ST6 (Jiache, “Jiache”) is the Sun Si-miao Ghost Point point of the Stomach Meridian. It is located on the cheek, in the depression over the masseter muscle, approximately one finger-breadth anterior and superior to the angle of the mandible. This point is most prominent when the jaw is clenched. It expels wind from the face, activates the channel, alleviates pain, benefits the jaw and teeth.
On the cheek, in the depression over the masseter muscle, approximately one finger-breadth anterior and superior to the angle of the mandible. This point is most prominent when the jaw is clenched.
Perpendicular insertion 0.5-0.8 cun; or oblique insertion directed towards ST4 (Dicang) 1.0-1.5 cun. Palpate for the belly of the masseter muscle by having the patient clench their jaw.
Expels wind from the face, activates the channel, alleviates pain, benefits the jaw and teeth.
Facial paralysis, deviation of the mouth and eyes, lockjaw (trismus), inability to speak, toothache, swelling of the cheek and jaw, inability to chew, stiff neck, inability to turn the head, wind stroke, infantile convulsions with lockjaw, mumps.
Jiache is a primary local point for any disorder affecting the jaw, including TMJ dysfunction, trigeminal neuralgia, toothache, and facial paralysis. It is particularly effective for expelling wind-cold that causes lockjaw or deviation of the mouth. Its inclusion as a Ghost point by Sun Si-miao also highlights its use for more severe conditions like post-stroke aphasia or convulsions involving the jaw.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《千金翼方》 Qiānjīn Yìfāng — Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions, c. 682 · 卷26 · Source: Wikisource ↗
凡卒中風，中噤不得開，灸頰車二穴，穴在耳下八分小近前，灸五壯即得語The text records that for sudden wind-strike with clenched jaw that cannot be opened, moxibustion was applied to both ST6 points, 0.8 cun below the ear and slightly forward, and that after 5 cones the patient could speak.
《針灸大成》 Zhēnjiǔ Dàchéng — Great Compendium of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 1601 · 卷十 · Source: Wikisource ↗
頰車 在耳下八分，近前曲頰端上陷中，側臥開口有空，針四分，灸日七壯。 至七七壯，炷如大麥According to this text, ST6 lies 0.8 cun below the ear, toward the front, in the depression above the tip of the jaw angle, where a hollow appears when lying on the side with the mouth open; it is needled 0.4 cun and given 7 moxa cones a day, up to 49, with cones the size of barley grains.
《神灸經綸》 Shénjiǔ Jīnglún — Principles of Divine Moxibustion, Wu Yiding, 1851 · 卷之二 · 十二經脈起止 · 胃經四十五穴分寸 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
頰車（一名機關一名齒牙） 從大迎行耳下曲頰端近前八分陷中側臥開口取之灸三壯或七壯至七七壯炷如小麥According to this text, ST6 (also called Jiguan or Chiya) is found by going from Daying to below the ear, 0.8 cun forward of the tip of the jaw angle in a depression, lying on the side with the mouth open; it receives 3 or 7 up to 49 moxa cones, the size of wheat grains.
《千金翼方》 Qiānjīn Yìfāng — Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions, c. 682 · 卷26 · Source: Wikisource ↗
頰車在耳下二韭葉宛宛中，主牙車不開、口噤不言及牙疼不得食、牙頰腫The text records that ST6, in the hollow two leek-leaf breadths below the ear, was used for a jaw that will not open, lockjaw with inability to speak, toothache preventing eating, and swelling of the gums and cheeks.
ST6 is one of 45 points on the Stomach Meridian. Nearby points:
ST6 (Jiache) is located on the cheek, in the depression over the masseter muscle, approximately one finger-breadth anterior and superior to the angle of the mandible. This point is most prominent when the jaw is clenched.
ST6 expels wind from the face, activates the channel, alleviates pain, benefits the jaw and teeth. Common clinical indications include facial paralysis, deviation of the mouth and eyes, lockjaw (trismus), inability to speak, toothache, swelling of the cheek and jaw, inability to chew, stiff neck, inability to turn the head, wind stroke, infantile convulsions with lockjaw, mumps.
Perpendicular insertion 0.5-0.8 cun; or oblique insertion directed towards ST4 (Dicang) 1.0-1.5 cun. Palpate for the belly of the masseter muscle by having the patient clench their jaw.
ST6 is a point on the Stomach Meridian (Zú Yángmíng Wèijīng).