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Intersecting point: Suwen-Shuirexue Lun Wang Bing's note as the qi of foot taiyin meridian originates here.

bubble_chart Etymology

Clouds come out of celestial qi, celestial qi communicates with lung (see Suwen-Yinyang Yingxiang Da Lun). "Yun" (雲), cloud; "men" (門), door. The door through which cloud qi comes out, means that lung qi comes out from here. Secret Records of the Brocade Pouch: "Human qi and blood circulate continuously, starting from the hand taiyin, exiting the Yunmen (LU2) point, and returning to the foot jueyin liver meridian (LR ), enter Qimen (LR14) point.

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On the outside and upper part of the anterior chest wall, above the coracoid process of the scapula, infraclavian fossa (chest between the major and deltoid muscles) depression. 6 cun from the anterior midline (Xuanji (CV21)), one finger below the outer third of the clavicle, 1 cun above Zhongfu (LU1).

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Under Jugu (LI16) (clavicle), in the depressions, 2 cun lateral to Qihu (ST13) on both sides.
• Zhenfang Liuji: "Between the two bones under Jugu (LI16), 6 cun lateral to Xuanji (CV21) on both sides of conception vessel. " Put your hands on your hips and bring your shoulders and elbows forward, it lies in the depression between the pectoralis major and deltoid muscles.

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• Muscles: pectoralis major on the medial side and deltoid muscle on the lateral side.
• Nerves: The superficial layer is the middle and posterior branches of the supraclavicular nerve and the branches of the prethoracic nerve; the deep layer is the lateral bundle of the brachial plexus, and the inferior and posterior bundles are the posterior and medial bundles of the brachial plexus.
• Vessels: cephalic vein and thoracoacromial artery and vein; below is the axillary artery (continuation of the subclavian artery), which passes obliquely downward and outward; on the inside of the axillary artery is the axillary vein, which is formed by blood vessels passing through the membrane plane of the tendons of pores.

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Oblique insertion is performed 0.5 to 1 cun toward the lateral side of the thorax. Do not insert deeply toward the medial costal space to avoid injury to the lungs. Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Needling too deeply causes breath reversal and inability to eat." Moxibustion with moxa cone 3～7 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick 5～15 minutes.

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clear and disperse lung qi, purge pathogenic heat in the limbs.

• Classical: Cough, wheezing, nausea, fullness and discomfort in the chest, qi rising to the heart, chest pain radiating to the back, sudden abdominal pain, throat blockage, goiter, pain in the shoulder and scapula, shoulder pain preventing movement, persistent heat in the limbs, numbness in the upper limbs, and regularly intermittent pulse absent at wrist pulse.
• Modern: bronchitis, chest muscle rheumatic pain, periarthritis of the shoulder.

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• Shoulder pain and inability to lift: Yunmen (LU2), Bingfeng (SI12).
• Extracorporeal circulation intracardiac open-heart surgery acupuncture anesthesia protocol: Yunmen (LU2), Neiguan (PC6), Lieque (LU7).