Huantiao (GB 30)

Crossing point between the gallbladder (GB) and the bladder.

Location of Huantiao

With the hip flexed, we take the junction between the sacrum and the coccyx (inter-gluteal fold) and the middle of the upper edge of the greater trochanter, on this line Huantiao is 2/3 external.

Therapeutic functions of Huantiao

Huantiao is a large point below which lies the piriformis muscle under which passes the sciatic nerve.

• It is used for the buttock pain, lumbosacral pain, sciatica and paralysis.

This point is used a lot. It has an effect on the pelvis and on the path of the sciatic nerve which runs down the leg, occasionally along the bladder, occasionally along the GB.

In massage, it is generally worked with the elbow.