Dear doctor, I am smoking 10 cigarettes per day. I want stop smoking. I try it for more than 2 years. Unable to stop the smoking. I am smoking individually. Please advice me how to stop smoking /

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Hello Lybarte user, -Foods to help you while you stop smoking:- 1- Ajwain: Take few seeds of ajwain and chew them whenever you get the craving for tobacco. Initially it might be difficult but chewing them regularly will help do away with the habit of tobacco addiction. 2- Cinnamon: Cinnamon helps do away with tobacco addiction. Whenever you have the craving for smoking or other forms of tobacco, take a piece of cinnamon and keep sucking for a while. It helps. 3- Water Kept In Copper Container: Copper scrap off the toxic deposits. Drinking lot of water kept in copper container helps to remove the toxic deposits and lessen the craving for tobacco use over a period of time. 4 -Triphala: Triphala can clear the toxic elements and in turn reduce the craving for toxic tobacco use further. Taking one tablespoon of triphala every night helps. 5- Basil Leaves: Chewing basil leaves helps reduce the craving for tobacco usage and also it cures the problems caused by its usage earlier. Every morning and evening take about 2-3 basil leaves, chew and eat them. -Ayurvedic Tips for Quitting Smoking: -Avoid eating acidic foods such as meat, dairy products, tea, coffee, pasta and breads. -Intake of alkaline food such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, sprouts etc are highly beneficial. -Intake of raisins, beets, lima beans, dandelion, etc can really help you to quit smoking habit. -Increase the amount of vitamin C in your eating habits. Fruits rich in vitamin C such as lemon, oranges and grapefruits very useful. -Sweet foods reduce the urge of smoking. In addition to that add a small quantity of honey in whatever sweet dishes you consume. -When you feel excessive urge of smoking it is suggest to eat something salty. Or you can lick a little salt at that time. -Juice of radish along with honey twice a day is very beneficial to quit smoking. -Chewing liquorice (mulethi) is a good alternative to cigarette. It helps you to suppress the urge of smoking when you feel so. -An ayurvedic massage with aromatic oils is also very effective to relax you mind and suppress the urge for smoking. -Herbal extracts of cedar, lavender, lemon, orange, and tea tree along with water should be sprayed in the atmosphere to avoid the fragrance of smoking to enter your surrounding that can stimulate your urge to smoke. -Keep yourself busy in some sorts of work that can keep you away from smoking. 

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