Bladder 42

Written By Elizabeth Fuqua

UB 42 / Po hu / Door of the Corporeal Soul

POINT LOCATION

3 cun lateral to the Governor Vessel, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 3rd thoracic vertebra, on the spinal border of the scapula, level with UB 13.

 

Associations

  • Outer Shu of the Lung

 

INDICATIONS / CONDITIONS TREATED

  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Dyspnea
  • Tuberculosis 
  • Hemoptosis
  • Pain and stiffness of the neck and shoulder

 

TCM ACTIONS

  • Tonify Lung
  • Descend Lung Qi
  • Opens Channel
  • Alleviates pain

 

TCM Patterns Treated

  • Lung Qi Deficiency

 

Cautions

  • Pneumothorax caution
Elizabeth Fuqua

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