Can Laser Therapy Be a Powerful Therapeutic to Relieve Substance Abuse Disorders?

In 2021, a randomized controlled trial was conducted and published in the Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal titled " Efficacy of Laser Auricular Acupuncture for Smoking Cessation." Five points were stimulated on each ear with point probe for one minute each. The five points were "Shen Men," " autonomic," "kidney," "liver," and "lung." The course of treatment was over a 14-day period with four 10-minute treatment sessions done on day one, three, seven, and 14. The trial concluded that laser auricular acupuncture can reduce nicotine dependence.