Possibilities of control of regulation of the function of arteriovenous anastomoses and of capillary blood flow by means of acupuncture
Tegazzin, V.; Buchberger, R.; Ferramosca, A.
Minerva Medica 70(56): 3865-3869
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4806 PMID: 537702 Document Number: 150450
Acupuncture was carried out on a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and microangiopathy of the lower limbs. Photoplethysmographic waves appeared at the right inferior limb where before they had been absent; at the left inferior limb normalization of postural reflexes was achieved, suggesting that acupuncture is effective in vasodilatation of capillaries and preterminal arterioles and in the reactivation of the arterio-venous blood flow.