ST-06 (Jia Che) Jawbone
  Acupuncture Points on the Stomach Channel of Foot Yang Ming
Actions:
- Eliminates wind and benefits the jaw and teeth
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Indications:
- Facial paralysis, toothache, swelling of the cheek and face, mumps, trismus.
Location
CAM:
- One finger-breadth (middle finger) anterior and superior to the lower angle of the mandible where m. masseter is prominence when the teeth are clenched, and depressive when it is pressed.
AMOA:
- Approximately 1 fingerbreadth anterior and superior to the angle of the jaw at the prominence of the masseter muscle.
Needling Method:
- Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch, or subcutaneously with the tip of the needle directed towards Dicang (ST 4). Moxibustion is applicable.
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- Andrew Ellis, Nigel Wiseman, Ken Boss
- Cheng Xinnong
- Peter Deadman
- Shanghai College of TCM