BL67 Zhiyin (Reaching Yin)

至陰zhì yīnZhiyin

Bladder Meridian

Location of acupuncture point BL67 Zhiyin (Reaching Yin)
34
Indications
52
Protocols
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Location

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

Categories

  • Jing-Well point of the Bladder meridian

The classical groups this point belongs to, from Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture.

Cautions

Traditionally forbidden in pregnancy – these are the points used to bring on labour at term. Controlled data show no excess of preterm birth or stillbirth (Carr 2015), but in pregnancy needle only on a clear obstetric indication.

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.

Agitation HeartCold MalariaNasal CongestionCrampingDeafnessUrinary ProblemsEyesight / Vision Superficial ObstructionSuperficial Obstruction VisionHeat Foot SoleLabour DelayedLabour DysfunctionLabour Expedite DeliveryLabour Foetus MalpositionLabour ProlongedLabour Turn FoetusNosebleedChest PainRib PainEye PainEye Canthus Medial PainHeadache Head Vertex PainHeadache Occipital PainNeck PainRetention PlacentaHeaviness Head SensationMuscle SpasmsSpontaneous SweatingSwollen KneeWind Cold Toe Pinky SyndromeWind-cold Toe Pinky SyndromeTinnitusUrination Obstruction PainfulWind EyesWind Head

Protocols using BL67

The 50 best-sourced of 52, ranked by strength of evidence. The count above is the full figure.

  • Labour Induction, Post-term Pregnancy – LI04, SP06, BL67, GV20 (doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02647.x ↗)
  • 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 ↗)
  • 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 ↗)
  • Cranial Nerve Injury, Facial Numbness, Paralysis Abducens Nerve – LI04, LI20, ST04, ST36, BL67, GB20, GV25, XH05 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000016756 ↗)
  • Vision Loss, Retinitis Pigmentosa – LI03, LI12, ST02, ST25, HT08, BL02, BL67, GB20, CV06, CV12, GV20, GV24, XH03, XH04, XH05, XH07, XH14, CYC08, EL10 (doi:10.1111/cxo.12117 ↗)
  • Depression Postpartum – BL67 (doi:10.1136/acupmed-2017-011473 ↗)
  • Osteoporosis – BL67, KD03, KD04, KD07, KD10 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2017.04.002 ↗)
  • Urinary Retention Post-stroke – LU11, LI01, ST45, SP01, HT09, SI01, BL67, KD01, PC09, TB01, GB44, LV01 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2017.10.004 ↗)
  • Breech Presentation – BL67 (doi:10.1155/2019/8950924 ↗)
  • Labor Induction Post-dates Pregnancy – LI04, SP06, BL67, GV20 (doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02647.x ↗)
  • Bell's Palsy – LI11, LI20, ST02, ST03, ST04, ST06, ST07, ST36, ST40, SP06, SP10, HT08, SI03, SI18, BL02, BL67, PC08, TB05, TB17, TB23, GB14, LV03, CV24, GV26, XH05, XH16 (doi:10.1089/acm.2007.0780 ↗)
  • Infection Skin – LU09, LU11, LI01, LI04, ST36, ST40, ST45, SP01, SP06, HT09, SI01, BL58, BL67, KD01, KD07, PC09, TB01, GB44, LV01, CV17, GV14 (doi:10.1089/acm.2008.0071 ↗)
  • Leg Pain – BL62, BL67, GB26 (doi:10.1186/1471-2474-8-33 ↗)
  • Scoliosis – ST36, SI03, BL23, BL67, KD03, GV03, GV20 (doi:10.1186/1748-7161-3-4 ↗)
  • Labor Induction – LI04, SP06, BL67 (doi:10.1007/s00404-012-2674-y ↗)
  • Breech Presentation – BL67 (doi:10.1136/acupmed-2012-010261 ↗)
  • Breech Presentation – BL67 (doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000000303 ↗)
  • Breech Presentation – BL67 (doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2016.07.492 ↗)
  • 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)
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia, Facial Pain – LU07, LU11, LI01, LI04, ST45, SP01, HT09, SI01, BL67, KD01, PC09, TB01, TB17, TB18, GB20, GB44, LV01, GV16, XH05 (Chen Jirui, Nissi Wang (eds). Acupuncture Case Histories from China. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1988)
  • Labor Prolonged – LI04, SP06, BL67, GB21 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
  • Fetal Malpresentation – BL67 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
  • Breech Presentation – BL67 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia – LU07, LI04, ST08, ST45, SP04, SI19, BL01, BL67, GB37, GB40, GB44, LV03, LV05, LV06 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
  • Urinary Incontinence Stress Postpartum – BL13, BL33, BL67, CV06, GV04 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
  • 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 ↗)

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 Valley16 protocols
  • SP06Three Yin Intersection13 protocols
  • ST45Running Point13 protocols
  • GB44Foot Opening To Yin12 protocols
  • KD01Bubbling Spring11 protocols
  • HT09Lesser Surge10 protocols
  • PC09Central Surge10 protocols
  • GB20Wind Pool9 protocols
  • LI01Metal Yang9 protocols
  • LU11Lesser Metal9 protocols
  • LV01Big Mound9 protocols
  • LV03Great Surge9 protocols

Other points on the Bladder Meridian

BL01BL02BL03BL04BL05BL06BL07BL08BL09BL10BL11BL12BL13BL14BL15BL16BL17BL18BL19BL20BL21BL22BL23BL24BL25BL26BL27BL28BL29BL30BL31BL32BL33BL34BL35BL36BL37BL38BL39BL40BL41BL42BL43BL44BL45BL46BL47BL48BL49BL50BL51BL52BL53BL54BL55BL56BL57BL58BL59BL60BL61BL62BL63BL64BL65BL66