LOCATION
One finger width anterior and superior to the angle of the mandible at the belly of the masseter muscle with teeth clenched.
Features
Body Inches (cun)
Each person has his/her own personal body inches.
One cun is equal to the width of the Knuckle of the thumb.
Nerves, vascular
Masseter artery and vein, great auricular nerve, facial nerve and masseter nerve.
Indication
Pulpitis,pericoronitis,mumps,jaw arthritis,masseter spasm;facial paralysis,trigeminal neuralgia;sequelae of cerebral vascular disease,hyperthyroidism.Eliminate wind from the face – TMJ, toothache, Bell’s palsy, twitching, facial pain/paralysis.Loss of voice, deviation of mouth/face, lockjaw.
Combinations
Facial paralysis a:ST 06 & ST 04.
facial paralysis b:ST 06 & 2.水倉? GV 26 & CV 24 & GB 02 & LI 04.
facial paralysis c,swollen cheek,toothache:ST 06 & ST 04 & LI 04 & GB 14 & BL 02.
Lock jaw:ST 06 & CV 24 & LI 04.
Toothache,temporomandibular arthritis :ST 06 & LI 04.
Toothache:ST 06 & LI 04 & LI 02 & ST 44 & KI 01 & LR 02.
Pulpitis,Acute periodontitis(lower):ST 06 & ST 05 & CV 24 & LI 04.
Acute mumps:ST 06 & TE 17 & LI 04.
穴位
在下頜角前上方約1橫指,按之凹陷處,當咀嚼時咬肌隆起最高點處。
特點
同身寸
針灸取穴比量法。出自《千金要方》。
是指以患者本人體表的某些部位折定分寸,
作为量取穴位的長度單位。
穴區神經血管
咬肌動、靜脈,耳大神經,面神經及咬肌神經。
適應症
牙髓炎,冠周炎,腮腺炎,下頜關節炎,咬肌痙攣;面神經麻痹,三叉神經痛;腦血管病後遺症,甲狀腺腫。
穴位配伍療法
口眼歪斜 a:1.頰車 2.地倉
口眼歪斜 b:1.頰車 2.水倉 3.水溝 4.承漿 5.聽會 6.合谷
口眼歪斜 c,頰腫,牙痛:1.頰車 2.地倉 3.合谷 4.陽白 5.攢竹
口噤不開:1.頰車 2.承漿 3.合谷
牙痛,顳頜關節炎:1.頰車 2.合谷
火牙痛:1.頰車 2.合谷 3.二間 4.內庭 5.湧泉 6.行間
牙髓炎及急性牙周炎(下牙):1.頰車 2.大迎 3.承漿 4.合谷
急性腮腺炎:1.頰車 2.翳風 3.合谷