ST-05 (Da Ying) Great Reception

Acupuncture Points on this Channel ST-01 ST-02 ST-03 ST-04 ST-05 ST-06 ST-07 ST-08 ST-09 ST-10 ST-11 ST-12 ST-13 ST-14 ST-15 ST-16 ST-17 ST-18 ST-19 ST-20 ST-21 ST-22 ST-23 ST-24 ST-25 ST-26 ST-27 ST-28 ST-29 ST-30 ST-31 ST-32 ST-33 ST-34 ST-35 ST-36 ST-37 ST-38 ST-39 ST-40 ST-41 ST-42 ST-43 ST-44 ST-45

Acupuncture Points on the Stomach Channel of Foot Yang Ming

Actions:

• Eliminates wind and reduces swelling

Indications:

• Facial paralysis, trismus, swelling of the cheek, pain in the face, toothache.

Pont Location:

• A Manual of Acupuncture: Directly anterior to the angle of the jaw, in a depression at the anterior border of the masseter muscle.
• Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion: Anterior to the angle of mandible, on the anterior border of the attached portion of m. masseter where the pulsation of facial artery is palpable, in the groove-like depression appearing when the cheek is bulged.

Needling Method:

• Avoid puncturing the artery. Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.