Fengmen BL12: Nomenclature, Location, Function, Indication, Method

Nomenclature:

Feng: pathogenic  men:door
Pathogenic wind easily invades Fengmen  and  is good for treating the diseases caused by the wind. The point is therefore considered as the door of the pathogenic wind.

Point: BL12
Chinese Name: 风门
Name: Fengmen
English Name/Meaning: Wind Gate
Pinyin: fēng mén
Han Geul 한글: pung mun 풍문
Romaji: fū mon
Vietnamese:Phong môn

Location:

1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 2nd thoracic vertebra.

Functions and Indications of Fengmen:

• Opens the lung and disperse wind: Common cold, cough, fever, headache;
• Opens the channel: Stiff neck, pain in the back and chest.

Method:

Puncture obliquely in the direction of the midline 0.5-1cun.

Remarks:

Meeting point of Bladder with Governor (DU) Channel.

Precaution:

Deep perpendicular or needling in a wrong direction causes a substantial risk of causing a pneumothorax.