[Location] 1.3cun anterior to the angle of the mandible, on the anterior border of the attached portion of m.masseter, when you closeyou mouth and drump the air, the point is in the depression of the anterior and inferior to the angle of the mandible.
[Needing and Moxibustion Method] perpendicular insertion0.2~0.3cun or oblique insertion towards Dichang; moxibustion is applicable.
[Indications] trismus, maxillary joint luxation, twitching of the lip, scrofula, neck pain.
[Common compatibility]
(1) trismus—-with Xiaguan, Hegu.
(2) facial swelling, toothache, wry mouth—-with Xiache, Hegu, Neiting.
(3) toothache, cold—-with Quanliao, Tinghui, Quchi.
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