Huantiao (GB 30)

Crossing point between the Gallbladder (GB) and the Bladder.

Location of Huantiao

With the hip flexed, take the junction between the sacrum and the coccyx (intergluteal fold) and the middle of the upper edge of the greater trochanter; on this line, Huantiao lies two-thirds of the way along, toward the outside.

Therapeutic functions of Huantiao

Huantiao is a major point beneath which lies the piriformis muscle, under which runs the sciatic nerve.

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

This point is widely used. It acts on the pelvis and on the path of the sciatic nerve, which runs down the leg, sometimes along the Bladder meridian, sometimes along the GB meridian.

In massage, it is generally worked with the elbow.