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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
6 thumb widths below BL36 on the line joining BL36 and BL40.
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which BL37 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Arthritis BackArthritis HipLeg Muscle WastingDiarrhoea WateryDisease HipDisease KneeSpine Lumbar StiffnessImmobility Spine LumbarInjury BackInjury HipPainBack PainHip PainThigh PainSciaticaChannel StagnationThigh Lateral SwellingBi Arthralgia Leg SyndromeBi / Arthralgia Leg Syndrome
TCM actions
What classical sources say BL37 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Benefit Spine Lumbar
Protocols using BL37
- Sciatica, Lumbar Pain, Low Back Pain, Lumbar Disc Herniation, Disc-herniation Lumbar, Lower-extremity Right Pain, Leg Right Numbness, Scoliosis Lumbar – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL36, BL37, BL40, BL57, BL60, GB30 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000036684 ↗)
- Contracture Knee, Brachial Plexus Injury, Muscle Atrophy, Paralysis Upper Extremity, Paralysis Lower Extremity, Contracture Ankle, Contracture Shoulder, Contracture Elbow, Scoliosis, Neuromotor Impairment, Steppage Gait – LU01, LI04, LI05, LI11, LI14, ST34, ST36, ST41, SP09, SP10, SI05, SI06, SI07, SI09, BL11, BL12, BL22, BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL36, BL37, BL39, BL55, BL56, BL57, BL58, BL60, BL61, BL62, KD03, KD04, KD05, KD06, TB09, GB20, GB21, GB40 (doi:10.3831/KPI.2013.16.009 ↗)
- Acute Pain, Postoperative Pain – BL37 (doi:10.5812/aapm.103328 ↗)
- Gait Impairment, Balance Disorder, Hemiplegia Post-stroke – SP10, SP11, BL37, BL38, GV20, MS06, MS12 (doi:10.19917/j.cnki.1005-0779.024045 ↗)
- Muscle Hypertonia Post-stroke – LU07, LI05, LI11, LI15, ST32, SP06, SP09, HT01, HT03, BL37, BL60, KD03, PC06, TB05, GB34, GB39 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(15)30071-6 ↗)
- Dysphagia, Muscle Weakness, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – LI10, LI11, LI14, LI15, ST31, ST32, ST34, ST35, ST36, ST41, SP06, SP10, BL36, BL37, BL40, BL57, GB20, GB30, GB31, GV20, XL05A (doi:10.1097/md.0000000000033612 ↗)
- Sciatica – ST36, SP06, SP09, BL23, BL25, BL27, BL36, BL37, BL40, BL54, BL58, BL60, BL62, KD03, GB30, GB31, GB34, GB39 (doi:10.2147/jpr.s210672 ↗)
- Damp Large Intestine, Heat Large Intestine, Damp Large Intestine, Heat Large Intestine – LI01, LI03, LI09, LI11, ST22, ST25, SP04, SP15, SP16, BL25, BL27, BL28, BL37, BL39 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
- Knee Pain, Swollen Knee, Limited Range Of Motion Knee – ST31, ST32, ST38, SP06, BL23, BL25, BL37, BL57, BL60, KD03, GB31, GB39, GB40, GB41, GB42, LV03 (Mikashima Y, Takagi T, Tomatsu T, Horikoshi M, Ikari K, Momohara S. Efficacy of acupuncture during post-acute phase of rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty. J Tradit Chin Med 2012; 32(4): 545-548)
- Motor Dysfunction, Spinal Cord Injury, Paralysis Paraplegia – ST32, ST33, ST34, ST36, ST40, ST41, ST42, ST43, BL37, BL39, BL40, BL55, BL56, GB40 (Wang Yuanhui, Zhang Lei, Pan Guodong, Liu Jing, Zhang Hongrui, Song Xu, Wang Qiang. Traditional Chinese Medicine comprehensive therapy for the improvement of motor function in spinal cord injury patients. J Tradit Chin Med, 2016, 36(5): 618-624)
- Sciatica, Lumbar Lower Back Pain, Lumbar Disc Herniation – BL37, BL40, BL57, BL64, GB30, GB34, GB40, XB02L4, XB02L5 (Chen Jirui, Nissi Wang (eds). Acupuncture Case Histories from China. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1988)
- Sciatica, Lumbar Disc Herniation – BL37, GB30, GB31, GB34, GB39 (Chen Jirui, Nissi Wang (eds). Acupuncture Case Histories from China. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1988)
- Paraplegia Traumatic, Spinal Cord Injury, Incontinence Urinary – ST36, BL32, BL36, BL37, BL54, GB30, GB34, GB39, GV02, GV03, XB08 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
- Paralysis Paraplegia, Haematomyelia – ST31, ST32, ST33, ST36, ST37, ST39, ST41, SP08, BL22, BL23, BL37, BL60, GB30, GB34, GB39, GB40, CV03 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Incontinence Bowel, Paralysis Paraplegia, Incontinence Urinary, Myelitis Acute – ST36, BL37, BL40, GB30, GB34, GB39, GV03, GV04 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Paralysis Paraplegia, Tuberculosis Spine – ST25, ST31, ST36, ST41, BL23, BL31, BL32, BL33, BL34, BL37, BL40, BL60, GB31, GB34, GB39, GB40, CV06, XB02T4, XB02T5, XB02T6 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Knee Pain, Chondromalacia Patellae – ST09, BL37, TB09, XL02, XL05A, XL05B (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Sciatica, Lumbar Disc Herniation – ST38, BL32, BL37, GB30, GB34, GB38 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Most often selected alongside BL37
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with BL37. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- GB30Jumping Circle9 protocols
- GB34Yang Mound Spring9 protocols
- GB39Suspended Bell8 protocols
- ST36Leg Three Miles8 protocols
- BL40Middle Of The Crease7 protocols
- BL60Kunlun (Mountains)7 protocols
- BL23Kidney Shu Point6 protocols
- GB40Mound6 protocols
- BL25Large Intestine Shu Point5 protocols
- BL36Support5 protocols
- BL57Mountain Support5 protocols
- GB31Wind Market5 protocols