BL67 Zhiyin (Reaching Yin)

Location

On the lateral side of the small toe about 0.1 thumb width from corner of the nail.

Indications

Conditions for which BL67 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Protocols using BL67

• Labour Induction, Post-term Pregnancy – LI04, SP06, BL67, GV20 (doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02647.x ↗)
• Fetal Malpresentation Breech Presentation – BL67 (doi:10.1186/1472-6882-11-81 ↗)
• Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee, Bladder Deficiency – LI01, ST35, ST36, SP09, BL39, BL40, BL67 (doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-129 ↗)
• Presentation Non-vertex, Presentation Breech – BL67 (doi:10.1155/2013/241027 ↗)
• Fatigue, Dizziness, Tinnitus, Headache, Constipation, Depression, Insomnia, Itchiness, Edema, Palpitation, Knee Pain, Back Pain, Vision Blurred, Cervical Pain, Stiffness Shoulder, Cramp Leg, Lower-limb Pain, Upper-limb Numbness, Lower-limb Numbness, Hemodialysis Complication – LU05, LU09, LI02, LI11, ST41, ST45, SP02, SP05, HT07, HT09, SI03, SI08, BL65, BL67, KD01, KD07, PC07, PC09, TB03, TB10, GB38, GB43, LV02, LV08 (doi:10.1155/2015/802846 ↗)
• Cerebral Infarction Acute, Ischemic Stroke, Neurological Deficit – LU11, LI01, LI04, ST45, SP01, HT09, SI01, BL67, KD01, PC08, PC09, TB01, GB20, GB44, LV01, LV03, CV24, GV20, GV26 (doi:10.1186/s13063-017-2013-5 ↗)
• Dermatitis Atopic, Skin Dryness, Inflammation Skin – LU09, SP03, BL67 (doi:10.1016/j.jams.2016.07.006 ↗)
• Abdominal Distention, Abdominal Pain, Urinary Retention Postpartum – ST28, ST36, SP06, SP09, BL67, CV03, CV04 (doi:10.1155/2018/2072091 ↗)
• Breech Presentation, Pregnancy Malpresentation – BL67 (doi:10.1155/2019/8950924 ↗)
• Anxiety, Depression, Face Numbness, Paralysis Eye Abduction, Sensory Disturbance Facial, Forehead Numbness, Cranial Nerve Injury – LI04, LI20, ST04, ST36, BL67, GB20, GV25 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000016756 ↗)
• Urinary Dysfunction, Pelvic Pain, Prostatitis Chronic – SP06, BL10, BL23, BL28, BL40, BL67, KD01, KD10, CV03, CV04 (doi:10.1186/1749-8546-2-1 ↗)
• Pregnancy Fetal Monitoring, Fetal Nonstress Test – BL67 (doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_120_15 ↗)
• Childbirth Pain, Labor Pain – LI04, BL67 (doi:10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_257_19 ↗)
• Breech Presentation, Pregnancy Complication – BL67 (doi:10.1001/jama.280.18.1580 ↗)
• Urinary Retention Post-stroke – SP06, SP09, BL22, BL23, BL28, BL67, KD03, CV03, CV04, CV06 (doi:10.13048/jkm.16001 ↗)
• Headache Migraine – LI04, ST45, BL67, TB05, TB23, GB08, GB20, GB34, GB41, GB44, LV03 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20190714-k0006 ↗)
• Breech Presentation – BL67 (doi:10.1080/14767050410001668644 ↗)
• Migraine, Headache Migraine – LI04, ST45, BL67, TB05, TB23, GB08, GB20, GB34, GB41, GB44, LV03, XH05 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20190714-k0006 ↗)
• Coma – LU11, LI01, ST45, SP01, HT09, SI01, BL67, KD01, PC09, TB01, GB44, LV01, GV26 (Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions)
• Labour Prolonged, Labour Prolonged, Labour Delayed, Labour Induce – LI04, SP06, BL31, BL32, BL60, BL67, GB21, LV03, LV05 (Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions)
• Hysteria – LU11, LI01, LI04, ST45, SP01, HT07, HT09, SI01, SI03, BL67, KD01, PC06, PC09, TB01, GB44, LV01, LV03, GV26 (Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions)
• Wind Interior, Wind Interior – LU11, LI01, ST45, SP01, HT09, SI01, BL18, BL67, KD01, PC09, TB01, GB20, GB44, LV01, LV03, GV16, GV20 (Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions)
• Consciousness Loss, Consciousness Loss – LU11, LI01, ST45, SP01, HT09, SI01, BL67, KD01, PC09, TB01, GB44, LV01, GV26 (Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions)
• Labour Fetus Malposition – BL67 (Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions)
• Pregnancy Overdue - Week 41+6 – LI04, SP06, BL67, GV20 (Can Acupuncture be Used as Preparation for Induction of Labour. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00245752)
• Pregnancy Third Trimester, Fetal Nonstress Test Nonreactive – BL67 (Mahboubeh Valiani et al.. Comparison of vibro-acoustic stimulation and acupressure effects in nonstress test results and its parameters in pregnant women.. Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research, 2014)
• Breech Presentation, Malpresentation Fetal – BL67 (Zhu Xianmin. Discussing on the application of acupuncture and moxibustion at Zhiyin(BL67) for correction of fetal position. China Medical Herald, 2011)
• Consciousness Loss – LU11, LI01, ST45, SP01, HT09, SI01, BL67, KD01, PC09, TB01, GB44, LV01, GV26 (Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions)
• Headache, Pathogensic Wind, Headache Parietal, Pathogensic Wind, Headache Parietal – SI03, BL60, BL67, GB20, LV03, GV20 (sacredlotus.com ↗)
• Qi Stagnation, Blood Stagnation, Labour Prolonged, Qi Stagnation, Blood Stagnation, Labour Prolonged – LI04, SP06, BL67 (sacredlotus.com ↗)
• Blood Deficiency, Labour Prolonged, Qi, Blood Deficiency, Labour Prolonged – ST36, SP06, BL67 (sacredlotus.com ↗)
• Labour Fetus Malposition – BL67 (sacredlotus.com ↗)
• Headache, Pathogensic Wind, Headache Parietal – SI03, BL60, BL67, GB20, LV03, GV20 (sacredlotus.com ↗)
• Delirium, Malaria, Fever High, Psychological Confusion Disorder – LU11, LI01, ST45, SP01, HT09, SI01, SI03, BL67, KD01, PC05, PC09, TB01, TB02, GB41, GB44, LV01, GV13, GV14 (sacredlotus.com ↗)

Most often selected alongside BL67

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with BL67. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• LI04Junction Valley10 protocols
• ST45Running Point10 protocols
• GB44Foot Opening To Yin9 protocols
• KD01Bubbling Spring9 protocols
• HT09Lesser Surge8 protocols
• LI01Metal Yang8 protocols
• LV03Great Surge8 protocols
• PC09Central Surge8 protocols
• SP06Three Yin Intersection8 protocols
• GB20Wind Pool7 protocols
• LU11Lesser Metal7 protocols
• LV01Big Mound7 protocols

Other points on the Bladder Meridian