Acupoint+ST-5+Da+Ying

//Great Reception// = = =Location= Anterior to the angle of the mandible, on the anterior border of the attached portion of the masseter muscle, in the groove like depression appearing when the cheek is bulged.
 * [[image:st5.jpg align="right"]]ST5** **•** **Da Ying** • **Stomach 5**

=Point Summary= //Expels Wind// //Reduces Swelling// not able to close eyes; facial paralysis; trigeminal neuralgia; herpes; mouth ulcers; gum problems

=Needling=

Depth:
0.3- 0.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture obliquely

Contraindications:
Avoid Artery

=General Indications=

Functions
Local

Indications
local problems; parotitis; lock jaw

Special Notes
Local

=Diagnostic Indications:= Facial And Lower Cheek Edema **•** Facial Muscle Paralysis **•** Jaws Clenched **•** Mouth Deviation **•** Toothache Lower Jaw **•** Wind Tetany With Lockjaw **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the stomach, teeth, lateral neck and anterior face; cerebellum, large intestine, nostrils. Disperses the vessels. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Teeth (particularly molars) opposite side: pain, caries. Opposite salivary glands, opposite parotid (swelling of opposite jaw and neck; mumps). Eye: spasms of the eyeball; external muscles same side, internal muscles opposite side; lymph nodes and pain of the front of the neck. Facial nerve. Face: facial paralysis (mouth awry, disturbed, does not obey, impeded speech, stiff tongue, eyelids do not close, painful eyes). Face: contractions, spasms (of facial nerve). Spasms of the lips, mouth, lateral neck and nape; contracted jaw, trismus. Facial pain (linked to trigeminal nerve?).
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