Hunmen (BL47)
Hunmen (BL47), “Hun Gate”, is a point on the Bladder meridian. It is point 47 of the 67 on the channel. Outer window of the Liver: houses the Hun, moves stagnant Qi and eases hypochondriac pain.
Location
In the back, level with the lower border of the T9 spinous process, 3 cun lateral to the posterior median line.
Functions according to tradition
Outer window of the Liver: houses the Hun, moves stagnant Qi and eases hypochondriac pain.
Traditional indications
- Hypochondriac pain
- Irritability
- Insomnia with dreaming
- Vomiting
- Diarrhoea
Indications described by tradition; they do not amount to proven clinical effectiveness for each one.
Precautions
Needle obliquely towards the spine: deep perpendicular insertion reaches the lung.
Points on other channels with similar indications
They share several traditional indications with this point. Comparing them helps understand why one or the other is chosen.
- KI19 Yindu (Kidney): Hypochondriac pain, Vomiting
- LV14 Qimen (Liver): Hypochondriac pain, Vomiting
- KI21 Youmen (Kidney): Diarrhoea, Vomiting
- CV11 Jianli (Ren Mai (Conception Vessel)): Vomiting
- CV13 Shangwan (Ren Mai (Conception Vessel)): Vomiting
- CV16 Zhongting (Ren Mai (Conception Vessel)): Vomiting
Point profile
- Code
- BL47
- Pinyin name
- Hún Mén
- Characters
- 魂门
- Translation
- Hun Gate
- Meridian
- Bladder
- Element
- Water
- Topics
- Liver, Mental, Digestion
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