Base de conocimientoPuntos de acupuntura
LU-2
Yunmen
Cloud Gate
También conocido comoCloud's Door · Cloud Door
- Canal
- Pulmón
Esta entrada aún no está traducida: el texto siguiente está en inglés.
Localización
- 01On the front-lateral chest, below the clavicle's lateral end, 6 cun lateral to the midline, at the center of the delto-pectoral triangle's hollow.
- 02At the clavicle's lower border, between the pectoralis major and deltoid muscles.
- 03In the upper-lateral region of the anterior chest wall, above the scapula's coracoid process, in the hollow of the infraclavicular fossa, 6 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Punción
- 01Transverse-oblique needling, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- 02Caution: deep perpendicular or oblique insertion carries a significant risk of pneumothorax.
- 03Oblique insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- 04Needle obliquely toward the lateral chest, 0.5 to 0.8 cun; never insert deeply toward the medial side, to avoid puncturing the Lung.
- 05Moxibustion may be used.
Acciones
- Clears Lung Heat
- Disperses and downbears Lung Qi
- Relieves agitation
- Relieves fullness
- Stops cough
Indicaciones
- Wheezing
- Dyspnea
- Dyspnea with inability to lie flat
- Cough
- Asthma
- Pain in the lateral costal region and back
- Pain of the back and shoulders
- Shoulder pain with inability to raise the arm
- Pain of the supraclavicular fossa
- Chest pain or a sense of oppression
- Periarticular inflammation of the shoulder
- General heart disease
- Exogenous Cold invasion
- Shortness of breath
- Oppressive, agitated sensation in the chest
- Chest Heat
- Chest oppression and pain
- Qi surging upward to the Heart and abdomen
- Interrupted pulse absent at the cun position
- Throat Bi
- Goiter
- Cold injury producing persistent Heat in the limbs
- Eye problems
- Intermittent choking or oppression
- Nervousness
Combinaciones
Notas
- It is a principal point for draining Heat from the limbs.
- It is indicated when someone describes feeling as though under a cloud, wanting to reconnect with their inner spiritual light.