Lu 2 "Cloud's Door" Yunmen
LOCATION: In the depression below the acromial extremity of the clavicle, 6 cun lateral to the
Ren meridian
IMAGE: The "cloud" refers to upper body or heaven's energy. The Qi of heaven and earth meet at
the clouds. Cloud is also a name for the many small connecting channels of the Lung which meet
here, and for the Kong Qi which enters the chest from the outside air.
FUNCTIONS: Dispels Lung Heat, Smoothes the Function of the Joints, Drains Heat in Joints,
Disinhibits Joints, Eliminates Anxiety
INDICATIONS:
asthma
chest painful or depressed
cough
inflammation of the shoulder joint
NEEDLING: Obliquely 0.5-0.8 cun in a lateral direction. Never puncture deeply in a medial
direction.
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES:
Cloud's door is for the person who's walking around in a "cloud". (The palace the emperor lived in
was called "the imperial palace of a cloudless heaven", a place never obscured by clouds or
confusion. Also for someone with heavy grief.
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ANCIENT USES:
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