Huatuojiaji

Hua Tuo was a famous Chinese physician of the (Later) Han dynasty.
He is credited with discovering anesthesia (narcosis) and the art of abdominal surgery;

Jiaji means paravertebral muscles.

Location of the Huatuojiaji points

The Huatuojiaji are the set of points 0.5 cun on either side of the midline, at every level of all the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, i.e. 34 points.

Therapeutic functions and clinical indications of the Huatuojiaji points

• The Huatuojiaji are worked for vertebral disorders, joint pain of the spine ;
• The nerves emerge from the spinal cord at roughly this level: paralysis and neuralgia ;
• They help regulate the 'zang fu' organs : visceral innervation.