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Alternate names: 髓孔 suǐ kǒng, Marrow Hole

Channel: ST, foot yáng brightness (yáng míng) stomach channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the jaw, at the anterior border of the insertion of the masseter muscle on the body of the mandible.

Classical location: One cùn and two fēn from the angle of the mandible, in the depression in the bone, in which a pulsation can be felt. [If the head is turned], the point is located where the shoulder touches the jawbone. From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: Anteriorly, the facial artery and vein. The facial and buccal nerves.

Action: Courses wind and quickens the network vessels.

Modern indications: Clenched jaw; deviated mouth; swelling of the cheek; toothache.

Classical indications: Heat effusion; stiff tongue inhibiting speech; scrofula; fullness in the stomach; counterflow panting; inability to chew; frequent yawning; inability to close the eyes; dislocation of the jaw.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3 cùn oblique insertion towards ST-6 (jiá chē). Avoid the artery. Alternatively, 0.5‒1.5 cùn transverse insertion joining CV-24 (chéng jiāng) or ST-6 (jiá chē). Moxa: 3 cones; pole 5‒10 min.

Point name meaning:

• 大 dà: great, large
• 迎 yíng: to receive, to welcome

ST-5 may be called Great Reception because it is proximal to the intersection of the large intestine and stomach channels and is also a branching point of the stomach channel. It can be thought of as a point where the stomach channel receives or welcomes the large intestine channel and as an internal branch of its own channel.

Its name might also be derived from its proximity to the lower jawbone, 大迎骨 (dà yíng gǔ) which is called great reception bone. See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.

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