Herbal Ways To Stop Smoking – Herbs Which Help You Quit

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Herbal Ways To Stop Smoking – Herbs Which Help You Quit


Have a Cup of Tea

Many smokers enjoy having a cigarette with a cup of coffee or a beer. In order to break the unconscious association within your mind which associates your beverage with a smoke, you may want to change your beverage. Not everyone can do this at the same time as quitting smoking. If that is your case, it’s fine. But if you want to try to make new brain connections which are health promoting, give the following a try.

Have a cup of tea instead of your usual beverage to reduce cravings for a cigarette. Mullein may be combined with other herbs that promote respiratory health, improve the circulation and calm your nerves. Combine mullein with mint, chamomile, lemon balm, passion flower or clover for a relaxing blend. Add a little bit of lavender flowers or rose petals for a more flavorful blend.

Include fresh or dried citrus peel in your tea. Citrus binds with the cancer causing compounds that are in your body due to smoking. They aid in deactivating and removing the poisonous substances from your system.

All of these herbs improve the health of your heart and blood vessels. Nicotine causes your blood vessels to constrict, increasing blood pressure, and putting stress on the circulatory system. Relaxing herbs help to reduce the harmful affects of nicotine.


Herbal Detoxifiers

As you stop smoking, your body will be working hard to get rid of lingering toxins within your body. Burdock root, dandelion root, and yellow dock aid detoxification. You may want to take some milk thistle seed too. It protects your body’s major detoxifier, your liver, from injury.

By choosing to quit smoking, you are creating a whole new body for yourself. Use whatever approaches work for you. Herbs can help your body regain a level of health that you have probably not experienced for a long time. Be patient with yourself and take each day, hour or, even minute as it comes during your journey from a smoker to a non smoking vital new you.


Author

This article was written for Insights-on-Health.com in Nov 2013 by Patricia Bratianu RN PhD RH-AHG. Patricia has been a Registered Nurse for almost forty years in a wide variety of settings. As a Registered Nurse, she realized that conventional healthcare was not meeting the needs of all patients. She became an herbalist and obtained a PhD in Natural Health. Patricia is a professional member of the American Herbalist’s Guild, passing the stringent peer reviewed process to become a Registered Herbalist.

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