Yunmen (LU2)
Yunmen (LU2), “Cloud Gate”, is a point on the Lung meridian. It is point 2 of the 11 on the channel. Drains Lung Heat, descends rebellious Qi and opens the chest.
Location
In the infraclavicular fossa, 6 cun lateral to the anterior median line, medial to the coracoid process.
Functions according to tradition
Drains Lung Heat, descends rebellious Qi and opens the chest. Meeting point with the Spleen.
Traditional indications
- Cough
- Shortness of breath
- Chest oppression
- Shoulder pain
- Chest pain
Indications described by tradition; they do not amount to proven clinical effectiveness for each one.
What its classification means
Two or more channels meet here, so it is credited with acting on all of them.
Precautions
Needle obliquely and laterally: 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.
- SP19 Xiongxiang (Spleen): Chest oppression, Chest pain, Cough
- ST15 Wuyi (Stomach): Chest oppression, Chest pain, Cough
- ST16 Yingchuang (Stomach): Chest oppression, Chest pain, Cough
- BL42 Pohu (Bladder): Cough, Shoulder pain
- CV18 Yutang (Ren Mai (Conception Vessel)): Chest pain, Cough
- KI22 Bulang (Kidney): Chest oppression, Cough
Point profile
- Code
- LU2
- Pinyin name
- Yún Mén
- Characters
- 云门
- Translation
- Cloud Gate
- Meridian
- Lung
- Element
- Metal
- Classification
- Crossing point
- Topics
- Breathing, Shoulder, Cough
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