ST 6 Acupuncture Point - Jia Che - Stomach Meridian
Submitted by yyh_staff on Tue, 2006-05-23 10:09.
- Chinese Name Jiache
- English Name Jawbone
- Location: One finger width anterior and superior to the angle of the mandible at the belly of the masseter muscle with teeth clenched.
- Actions & Effects:
- Eliminate wind from the face - TMJ, toothache, Bell's palsy, twitching, facial pain/paralysis.
- Stomach Meridian Points (45):
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45
Sources and More Information
The information on our site is drawn from our own lecture notes and clinical experience. The following lecture notes were used within this section:
- Ferro, Barbara: New England School of Acupuncture, Point Location Lecture Notes
- Harstein, Rachel: New England School of Acupuncture, Actions & Effects Lecture Notes
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