Location
6 thumb widths below ub36 on the line joining ub36 and ub40.
Cautions
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 BackArthritis HipArthritis HipLeg Muscle WastingLeg Muscle WastingBenefit Spine LumbarBenefit Spine LumbarDiarrhoea WateryDiarrhoea WateryDisease HipDisease HipDisease KneeDisease KneeSpine Lumbar StiffnessImmobility Spine LumbarInjury BackInjury BackInjury HipInjury HipPainBack PainBack PainHip PainHip PainThigh PainThigh PainSciaticaChannel StagnationChannel StagnationThigh Lateral SwellingThigh 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 (https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-11-118)
- 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)
- Gait Impairment, Balance Disorder, Hemiplegia Post-stroke – SP10, SP11, BL37, BL38, GV20, MS06, MS12 (https://doi.org/10.19917/j.cnki.1005-0779.024045)
- Diarrhoea Watery – ST16, SP05, BL32, BL37, GB39, LV14, CV09 (DEADMAN-COMPOSITE)
- Bi Arthralgia Leg Syndrome – ST31, ST32, ST37, ST38, ST39, ST40, SP06, SP09, SP12, BL25, BL32, BL33, BL36, BL37, BL40, BL54, BL63, GB30, GB31, GB32, GB34, GB35, GB36, GB37, GB38, GB40 (DEADMAN-COMPOSITE)
- Sciatica – ST31, ST41, BL28, BL29, BL32, BL36, BL37, BL53, BL54, BL57, BL58, BL59, BL60, GB29, GB30, GB31, GB32, GB34, GB39, GB40, XB11, XB13, XL13, XL14, XL15, XU23, XU24 (DEADMAN-COMPOSITE)
- Acute Pain, Postoperative Pain – BL37 (https://doi.org/10.5812/aapm.103328)
- Disease Knee – ST31, BL37, GB31, GB32, GB33 (DEADMAN-COMPOSITE)
- Pain – LU05, LU07, LU09, LU11, LI01, LI02, LI04, LI05, LI07, LI09, LI10, LI11, LI12, LI13, LI14, LI15, LI16, LI20, ST03, ST04, ST06, ST07, ST08, ST09, ST12, ST15, ST21, ST22, ST26, ST29, ST31, ST32, ST33, ST34, ST35, ST36, ST37, ST38, ST39, ST40, ST41, ST42, ST43, ST44, SP05, SP06, SP09, SP10, SP11, SP12, SP13, SP21, HT02, HT03, HT05, HT08, SI02, SI03, SI04, SI06, SI07, SI08, SI09, SI10, SI11, SI14, SI15, SI16, SI18, BL02, BL09, BL10, BL17, BL25, BL32, BL33, BL36, BL37, BL38, BL39, BL40, BL41, BL42, BL44, BL45, BL46, BL53, BL54, BL55, BL56, BL57, BL58, BL59, BL60, BL61, BL62, BL63, BL64, BL65, KD01, KD02, KD04, KD09, KD10, KD16, KD17, KD18, KD19, KD21, KD25, PC02, PC03, PC06, PC07, TB01, TB02, TB03, TB04, TB05, TB06, TB08, TB10, TB11, TB12, TB13, TB14, TB15, TB17, TB22, TB23, GB02, GB03, GB04, GB05, GB06, GB08, GB10, GB11, GB12, GB14, GB15, GB16, GB17, GB18, GB19, GB20, GB21, GB26, GB29, GB30, GB31, GB32, GB34, GB35, GB36, GB37, GB38, GB39, GB40, GB43, LV01, LV02, LV03, LV04, LV14, CV03, CV05, CV06, CV07, CV12, CV14, CV20, CV21, CV24, GV01, GV11, GV17, GV18, GV19, GV21, XB08, XC01, XH04, XH05, XH06, XH12, XH13, XH18, XL05A, XL05B, XU05, XU06, XU09A, XU09B, XU09C, XU09D, XU09E, XU09F, XU09G, XU09H, XU13, XU14, XU15A, XU15B, XU15C (DEADMAN-COMPOSITE)
- Thigh Pain – ST31, ST33, ST36, SP03, SP13, BL37, BL40, BL59, BL65, KD10, GB30, GB34, GB43 (DEADMAN-COMPOSITE)
- Channel Stagnation – LU05, LU07, LU09, LI04, LI09, LI10, LI11, LI12, LI13, LI14, LI16, ST04, ST06, ST07, ST12, ST31, ST32, ST33, ST34, ST35, ST36, ST37, ST39, ST40, ST41, ST42, SP06, HT01, HT02, HT03, HT05, HT08, SI02, SI03, SI04, SI06, SI07, SI08, SI09, SI10, SI11, SI14, SI15, SI16, BL10, BL36, BL37, BL39, BL40, BL41, BL42, BL44, BL53, BL54, BL55, BL56, BL57, BL58, BL59, BL61, BL62, BL63, BL64, BL65, KD10, PC03, TB01, TB02, TB03, TB05, TB06, TB08, TB10, TB11, TB12, TB13, TB15, TB17, GB02, GB03, GB04, GB05, GB06, GB10, GB11, GB20, GB21, GB26, GB29, GB30, GB31, GB32, GB34, GB35, GB36, GB37, GB38, GB39, GB40, GV01, XB08, XH05 (DEADMAN-COMPOSITE)
- 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)