20
Indications
10
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 WastingBenefit Spine LumbarDiarrhoea WateryDisease HipDisease KneeSpine Lumbar StiffnessImmobility Spine LumbarInjury BackInjury HipPainBack PainHip PainThigh PainSciaticaChannel StagnationThigh Lateral SwellingBi Arthralgia Leg SyndromeBi / Arthralgia Leg Syndrome
Protocols using BL37
- Disability Low Back, Low Back Chronic Pain – ST04, ST36, SP13, SP14, BL23, BL24, BL25, BL37, BL40, GB12, GB26, GB30, GB34, GB41, GV03, GV04, GV05, GV24, GV26 (doi:10.1186/1471-2474-11-118 ↗)
- 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 ↗)
- 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 ↗)
- 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)
- Muscle Hypertonia Post-stroke – LU07, LI05, LI11, LI15, ST32, SP06, SP09, HT01, HT03, BL37, BL60, KD03, PC06, TB05, GB34, GB39 (Liu Xiafei, Bao Chunling, Dong Guirong. Using acupoint-to-acupoint penetrative needling to treat poststroke spastic paralysis: a clinical progress review. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2014 October 15; 34(5): 609-615.)
Most often selected alongside BL37
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with BL37. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- BL25Large Intestine Shu Point5 protocols
- BL23Kidney Shu Point4 protocols
- BL40Middle Of The Crease4 protocols
- BL57Mountain Support4 protocols
- BL60Kunlun (Mountains)4 protocols
- LI11Pond At The Bend4 protocols
- ST32Crouching Rabbit4 protocols
- ST36Leg Three Miles4 protocols
- BL24Sea Of Qi Shu Point3 protocols
- BL36Support3 protocols
- BL39Outside Of The Crease3 protocols
- GB30Jumping Circle3 protocols