PRACTICES COMPLEMENTARY ANDA INTEGRATIVE - AURICULOTHERAPY USE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST SMOKING IN PRIMARY CARE

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: The Municipal Health's Secretary of Rio de Janeiro (SMS /RJ) provides treatment to users who express a desire to quit smoking. Nicotine causes addiction, physical, emotional and behavioral changes. Studies claim that association of therapeutic resources is effective in treatment to quit smoking. One of the key features of Traditional Chinese Medicine is Auriculoterapia that ensures complementarity treatment and contributes to strengthening the principles of Health Unic System of Brasil, with expanded view of the health-disease and global care promotion. Auriculoterapia is a microsystem that represents the body's organs and structures in the ear. The ears have points or reflex areas that correspond to all the organs and body functions and, when stimulated by mustard seeds, the brain receives an impulse that triggers a series of physical phenomena, producing well-being and balance. METHODOLOGY: This is a partnership of Control Area Technical Tobacco and the Technical Area of Complementary and Integrative Practices. The application is offered Auriculoterapia users entered into the program to Combat Smoking SMS/RJ. Treatment is intensified in the first weeks, when the user starts Tobacco Group. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: A weekly application of auriculotherapy produces well-being and balance, helping the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal such as anxiety, irritability, restlessness, hunger, sadness and fear of change of behavior. The weekly contact, host, qualified listening and patient doctor relationship stimulate the user to complete the treatment and quit smoking.