S6 Jiache , E6

Location One fingerbreadth anterior and superior to the lower angle of the mandible where m . masseter attaches at the prominence of the Muscle when the teeth are clenched

Indications Facial paralysis , toothache , swelling of the cheek and face , Mumps , trismus .

Method Puncture perpendicularly - 0 . 3 - 0 . 5 inch , or subcutaneously with the tip of the needle directed towards Dicang ( S 4 ) . Moxibustion is applicable

Vasculature The masseteric artery

Innervation The great auricular nerve , facial nerve and masseteric nerve .