Intersecting point: Suwen‧Qifu Lun Wang Bing's note: "Intersecting point of foot shaoyang and taiyang".

bubble_chart Etymology

"Huan" (環) means circular, referring to buttocks; "tiao" (跳) means jumping. The point is located in the buttocks and is associated with lower limb movement, hence the name. Due to its proximity to the hip joint, it is also referred to as Kuangu (髖骨), Biyan (髀厭), Bishu (髀樞), Shuzhong (樞中), or Shuhezhong (樞合中).

bubble_chart Location

Huantiao (GB30) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

In buttocks, in the depression posterior and superior to greater trochanter of femur. Lie on your side with lower leg extended and upper leg flexed. Locate the point at the junction of outer one-third of the line connecting the prominence of greater trochanter and sacral hiatus. Alternatively, it can be located at the center of the triangular area formed by connecting posterior superior iliac spine, ischial tuberosity, and the prominence of greater trochanter.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Located in hip joint. Lie on your side, extend lower leg, and flex upper leg to locate it";
• Shenying Jing >: "Located in the depression below femur".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: gluteus maximus, quadratus femoris, lower edge of piriformis.
• Nerve: inferior cluneal nerve, inferior gluteal nerve. Deep part, sciatic nerve; medial part, posterior femoral cutaneous nerve.
• Vessel: medially, inferior gluteal artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 1.5～2.5 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Fortify waist and legs, dispel wind-dampness.

• Classical: hemiplegia, hip joint pain with inability to lift, sharp pain in waist and ribs, spasm and convulsion of thigh muscles, waist and hip pain with inability to turn, cold-wind-damp Bi-syndrome, Bi-syndrome with numbness, soreness and pain in thigh and knee, shin pain with inability to flex or extend, foot numbness, rubella.
• Modern: sciatica, lower limb paralysis, lateral femoral cutaneous neuralgia, buttock soft tissue disease, lower limb spasm.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Hip joint pain with inability to lift: Huantiao (GB30), Shugu (BL65), Jiaoxin (KI8), Yinjiao (CV7), Yingu (KI10).
• Shin pain with inability to flex or extend: Huantiao (GB30), Neiting (ST44).
• Foot numbness: Huantiao (GB30), Yinlingquan (SP9), Yangfu (GB38), Taixi (KI3), Zhiyin (BL67).
• Legs and knees soreness and pain: Huantiao (GB30), Yanglingquan (GB34), Qiuxu (GB40).
• Leg and femur soreness and pain: Huantiao (GB30), Juliao (GB29), Yanglingquan (GB34).
• Hemiplegia (lower limbs): Huantiao (GB30), Yanglingquan (GB34), Zusanli (ST36), Kunlun (BL60 ), Jiexi (ST41).
• Lateral femoral cutaneous neuralgia: Huantiao (GB30), Fengshi (GB31), Zhongdu (GB32), Yanglingquan ( GB34).