風門 (Fēngmén) — Wind Gate
Bladder channel · point 12
Meeting point of the Bladder channel with the Du Mai
Traditionally used for
- Nose & throat
- Cough & breathing
- Colds & fever
- Pain & joints
- Skin
Cautions & contraindications
- Shallow needling only
Location
On the upper back, 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of T2.
Needling
- Shallow needling only
Depth:
0.5–0.8 cun
Angle:
Oblique, directed medially
Moxibustion: Cupping and moxibustion at BL12 and BL13 are the classical preventive treatment for people who catch cold easily.
⚠ Cautions: Pneumothorax risk on deep perpendicular insertion.
Functions
- Expels wind and releases the exterior
- Descends Lung qi and relieves cough
- Strengthens the defensive qi
Indications
Common cold with chills, fever and stiff neckcough and nasal congestionrecurrent respiratory infectionupper back and neck painurticaria
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