bubble_chart Category 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
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Juliao (GB29) point
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
In hip region, at the midpoint of the line connecting anterior superior iliac spine and the prominence of greater trochanter of femur.
- 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.
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