ST5

Daying

Star

大迎 (Dàyíng) — Great Welcome

Stomach channel · point 5

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Teeth & mouth
Nerves & recovery

Cautions & contraindications

Avoid blood vessels

Location

On the face, anterior to the angle of the mandible, on the anterior border of masseter, in the groove where the facial artery pulses.

How to locate: Ask the patient to clench the teeth so the masseter stands out; the point is just in front of its lower anterior border, anterior to the angle of the mandible, in the groove where the facial artery pulses against the bone.

Regional anatomy: The needle passes through the skin, subcutaneous tissue and platysma to the anterior border of the masseter, where the facial artery and vein cross the mandible.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: ST5 · Head & face — Fig. — ST5 · Head & face After Albinus, 1747

The skull, from the front — Gray's Anatomy plate — The skull, from the front Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

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Needling

Cited needling

Techniques — the source gives these as alternatives:

Oblique insertion

Depth 0.3–0.5 cun

skindeeper
Transverse insertion — to join with such points as Dicang ST4, Jiache ST6 etc

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)

Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 133 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Avoid blood vessels

Depth: 0.2–0.3 cun

Angle: Oblique, avoiding the artery

⚠ Cautions: The facial artery lies at the point — palpate the pulse and needle to one side of it.

Functions

Expels wind and relieves swelling of the face
Benefits the teeth and jaw

Indications

Facial paralysistoothache and swelling of the cheekclenched jawneck swelling

Combinations Using This Point

Taiyang, Xiaguan and Daying

Taiyang, Xiaguan and Daying across the side of the face — a set to expel wind, reduce facial swelling and relieve headache, dizziness and facial deviation.

Sources

World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)

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