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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.

Look at it this way, herbs are commonly used for cooking, medicinal purposes, for adding flavour, and even for making tea. Why not use them to stop smoking too. Let’s take a closer look at some of the herbs that are reported to help you stop smoking.

One herb that is reported to extremely reduce nicotine addiction is Lobelia. However it contains a non-addictive, yet very toxic substance called lobeline. You should seek professional medical advice before using lobeline. It does have many of the same relaxing qualities found in nicotine. Let’s face it, nicotine itself is very toxic and causes severe health difficulties.

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.

Smoking is reported to decrease the memory of smokers, and decrease the blood flow in the body. Well, Gotu Kola, also known as Centella Asiatica when taken in appropriate amounts helps to improve memory, and also to improve blood circulation throughout the body. Thus it helps to control the damaging effects of smoking.

There is another herb called Garcinia Cambogia, it’s hydroxycitric acid content helps burn extra calories and counter the weight gain associated with stop smoking. It also is reported to alleviate the natural desire to smoke.

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.

An important aspect in trying to stop smoking, is to cleanse the toxins out of our blood. While drinking a minimum of eight glasses of water a day will help with this, there are also herbs that are ideally suited for this mission. A couple of them are Burdock root and Red clover.

April Kerr writes for Health Refresh which has details of easy way to stop smoking and stop smoking laser therapy.