Quit Smoking With Natural Smoking Substitutes

By Super

Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 11:17

'Smoking is Injurious to Health', how many times we have heard about it, but nothing or no amount of awareness is being able to persuade people to quit smoking. Smoking generates nicotine addiction and when a person is habituated with a certain amount of nicotine intake, he/she becomes too dependent on it. To stop smoking is a difficult task and it's retreating symptoms are very difficult to manage. This is one of the main reasons for people to avoid stop smoking. The way to quit smoking is to use smoking substitutes.

Here are few natural smoking substitutes -

1.Passionflower – Passionflower is the cure for one of the major retreating symptom of smoking, insomnia. Passionflower has sedative properties, which lulls one to sleep. Passionflower is easily available and should be taken in very little quantity every alternate day.

2.Lobelia – Lobelia is well known as natural remedy of cough and cold but at the same time it is a great agent to control the nicotine craving. It has chemicals which binds to nicotine receptors in the brain. Lobelia should also be taken only during craving and in very less quantity. Excess intake may cause nausea.

3.Kava -Kava - This herb is the best cure of anxiety which is another main retreating symptom of quit smoking. Kava, however, should be taken by pregnant ladies and has to be taken judiciously. Make sure you don't take alcohol before or after intake of Kava. It affects the central nervous system.

4.Licorice – Licorice is one of the best herbs to help quit smoking. It handles stress which is on a high when trying to avoid smoking. Apart from helping you to stop smoking, it also heals inflammation and lungs infections. Licorice should be taken be taken by pregnant women.

5.St.John's Wort – This herb is a well known natural substitute of smoking. It has antidepressant properties. It handles the carving and the mood swings caused during the process to stop smoking.

Follow these five ways natural substitute to smoking to quit smoking in a healthy way, without suffering the retreating symptoms.