Addiction takes place when someone is totally dependent on one or more drugs and can not live without it. The usage of the drug severely disrupt life and posed a threat both to the life of the patient and of his/her family members.
weight loss, over-active or under-active, disrupted sleeping patterns, defensiveness and loss of interest in activities or people that were once part of their lives.
One of the most popular theory is that the patient's reward system is dysfunctional and he/she only worries the immediate reward but not the long-term effect. The patient is usually in exposure of the addictive stimulus such as alcohol or some drugs.
Our treatment:
A lot of patient get addicted to certain drugs (such as morphine) when they need to relieve their pain. However acupuncture can also relieve pain, thus directly replace those substance with no potential to get addiction.
Furthermore, acupuncture can initiate disgust feeling for patients with addiction towards the addictive stimulus. For example, patients addicted to smoking may feel repulsive towards cigarettes after receiving acupuncture treatments.
