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rx
point
St-6: XI-6: jia che
acupuncture

definition

jia che = jaw vehicle; jaw bone; mandible wheel
seventh of the thirteen Ghost points
location: With the teeth clenched, 1 finger breadth anterior and superior to the angle of the mandible, at the high point of the masseter muscle.
actions: disperses Wind; regulates the flow of Qi; benefits the teeth and jaw; promotes the smooth functioning of the joints; opens the channels and invigorates the collateral vessels
indications: swelling of the face; facial acne; facial paralysis, spasm or hemiplegia; glaucoma; myopia; sees spots in front of eyes; unable to speak; jaw swollen; spasm of masseter muscle; lower toothache; trigeminal and dental neuralgia; sore throat; laryngitis; stiffness of the neck
needle technique:
perpendicular insertion, 0. 3 - 0.5 cun, or obliquely toward the mouth, 1.0 - 1.5 cun, producing local pain and soreness;
for facial paralysis: transverse insertion, thread to St-4, 2 - 3 cun;
for masseter spasm: direct needle upward;
for toothache: direct toward location of pain (Shanghai, p. 156).
moxa: 7 cones of direct moxa; 15 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» GV-26, Lu-11, Sp-1, PC-7, UB-62 (hot needle), GV-16, St-6 (warming needle), CV-24, PC-8, GV-23, CV-1 (for males; for females, use a point at the opening of the vagina), LI-11 (hot needle) and hai quan (prick) known as the thirteen Ghost points, these are needled in the order presented for psychosis (madness and insanity) (Shanghai, p. 630);
» with LI-4 for facial paralysis;
» with LI-4 and CV-24 for locked jaw (Shanghai, p. 156);
» with LI-4 and TW-17 for parotitis (Shanghai, p. 156);
» with ya tong, St-7, LI-4 and St-44 for toothache (Shanghai, p. 156);
» with St-4 for wryness of the mouth and eyes (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 117).


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