What are the functions of Huantiao acupoint?

Huantiao acupoint is a very important acupoint on the human body. You can massage this acupoint to help treat diseases. For example, massaging the Huantiao acupoint can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi. In addition, when you have wind-cold-dampness arthritis or rheumatic diseases all over the body, you can massage the Huantiao acupoint to help treat it. In addition to massage, you can also use acupuncture. The following is a detailed introduction to the many functions of the Huantiao acupoint.

What are the functions of Huantiao acupoint?

Acupuncture point selection method

Lie on your side and flex your thigh to locate the acupoint, extend your lower leg, and flex your upper leg to locate the acupoint. The Huantiao acupoint is located in the buttocks area, at the intersection of the outer 1/3 and inner 2/3 of the line connecting the most convex point of the greater trochanter of the femur and the sacral canal hiatus.

Physiological anatomy

At the lower edge of the gluteus maximus and piriformis muscle; on the inner side are the inferior gluteal artery and vein; the inferior gluteal cutaneous nerve and inferior gluteal nerve are distributed, and deep inside is the sciatic nerve.

Below the Huantiao point are the skin, subcutaneous tissue, gluteal fascia, gluteus maximus, sciatic nerve, obturator internus muscle (tendon), and upper and lower gemellus muscles. The skin is dually supplied by the lateral branch of the iliohypogastric nerve and the superior gluteal cutaneous nerve. The subcutaneous fascia is well-developed and rich in fiber and adipose tissue. There is hypertrophic and dense fat forming a fat pad in the posterior and lower part of the buttocks. Deep to the gluteus maximus, the sciatic nerve exits the pelvis through the inferior piriformis foramen above the obturator internus muscle. The surface of this point is located at the midpoint of the line connecting the posterior superior spinous vertebra and the ischial tuberosity; downward, it is projected slightly medial to the midpoint of the line connecting the ischial tuberosity and the greater trochanter of the femur. On the inner side of the sciatic nerve are the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve, inferior gluteal nerve, blood vessels, pudendal nerve, blood vessels, etc. The obturator internus tendon below the nerve and the upper and lower muscles above and below it are all innervated by the muscular branches of the sacral plexus.

Layered anatomy: skin → subcutaneous tissue → gluteus maximus → sciatic nerve → quadratus femoris muscle.

It is covered with the inferior gluteal cutaneous nerve and the inferior gluteal nerve; the deep part is the sciatic nerve; and its medial side is the inferior gluteal artery and vein.

Function of Huantiao acupoint

Specificity: the intersection point of the Shaoyang and Taiyang meridians of the foot.

The significance of Huantiao acupoint: The moisture in the gallbladder meridian is transformed into celestial yang energy in large quantities here.

Characteristics of Qi and blood: The substances of Qi and blood are water and moisture from the earth and Yang from the sky.

Operation rules: Water and moisture in the ground seep into the spleen and earth, and the energy in the sky is transmitted to various parts of the human body.

Functions and effects: Strengthens the spleen and replenishes Qi, dispels wind and dampness, strengthens the waist and knees. Huantiao acupoint has the effects of dredging meridians and collaterals, strengthening the waist and kidneys, and dispelling wind and cold.

Note: The meeting point of the foot Shaoyang and Taiyang meridians.

Indications

Huantiao acupoint is mainly used to treat diseases of waist, legs and lower limbs. Such as pain in the waist and hips, paralysis of the lower limbs, sore knees and shins, cold wind and rheumatism, rashes, edema, etc.

Nowadays, Huantiao acupoint is often used to treat sciatica, lower limb paralysis, inflammation of the hip joint and its surrounding soft tissues, etc.

Huantiao acupoint is mainly used to treat pain in waist and legs, paralysis of lower limbs, hemiplegia, urticaria, athlete's foot; as well as sciatica, hip joint diseases, etc.

·Motor system diseases: sciatica, lower limb paralysis, sequelae of cerebrovascular disease, low back pain, hip joint and surrounding soft tissue diseases, athlete's foot;

Others: cold, neurasthenia, urticaria, eczema.