People have long known what treatment can be obtained with a leech. Reviews about hirudotherapy classify this area of medicine as one of the most effective. Even before our era, Chinese healers knew this method. Now also modern healers know how to carry out treatment using leeches. Reviews and a description of the methods can be found in the books of Avicenna.
Today, hirudotherapy is used to heal dozens of ailments. These animals can be used for cardiological, hematological, urological, ophthalmic, gynecological, skin, neurological, gastroenterological, otolaryngological and many other diseases. In addition to the fact that they carry out leeches treatment, reviews indicate that they have a general strengthening effect, normalizing blood flow, metabolism, appetite and sleep. These animals are also used in cosmetology to improve skin elasticity, fight wrinkles and cellulite.
The therapeutic effect of hirudotherapy is determined by three factors: mechanical, reflex and biological. Only certain medical animals are suitable for her, therefore treatment with leeches, the price of which depends on the duration of the course and the number of worms, will be expensive. However, the effect is worth it.
The mechanical effect is to unload the regional blood flow. The basis of the reflex effect lies in the fact that the animal bites through the skin at acupuncture points. The biological effect is determined by the content of a wide range of active substances in the leech saliva.
This useful animal is considered a universal means of combating many diseases. What can be achieved by deciding to receive treatment with a leech? Reviews of hirudotherapy say that it reduces blood coagulation, destroys blood clots, restores neuromuscular transmission of impulses. Also, this method has antihypoxic, anti-ischemic, hypotensive, draining and decongestant effects. Hirudotherapy restores microcirculation, breaks down fat deposits, restores the permeability of the vascular walls, destroys the microorganisms that cause inflammation, stimulates the immune system, and relieves a variety of pains.
Consider what contraindications treatment with leeches has. Experts say that this method of therapy is undesirable for anemia, hemophilia, exhaustion, hypotension, pregnancy, and individual intolerance to these animals.
The procedure itself at the beginning of its implementation is accompanied by a slight pain, when a leech bites through a person’s skin with his sharp jaws. Then, thanks to special enzymes, this passes. The process of saturation goes without pain. After the leech falls off, the wound can bleed for a long time. The required number of animals and their size are determined by a hirudotherapist. Leeches from the wound should fall off themselves after saturation, it is not recommended to tear them off, since their jaws can remain in the human body. In one session, no more than ten animals are used.