Location. On the anterior aspect of the thigh, 1.5 cun on either side of Liangqiu (ST34); two points on each limb.
The name is the first thing to clear up: kuangu is the hip bone, but this point is not at the hip. It sits on the front of the thigh just above the knee, medial and lateral to Liangqiu, and the name is one of several in the extra points where the label and the site do not match; it is also recorded under the name tigu. It is a point outside the fourteen channels. The two points lie over the vastus muscles on either side of the rectus femoris tendon, and branches of the descending lateral circumflex femoral vessels run in this area, which is the anatomical reason the site is described as two points rather than one. Later literature discusses it in the context of pain of the leg and of a painful, swollen knee. The classical record is thin, the reported effects are not established by modern research, and this entry makes no claim of benefit.
定位。在股前区，梁丘（ST34）两旁各 1.5 寸，一肢 2 穴。
穴名需先说清：「髋骨」之髋指的是髋，而本穴并不在髋部，它在股前区、膝上方，梁丘的内外两侧；奇穴中名与位不甚相合者不止本穴，本穴另有「体骨」之名。为十四经之外的奇穴。两点位于股直肌腱两侧的股肌之上，旋股外侧动静脉降支的分支分布于这一区域——这也是本穴被记作两侧各一穴、而非一穴的解剖缘由。后世文献多于腿痛、膝关节肿痛的语境下讨论本穴。本穴古典记载较简，所述作用未经现代研究证实，本条不作疗效陈述。
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