pyroluria acupuncture points

[Cloud chaser]

Hi.  New to this forum.  I wanted to get eastern perspective on pyroluria.  If there is a specific acupuncture points to hit to help resolve this ?

[cheya]

It might be helpful to tell us a little about pyroluria and how you are experiencing it...

 

Not an acupuncturist, but my understanding is that there would be a couple approaches to this. One is symptom driven, so,  activating points (rather than "hitting" them ) that have known effects on given symptoms.  Another approach would be balancing the whole system, from a five element or five phases perspective. Sometimes, balancing the whole system can eliminate symptoms that arise from imbalance without seeming to address them directly.

 

Maybe a real acupuncturist will jump in if you give a little more information.

 

And of course, making an in-person appt with a real acupuncturist might move you along most effectively.

[Desmonddf]

We can't use western terms to make a eastern dyagnosys, so I've googled it and found this list of symptoms:

 

• anxiety
• irritability
• fatigue
• poor short-term memory
• little or no dream recall
• mood swings
• increased sensitivity to lights, sounds, odors
• frequent infections
• allergies
• joint pain
• hypoglycemia
• poor appetite, especially in the morning
• nausea, motion sickness
• poor tolerance of dietary protein
• sweet or fruity smelling breath or sweat
• pale complexion
• white spots on fingernails
• premature graying
• delayed sexual development
• alcoholism

 

Those symptoms seem to indicate a liver deficiency, but that could come from a spleen-pancreas deficiency in producing Xue, which then affects both the Heart and the Liver. The fruity smelling breath/sweat and the impossibility to recall dreams point to this possibility.

 

It would be quite unfortunate for me to prescribe acupuncture points for someone by reading a post online, but you can try and tonify your Xue and Spleen with some dietary supplements, such as ginseng and low-fat meats.