Intersecting point of governor vessel and foot taiyang.

bubble_chart Etymology

Wind, wind evil. door, portal. The cave is located on the back of the neck, where wind evil enters and exits. Hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

Fengmen (BL12) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

1.5 cun below the spinous process of the second thoracic vertebra on the back, about the same as the scapula The upper corners are even.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "One cun and five fen on each side under the second vertebra."

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: trapezius, rhomboids, serratus posterior superioris, and the deep longissimus muscle (inside the chest is the lung, where the upper and lower lobes divide).
• Nerve: The medial cutaneous branch of the posterior branch of the second or third thoracic nerve, and the deep layer is the lateral branch of the posterior branch.
• Vessel: the medial branch of the dorsal branch of the second intercostal artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Oblique insertion 0.5~0.8 cun downward or beside the spine. It should not be too deep to avoid accidentally entering the chest and injuring the lungs. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

dispelling wind relieves symptoms, ventilating lung improves qi.

• Classical: wind dizziness headache, stuffy nose, runny nose, strong neck, eyes closed, coughing and sneezing, vomiting, chest and back pain, heat in the chest, back gangrene Yongju, Boils, jaundice, common cold, cough, headache, striae and interstice are easily affected by wind-cold, shoulder and back pain.
• Modern: common cold, pneumonia, bronchitis, thoracic membrane inflammation, whooping cough, urticaria measles.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Scabies: Fengmen (BL12), Jianshi (PC5), Hegu (LI4), Daling ( PC7).
• Xiang Qiang: Fengmen (BL12), Jianjing (GB21), Fengchi (GB20), Kunlun (BL60), Tianchi (PC1), Fengfu (GV16), Jue Gu, details of their meridian and collateral Treat it with acupuncture.
• Chest and back pain: moxibustion Fengmen (BL12), Qimen (LR14), Shaofu (HT8).
• phlegm syncope: moxibustion Fengmen (BL12), Hegu (LI4), Zhongwan (CV12), Fenglong (ST40) .
• Chronic bronchitis: Fengmen (BL12), Shenzhu (GV12), Jianjing (GB21), Taiyuan (LU9) , Qihai (CV6), Fenglong (ST40).
• Needle measles: Fengmen (BL12), Quchi (LI11), Lieque (LU7), Xuehai (SP10).