LOCATION: One finger-breadth anterior and superior to the lower angle of the mandible, where
m. masseter attaches, at the prominence of the muscle when the teeth are clenched.
IMAGE: An anatomical reference to the point's location near the angle of the mandible. Jiache is
also a classical name for the jawbone.
FUNCTIONS: Disperses wind and opens the channels
Benefits the teeth and jaws
Benefits the joints
Clears Wind and Heat and Cold
Moistens the throat and relaxes the jaw
Regulates Qi
INDICATIONS:
facial paralysis
"locked" jaw
mouth and eyes awry
parotitis (mumps)
spasms of the masseter muscle
stiff neck
temporomandibular arthritis
Toothache
NEEDLING: Perpendicularly 0.3 - 0.5 cun, or subcutaneously toward St 4
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES:
POINT COMBINATIONS:
OTHER: major local point for toothache
tooth-grinding
facial acne
