ST-5 Daying - Great Welcome
More Spirit Names: Great Reception, Big Welcome, Marrow Hole
| English: | Great Welcome |
| Also Known As: | Big Welcome |
Location
- 0.5 cun anterior to ST-6 Jiache, in a trough on the border of the mandible formed when the mouth is closed tightly.
- Anterior to the angle of the mandible, on the anterior border of the attached portion of the masseter muscle where the pulsation of the facial artery is palpable, in the groove-like depression appearing when the cheek is bulged.
- Directly anterior to the angle of the jaw, in a depression at the anterior border of the masseter muscle.
Mote: ask the patient to clench the jaw before locating.
Needling
- Slanted insertion, 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
- Puncture obliquely 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Caution: avoid puncturing the artery.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
- Transverse insertion to join with ST-4 Dicang or ST-6 Jiache
Command Functions
- Crossing point of the Gall Bladder channel.
Actions
- Eliminates Wind
- Reduces swelling
Indications
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Combinations
Toothache with aversion to Cold | Pain from tooth decay | Toothache and tooth decay |
ST-1 | ||
Deviation of the mouth with inability to speak |
Contraindications
Notes
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | Great Welcome is sometimes used as a spirit point when someone is closed off. It serves the spirit of Earth when a person has lost the flexibility to make room for others and cannot receive the bounty of life. When Earth feels threatened it shuts down and grows wary of what others want from it, and this point helps the person open their mind to whatever life may bring. It says: open up and welcome life; open your mouth and ask; open your mouth and bite into life. |
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| Worsley | Location: At the mandible's lower border, in front of masseter, in the hollow over the facial artery. |
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