Modern medicine returns to the ancient method of leech therapy
Let's agree: there are many questions, as well as suspiciousness and doubts. However, leech therapy (hirudotherapy) is a reliable, centuries-proven modern and effective treatment method. Let's examine it in more detail.
The leech is an amazing amphibian whose saliva is the most valuable for medicine. At the moment, the composition of leech saliva has not been fully studied, but more than 250 biologically active components involved in the treatment process have already been identified. Attaching to the skin, the leech makes a bite and begins to suck blood. Leeches are kept hungry, and after the session they are killed.
Medicine allows repeated use of leeches, but only for the same person. However, as we were told at the Family Medicine Center (Kamianets-Podilskyi), this is not practiced. Thus, a leech 'eats' only once in its life. The center also notes that out of 400 known species of leeches, only one is used in treatment. At the Family Medicine Center, leeches specially ordered from a Georgian nursery are used in treatment.
For a long time, it was believed that sucking out 'bad' blood was the main purpose of the leech. Old blood is removed from the body, replaced by new blood that the body begins to produce. Modern medicine has expanded the significance of the leech by determining the healing properties of its saliva. One of the main – most valuable – components is hirudin. It is from this substance that the method of leech therapy got its name: 'hirudotherapy'. The leech, satiating with blood through a bite, injects saliva back into the bloodstream, which spreads throughout the body and produces a healing effect. Thus, a non-preserved, sterile, biologically enriched fresh preparation passes from one organism to another.
In modern medicine, hirudotherapy is used for almost any type of disease. Leeches improve the cardiovascular, nervous, and regenerative systems. Leech therapy methods are used in gynecology, urology, neurology, dermatology, cardiology, surgery, ophthalmology. A wide range of diseases are treated: from infertility to chronic fatigue; from varicose veins to migraines; from wound healing after surgeries to blood diseases.
If you have the opportunity, be sure to try this method of treatment and healing.