop smoking. I have great news for you. It is a natural alternative to the expensive stop smoking aids that don’t seem to work.

Have you tried acupuncture, hypnosis, zyban and other stop smoking aids just to find that they don’t deliver. Maybe like me you figured it was just you. Well there are thousands of people who have spent thousands of dollars on stop smoking aids, and yet have not been able to quit smoking.

Herbs can help you stop smoking naturally. That’s right herbs, like the ones we commonly use for cooking, spicing up our food, making tea and other things that we already use herbs for. Some of them are common herbs, and some you may not have heard of before, but they can help you stop smoking.

The first herb I will tell you about, I recommend talking to a doctor before using it. It contains a very toxic substance, yet it is extremely efficient at controlling nicotine addiction. The herb is called Lobelia, and the substance that gives it many of the same feel good, relaxing properties of nicotine is called lobeline.

Have you ever heard of insomnia, nervousness and anxiety being described as side effects of quitting smoking. Well this next herb is used to treat those symptoms already. Therefore many researchers feel it will be an excellent tool to help people stop smoking. It is called Avena Sativa.

Some of the damaging effects smoking has on our bodies, is to decrease the circulation of the blood, and to decrease our ability to remember. Well, Gotu Kola or Centella Asiatica, is known to improve both of these conditions. That qualifies it as an excellent herb to be included in your fight against smoking.

Now for a herb that is reported to not only stifle ones natural desire to smoke, but also to fight the much dreaded side effect, weight gain. It’s true, these are qualities attributed to the herb known as Garcinia Cambogia.

Korean Ginseng is reported to help people quit smoking, and it’s natural stress reducing effects make it a good candidate. There are also other herbs reported to be used for stop smoking aids. Some of them are willow, oak, catnip. That’s right I said catnip. Goldenseal is another one that is supposed to help with quitting smoking.

There is hope in the ability to use herbs to quit smoking, and herbs like Burdock root and red clover are good herbs to cleanse the blood of any toxins. Therefore these type of herbs are an excellent addition to a stop smoking regime.

April Kerr writes for Health Refresh which has details of easy ways to quite smoking and laser therapy for giving up smoking.

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