Name

魂門

• Hun Men
• Gate of Hun, Subconscious (Liver Soul)
• Second Gate of the Soul (Spiritual Soul Gate)

Location

Below D9, 3 CUN outside Du Mai, beside BL-18

Nature

This is the point of the Bladder external branch corresponding to BL-18 Gan Shu, Back Shu point of Liver

Functions

• Drains and harmonizes the Liver (with BL-18), but more at the emotional level, Hun
• Local point for back pain, dorsal part
• Anxiety, lack of appetite, borborigmus
• Injury of 7 passions or 6 desires
• "Treats a corpse": shock, fainting, loss of consciousness, stroke. Closes the gate so that Hun does not escape
• Convulsions

Comments

BL-47 is used for emotional problems related to the Liver, such as depression, frustration and resentment, maintained for a long period of time. It reinforces the capacity of the Hun for planning, for sense of direction in life, for vital dreams and projects. It is a "gate", so this point regulates the sway of Hun and the Mind (that is, relationships with other people and with the world in general).

Treatment

• Needle 0.5 cun obliquely toward the spine.
• Moxibustion.