UB-12 Fengmen - Wind Gate

English:	Wind Gate
Also Known As:	Wind Door Wind's Door Wind's Gate

Location

• 1.5 cun lateral to the DU channel, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the second thoracic vertebra.
  Note: locate at the visible highest point of the paraspinal muscles.

Needling

• Puncture obliquely 0.5 to 0.7 cun.
• Moxibustion is applicable.
• Oblique insertion towards the spine0.5 to 1 cun.
• Transverse-oblique insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
• Caution: perpendicular insertion or oblique insertion away from the spine carries a substantial risk of pneumothorax.
• Straight insertion slanted slightly toward the spine1 to 1.5 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness, sometimes extending between the ribs.
• Transverse insertion pointed downward along the muscle, 1 to 2 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
• Caution: care should be taken not to insert the needle too deeply, to avoid puncturing the Lung.

Command Functions

• Meeting point of the DU channel with the Bladder channel

Actions

• Opens the Lungs
• Disseminates and descends Lung Qi
• Dispels Wind
• Relaxes the Exterior
• Expels and prevents Exterior Wind
• Releases the Exterior
• Stimulates the Lungs' dispersing function
• Regulates Qi
• Regulates the Ying and the Wei
• Benefits the nose

Indications

Common cold Cough Fever Headache Neck rigidity Backache Cough Cough with chest and back pain Hemoptysis Dyspnea Heat in the chest Wind-taxation coughing Wind-exhaustion vomiting Vomiting Copious nasal discharge Nasal congestion Rhinitis Epistaxis Carbuncles of the back Restless sleep Pneumonia Asthma Pulmonary tuberculosis

Stuffy nose Sneezing Chills Aversion to Cold Attack by Wind with fever Cold shivering Injury by Cold with rigidity of the head and neck Flaccidity of the interstices with frequent coughing and clear, watery nasal discharge Flaccidity of the interstices with susceptibility to catching Wind-Cold Desire to keep the eyes closed Wind dizziness Visual dizziness Lumbar pain Stiff neck Urticaria Shoulder pain Bronchitis Pleurisy Belching Whooping cough

Combinations

DU-24 Shenting UB-2 Zanzhu LI-20 Yingxiang LI-4 Hegu UB-67 Zhiyin KI-20 Futonggu	UB-5 Wuchu	GB-18 Chengling GB-20 Fengchi UB-45 Yixi SI-3 Houxi
Rhinitis with clear nasal discharge	Constant sneezing	Epistaxis with stifled breathing
GB-21 Jianjing SJ-3 Zhongju SJ-6 Zhigou SI-3 Houxi SI-4 Wangu UB-40 Weizhong	LI-4 Hegu LIV-2 Xingjian GB-39 Xuanzhong	DU-14 Dazhui LI-4 Hegu
Pain of the shoulder and back	Injury by Cold with fever that clears and the reoccurs	Influenza
LI-11 Quchi LU-7 Lieque SP-10 Xuehai	UB-13 Feishu LU-6 Kongzui
Urticaria	Pleurisy

• UB-12 + LI-4: releases Exterior Wind
• UB-12 + ST-36 (moxa): prevents catching colds

Contraindications

Notes

• This is the point to use at the very beginning stages of a Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat Attack.
• UB-12 (Wind Gate), GB-20 (Wind Pool) and DU-16 (Wind Mansion) are grouped together as the key Wind points.