LU2 (Lung 2) - Acupuncture Point Information

Chinese Name: Yunmen
English Name: Cloud Door

Location: In the infraclavicular fossa, 6 cun lateral to the midline of the chest.

Functions:

Disperses fullness from the chest, stimulates the descending of Lung-Qi, stops cough.

Indications:

Cough, asthma, pain in the chest, shoulder and arm, fullness in the chest.

References:

The English Name and Function have been reprinted from Maciocia: The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Copyright 1989, with permission from Elsevier. Point indications have been used from the book Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion.

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(LU1, LU2, LU3, LU4, LU5, LU6, LU7, LU8, LU9, LU10, LU11)

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