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POINT: UB-42 (URINARY BLADDER-42)  

NAME: POHU

English: Door of the Corporeal Soul
Also Known As: Soul Door
Animal Soul Door
Soul's Household

LOCATION:

  • 3 cun lateral to the midline, level with the lower border of the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra and level with UB-13 Feishu.
    Note: when the shoulder is relaxed, the 3 cun line corresponds to the medial border of the scapula.
  • 3 cun lateral to the DU channel, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra, on the spinal border of the scapula.

NEEDLING:

  • Oblique insertion 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
    Caution: deep perpendicular or deep oblique needling in a medial direction carries a substantial risk of causing a pneumothorax.
  • Slanted insertion 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

ACTIONS:

  • Tonifies and nourishes the Lungs
  • Stimulates the descending function of Lung Qi
  • Regulates Qi
  • Clears Heat
  • Stops cough and asthma
  • Soothes dyspnea
  • Subdues Rebellious Qi
  • Activates the channel
  • Alleviates pain

INDICATIONS:

  • Lung atrophy
  • Lung consumption
  • Deficiency-taxation
  • Taxation cough with Heat in the body
  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Dyspnea
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Pleurisy
  • Cough with profuse sputum
  • Neck rigidity
  • Pain of the shoulder, scapula and back
  • Pain of the chest and back
  • Stiff neck
  • Vomiting with agitation and fullness
  • Three corpse possession disorder*
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Bronchitis
  • Pulmonary tuberculosis
  • A stifling sensation in the chest
  • Hemoptysis
  • Atelectasis

COMBINATIONS:

UB-43
Gaohuangshu

LI-18
Futu
SI-17
Tianrong
REN-23
Lianquan
ST-11
Qishe
UB-45
Yixi

GB-21
Jianjing

Consumption

Cough with rebellious Qi

Dyspnea

Vomiting of foam

Clenched teeth

Inability to turn the neck

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This is the outer Bladder point for the Lungs.
  • This point is good for Bi syndrome of the upper back.
  • It is used for emotional problems related to the Lungs, especially sadness, grief and worry.
  • *Three corpse possession disorder is a Taoist concept of possession which attacks either the upper corpse (the eyes), the middle corpse (the five Zang) or the lower corpse (life itself).
  • This point is used for severe exhaustion of the Lungs.
  • It can be used for spiritual revival.
  • It is used for paralysis of the mind.