[Possibilities of control of regulation of the function of arteriovenous anastomoses and of capillary blood flow by means of acupuncture].

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.