Intersecting point: yang heel vessel and foot shaoyang.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Ju" (居), to sit with legs stretched out, "居" is interchangeable with "踞"; "liao" (髎), gap. The acupoint is located in the depression of hip area.

bubble_chart Location

Juliao (GB29) point
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "8.3 cun below Zhangmen (LR13), in the depression above pubic bone."
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "2.5 cun above Huantiao (GB30)";
• Yizong Jinjian: "Weidao (GB28) 3 cun below", that is, 3 cun posterior and inferior to Weidao (GB28).
• Zhenjiu Jicheng: "2 cun below Weidao (GB28), 0.5 cun posteriorly, anterior to Huantiao (GB30), horizontally aligned with Huantiao (GB30), approximately 3 cun apart and slightly higher".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: gluteus medius, gluteus minimus.
• Nerve: superior cluneal nerve, superior gluteal nerve.
• Vessels: inferior branches of superior gluteal artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 1 to 2 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Fortify waist and hips, dispel wind and dampness.

• Classical: lumbago radiating to lower abdomen, leg wind, paralysis, flaccidity, various diseases of legs and feet, diarrhea.
• Modern: acute lumbar sprain, sciatica, hip joint and surrounding soft tissue diseases, sequelae of poliomyelitis, stomachache, lower abdominal pain, cystitis, orchitis, endometritis.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Wind-dampness pain in legs: Juliao (GB29), Huantiao (GB30), Weizhong (BL40).