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POINT: LU-2 (LUNG-2)

NAME: YUNMEN

English: Cloud Gate
Also Known As: Cloud's Door
Cloud Door

LOCATION:

  • On the antero-lateral aspect of the chest, below the lateral extremity of the clavicle, 6 cun lateral to the midline, in the center of the hollow of the delto-pectoral triangle.
  • At the inferior margin of the clavicle, between the pectoralis major and deltoid muscles.
  • In the superior lateral part of the anterior thoracic wall, superior to the coracoid process of the scapula, in the depression of the infraclavicular fossa, 6 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

NEEDLING:

  • Transverse-oblique insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Caution: deep perpendicular or oblique insertion carries a substantial risk of causing a pneumothorax.
  • Slanted insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Puncture obliquely 0.5 to 0.8 cun towards the lateral aspect of the chest. To avoid puncturing the Lung, never needle deeply towards the medial aspect.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

ACTIONS:

  • Clears Lung Heat
  • Disseminates and descends Lung Qi
  • Dispels agitation
  • Dispels fullness
  • Stops cough

INDICATIONS:

  • Wheezing
  • Dyspnea
  • Dyspnea with inability to lie down
  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Pain in the lateral costal region and back
  • Pain of the back and shoulders
  • Pain of the shoulder with inability to raise the arm
  • Pain of the supraclavicular fossa
  • Chest painful or depressed
  • Perifocal inflammation of the shoulder joint
  • General cardiac disease
  • Exogenous Cold invasion
  • Shortness of breath
  • Oppressive and agitated sensation of the chest
  • Heat in the chest
  • Oppression and pain of the chest
  • Upsurging of Qi to the Heart and abdomen
  • Interrupted pulse which cannot be felt at the cun position
  • Throat Bi
  • Goiter
  • Injury by Cold giving rise to persistent Heat in the limbs
  • Eye problems
  • Intermittent choking or oppression
  • Nervousness

COMBINATIONS:

LU-1
Zhongfu
SP-1
Yinbai
LIV-14
Qimen
UB-13
Feishu
UB-47
Hunmen
PC-7
Daling

SI-12
Bingfeng

ST-13
Qihu
LU-3
Tianfu
HT-7
Shenmen

Chest pain

Pain of the shoulder with inability to raise the arm

Dyspnea with rebellious Qi

Breathing with raised shoulders

Inability to taste food

LU-1
Zhongfu
LI-15
Jianyu
UB-40
Weizhong
KI-7
Fuliu
GB-10
Fubai

 

 

Throat Bi

 

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This is a main point for draining Heat from the extremities.
  • This point should be used when people say they feels like they are under a cloud, when they want to renew contact with the spiritual light within.