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ST-6 Cheek Carriage
颊车 〔頰車〕 jiá chē
Alternate names: 鬼床 guǐ chuǎng, Ghost Bed; 鬼林 guǐ lín, Ghost Forest; 机关 jī guān, Hinge; 曲牙 qū yá, Tooth Bend
Channel: ST, foot yáng brightness (yáng míng) stomach channel
Modern location: An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the face, in the body of the masseter muscle, at the prominence of that muscle when the teeth are clenched.
Classical location: Eight fēn below the ear, in the depression just in front of the angle of the mandible. The point is found in lateral recumbent posture, in the hollow that appears when the mouth is opened. From
Local anatomy: The masseteric artery. The great auricular nerve, facial nerve and masseteric nerve.
Action: Opens the jaw and frees the network vessels; dispels wind and regulates qì.
Modern indications: Deviated mouth; toothache; clenched jaw;
Classical indications: Loss of voice;
Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn perpendicular insertion, or oblique insertion toward ST-4 (dì cāng). Moxa: 3 cones; pole 15 min.
Point groups: One of the thirteen ghost points.
Point name meaning:
The character combination 颊车 (jiá chē) is an ancient name for the jawbone. The location of the point near the angle of the mandible accounts for its name (and explains the alternate names Hinge and Tooth Bend as well). The name of both this point and the jawbone, 颊车, can be translated literally as Jaw Vehicle,
a perhaps more poetic yet less obvious rendering. The explanation that the jawbone is a vehicle
that carries teeth becomes clearer when the name is compared with its synonym 牙车 (yá chē), which means literally tooth vehicle.
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