Gallbladder

GB30

环跳 · Huantiao

Jumping Circle

Side of the buttock, the hip point for lateral leg pain.

Local hip point

Use caution

System

Channel: Gallbladder (GB)
Element: Wood
Yin or yang: yang
Organ system: Gallbladder
Region: Hip and leg
Limb rule: Foot Shaoyang

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Where it is

On the side of the buttock. A common way to find it: lie on the side, flex the hip, and look one third of the way from the top of the hip bone to the sitting bone, in the fleshy hollow.

Nearby: Sciatic nerve runs deep in this region. Pressure should be muscular, not an electric shock down the leg.

Traditionally said to

The major local point for hip and sciatica-type channel pain. “Sciatica” as a word covers many medical causes. Numbness, weakness, or bowel changes need an exam.

What people look up

Pain relief Local muscle tension Low back Joints

Acupressure

Lying on the side, knuckle or elbow of a partner, or a ball against a wall, 45–60 seconds. Stop if lightning runs down the leg.

When not to press: Stop at sharp nerve pain. New weakness or numbness in the leg or saddle area needs care.

About 30–90 seconds is the usual window, unless the step above is shorter. Stop if pain, dizziness, or anything unusual shows up.

Licensed practice only

Needle depth, angle, electroacupuncture

Textbook language for students. Not instructions. A cun is a body-inch on that person, not a ruler inch. Do not needle yourself.

Depth

A deep point. Charts often say 1.5–3 cun depending on body size, directed toward the genitals or along the sciatic line. Licensed practice only. There is no safe home depth.

Angle

Perpendicular, deep, toward the opposite groin in many textbooks. Confirm every time in a manual.

Electroacupuncture

Some pain studies have used low-frequency stimulation on this point, often near 2 Hz or a dense-disperse pattern such as 2/100 Hz, at a gentle muscle twitch. Protocols disagree, and the numbers are not a setting to reproduce. No milliamp dose is listed.