Atlas of Acupuncture

4.3 The Stomach Channel System – Foot yangming(zu yang ming jing luo)

Location

On the lateral mandible, anterior to the masseter muscle.

How to find

By asking the patient to clench their teeth, the anterior border of

the masseter muscle becomes clearly palpable. ST-5is located

directly anterior to the border of the muscle, in a shallow depres-

sion on the mandible and slightly above the angle of the jaw.

Here, the facial artery can be palpated.

Needling

0.3–0.5 cun obliquely or transversely (subcutaneously) in the

direction of ➞ST-6. Caution: Facial artery/vein.

Actions/Indications

● Expels Wind, opens the channels

Special features

Meeting point with the G.B. channel according to some authors

Great Welcome DAYING ST-5

ST-6

Masseter

ST-5

T.B.-21S.I.-19

G.B.-2

G.B.-12

S.I.-17

S.I.-16

L.I.- 17

ST-9

T.B.-16

T.B.-17

ST-7

G.B.-20

ST-5 ST-6

S.I.-18

Ren-23 L.I.-18

G.B.-1Ex-HN-5

G.B.-11 G.B.-19

Ex-HN

(anmian)

S.I.-

Masseter

ST-6

ST-5

S.I.-18

Maxilla

(upper

jaw)

L.I.-20

Ex-HN-8

(bitong) Nasolabial groove

Sternocleidomastoid

S.I.-17

T.B.-16

ST-6

ST-5

Masseter

S.I.-18

Zygomatic

bone

Mandibular

angle

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