024 Weighty Matters_ Talking To Our Patients About Addiction • Xander Kahn

Plenty of people seek out acupuncture in particular as they have heard a few needles in the ear will break their cigarette habit, or cause their appetite and cravings to completely transform. We’ve all heard stories of someone’s cousin who got needled once and never smoked again or they lost a lot of weight. But how many of these people have you seen get these results in your clinic? Often patients seek out Chinese medicine for weight loss, weight control or smoking cessation. Many of us