Acupoint+ST-6+Jia+Che

//Jaw Bone// = = =Location= On the cheek, 1 cun anterior and superior to the angle of the mandible, at the prominence of the muscle when the teeth are clenched.
 * [[image:st6.jpg align="right"]]ST6** **•** **Jia Che** • **Stomach 6**

=Point Summary= //Expels Wind Activates the Channel Benefits the Jaw and Teeth Alleviates Pain// lower jaw toothache; parotitis (mumps); TMJ

=Needling=

Depth:
0.3- 0.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture perpendicularly or obliquely towards St-4.

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
disperses wind; opens channels; benefits teeth and jaw

Indications
lower toothache; mumps; TMJ; grinding of teeth; facial paralysis;

Special Notes
with LI-4, ST-36 for dental pain with TW-17 and LI-4 for mumps

=Diagnostic Indications:= Facial Edema **•** Facial Muscle Paralysis **•** Jaw Disorders **•** Mouth Deviation **•** Neck Pain **•** Neck Stiffness **•** Parotitis **•** Toothache **•** Trismus **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the stomach, large intestine, small intestine, anterior temporal lobes, eyes, forehead, throat, larynx, trachea, nape and upper back. Disperses the vessels. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Hoarse voice, loss of voice. Dental cavities: pain; teeth: acute pain. Hemiplegia? Total paralysis? Skin: facial acne. Upper part of the face: forehead, swelling, inflammation. Facial paralysis (of the facial nerve), mouth awry and drooping, saliva, inferior eyelids do not close. Facial neuralgia (of the trigeminal nerve). Contracted jaw, cannot open the mouth, cannot chew (trismus); cheek and jaw and chin: acute pain or swollen. Neck: all the muscles: pain or atrophy, cannot look to the rear. Stiff nape; pain in nape and posterior shoulder.
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