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GB29

Juliao

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居髎 (Jūliáo) — Squatting Bone-Hole

Gallbladder channel · point 29

Not yet clinically reviewed

Meeting point of the Gallbladder channel with the Yang Qiao Mai

Traditionally used for

  • Nerves & recovery
  • Pain & joints

Location

On the hip, at the midpoint between the anterior superior iliac spine and the prominence of the greater trochanter.

How to locate: With the patient side-lying and the hip slightly flexed, find the anterior superior iliac spine and the prominence of the greater trochanter; the point is at the midpoint of the line joining them.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: GB29 · Hip & groin
Fig. — GB29 · Hip & groin After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: GB29 · Hip & groin

GB29 · Hip & groin · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

The pelvis — Gray's Anatomy plate
The pelvis Gray's Anatomy, 1918
The pelvis — Gray's Anatomy plate

The pelvis · Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position on the 3D model couldn't be checked against its location text, so it is not shown. The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

Techniques — the source gives these as alternatives:

  1. Perpendicular insertion
    Depth 1–2 cun
    skindeeper
  2. Oblique insertion — inferiorly
    Depth 2–3 cun
    skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 446 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 1.0–1.5 cun
Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

  • Activates the channel and benefits the hip
  • Expels wind, cold and damp

Indications

Hip pain and restricted movementpain of the lumbar region and thighparalysis of the lower limbhernia

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, GB29 at the hip & groin balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

Similar Points

Juliao how are these connected? (Juliao)

Sources

  • World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
  • Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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