Acupoint+LU-2+(Yun+Men)

** LU2 ** ** • **  **Yun Men**  •  **Lung** **2**  Cloud Gate, Door of the Clouds. =Location= In the depression below the acromial extremity of the clavicle, 6 cun lateral to the ren mai channel.

=Point Summary= //Clears Lung Heat Dispels Agitation and Fullness// //Disseminates And Descends Lung Qi//

=Needling=

Depth:
0.5 - 0.8 cun

Technique:
Puncture obliquely towards the lateral aspect of the chest.

Contraindications:
No deep needling.

=General Indications=

Functions
Local

Indications
Local

Special Notes
Local

=Diagnostic Indications= Asthma ** • ** Chest Agitation And Oppression ** • ** Cough ** • ** Shoulder Movement Limited ** • ** Shoulder Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thoracic Fullness **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

Cough, couging fits, asthma, thoracic fullness, shortness of breath, bronchitis, tonsilitis, feeling of oppressive fullness and agitation of the chest; pulmonary congestion; tuberculosis. Pain in the chest, shoulder and arm, pain on the back and shoulders, cannot raise arms. Nervous cough. Acne. [ALHIM]

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies: Lung, Heart, Liver, Spleen-pancreas, three nervous centers, three psychologies, three endocrines, finger joints and sexual organs Disperse opposite Kidney, vessels, Bladder, triple Warmer Dispersing acts in the opposite way To puncture too deeply causes vertigo or fainting? Insomnia around 3:00am Energy up; coughing fits; cannot breathe; nervous cough, causes vomiting Tonsillitis; fullness and agitation of the chest; bronchitis; pulmonary congestion; pulmonary tuberculosis Heart: All troubles Liver & Spleen: distended Urethra, penis Skin of the oposite side of the face & lips; acne; scruff; perleche Arm cannot be lifted (contacture of teres major and of caraco-brachialis) Fingers; wrist, dorsal hand; tightness, pain //sepia//
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components= A gate to go through when clouds stand between the patient and the heavens. Here the patient may find the world a very difficult place to be in. One may look up to the heavens but not be able to see the light of the sun and blue ky above. The loud may be so low that perhaps they cannot even see the highest branches of a tree or the birds flying overhead. When mental clarity has completely vanished through a loss of contact with spiritual essence. When mental outlook is blurred and one cannot get to grips with anything, one may feel that no one cares for them. **A person is living "under a cloud" of misery, this point can help to clear their heaviness**. When living under a dark cloud, **the world loses its color. This point lets the sun in.** Very powerful for **depression, heavy grief, and feeling closed off, fuzzy or unclear. For people who always start off with "I can't",** this clears away murk, confusion, and darkness, showing them that they can. Renews conact with inner spiritual nature, to see the richness of life and value of living. When a person has only a cloudy vision of spirit, is unable to see clearly, or breathe deeply of life, this point can help clarify spiritual perspectives. Releases grief, allow for th light to shine forth from the Heart's spiritual fire [JRW]

Grief in the Lung may obscure the Heart's fire in a manner similar to clouds that may obscure the sun. resolves grief, allowing the Heart's intention to shine through. For a person who is **chronically negative as if "followed by a cloud"**, this point may invoke inspiration by allowing a glimpse of heaven. Use this point as well as LU-1 and LU-3, for treating the quality of Qi stagnation that produces the "cotton" quality on the pulse. This stagnation of the wei Qi level may be likened to clouds obscuring the pulse [LJ]

Clears grief that obscures the Heart. LJ-

When the higher perspective has been forgotten or chronic negativity has distorted a person's experience of life, use this point to create an opening. Feelings of separation are the natural consequences of losing sight of who we really are. When one's **spirit is obscured by the experience of duality**, we lose sight of the spiritual reality. We grow in wisdom through the transformation of our personality. The evolved personality is one that serves the Heart (true nobility) [ALHIM]