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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
3 thumb widths lateral to the GV08 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 9th thoracic vertebra.
Cautions
Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.
Indications
Conditions for which BL47 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Aversion ColdAversion WindStomach RumblingCommon ColdDiarrheaCorpse Collapse Walking DisorderChest BloatingCostal Lateral BloatingDefecation Irregular ProblemsEnteritisFeverChest FullnessCostal Lateral FullnessHemiplegiaHigh Blood PressureTendon Ligament StiffnessTendon Ligament Contraction StiffnessImmobility Tendon / LigamentImmobility Tendon / Ligament ContractionFoot NumbnessHand NumbnessBack PainLower Back PainBone PainHeadacheJoint PainStomach AcheOrgans Phase StagnationUrine DarkVomitingWind Organs Phase
TCM actions
What classical sources say BL47 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Benefit DigestionBenefit Regulate Jiao MiddleBenefit Regulate Qi LiverRegulate Jiao MiddleRegulate Qi Liver
Protocols using BL47
- Premature Ejaculation, Sexual Dysfunction – ST36, SP12, SP13, BL23, BL27, BL28, BL29, BL30, BL31, BL32, BL33, BL34, BL47, KD01, KD03, CV04, CV06 (doi:10.4103/0973-6131.113408 ↗)
- Anxiety, Sleep Disorder, Depression Subthreshold – BL13, BL17, BL18, BL19, BL42, BL46, BL47, BL48, CV11, CV12 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250609-0004 ↗)
- Renal Colic Pain – BL21, BL22, BL23, BL24, BL26, BL45, BL46, BL47, BL48, BL49 (doi:10.2147/JPR.S136299 ↗)
- Renal Colic Pain – BL21, BL22, BL23, BL24, BL26, BL45, BL46, BL47, BL48, BL49 (Acupuncture Versus Titrated Morphine in Patients With Renal Colic. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02781415)
- Somnambulism – HT07, BL42, BL47, LV03 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Most often selected alongside BL47
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with BL47. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- BL23Kidney Shu Point3 protocols
- BL46Diaphragm Gate3 protocols
- BL48Yang Headrope3 protocols
- BL21Stomach Shu Point2 protocols
- BL22Sanjiao Shu Point2 protocols
- BL24Sea Of Qi Shu Point2 protocols
- BL26Original Qi Gate Shu Point2 protocols
- BL42Door Of The Corporeal Soul2 protocols
- BL45That Hurts!2 protocols
- BL49Abode Of Thought2 protocols
- BL13Lung Shu Point1 protocols
- BL17Diaphragm Shu Point1 protocols