Medical leeches do not provide treatment by sucking dirty blood, as is thought. The therapeutic feature is not in the collection of blood, but in the secretion given to the body while it is absorbed. This secretion mainly contains the substances Hirudin and Calin, and these substances: pain reliever (analgesic-antirheumatic),
- germicide (antibacterial),
- blood pressure stabilizer (antihypertensive),
- muscle relaxant (myorelaxant),
- It has regulating the immune system (immune modulator),
- It has stress relieving (anxiolytic) effects.
Leech Therapy is effective in many cases, especially artery and vein occlusions. In circulatory system diseases, cardiovascular diseases, varicose veins, inflammatory and non-inflammatory joint rheumatisms, types of epilepsy, soft tissue rheumatisms, cholesterol, high blood pressure, stroke, partial paralysis, acne, boils, psoriasis, skin diseases such as eczema, hemorrhoids, eye diseases. high blood pressure (glaucoma) and related vision loss, some hearing loss, migraine, sinusitis and all kinds of headaches, high blood pressure, thyroid-related obesity, asthma and bronchial diseases, burn cases, non-healing wounds and surgery scars, gangrene, Meniere's disease. It is used successfully in diseases such as impotence, sexual potency enhancing effect (aphrodisiac), reproductive organ disorders, infertility and hemorrhoids. It is also widely used all over the world within the scope of Orthopedics and Reconstructive Surgery, in the repair of broken organs where gangrene develops.
Finally, it should be mentioned that the leech is also used in Preventive Medicine due to its strong antioxidant effect; Leech Therapy, performed at certain points several times a year, has a protective effect against many diseases, especially infections, during that year. Regardless of the patient and wound type, Medical Leeches combine natural instincts and the enzymes they contain in their bodies to provide many treatments you can think of. They obtain successful results in the case.
The British called Leeches "Living Pharmacies".
How Do Leeches Sucker Blood?
Leech has three very sharp teeth on its jaw area. With the help of these teeth, they incise the skin area and start sucking blood. While sucking blood, they send mediators in their saliva to the area they suck. These mediators include local anesthetics, histamine-like vasodilators, some substances that prevent blood clotting, spreading factors and antibiotics. All of these begin to enter the body with the leech's saliva when it begins to suck blood.
The diseases for which leech therapy is effectively used can be listed as follows:
– Varicose veins and venous vascular problems
– Rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic diseases
– Arthrosis and joint calcifications
– Migraine and tension headaches
– Dizziness, tinnitus and Meniere's syndrome
br /> – All kinds of muscle pains, fibromyalgia, restless legs syndrome
– Cervical disc herniation, lumbar disc herniation, tendinitis-tenosivonitis-bursitis inflammation and pains
– Degenerative nervous system diseases and paralysis (MS, ALS, PARKINSON) etc.)
– Eczema, urticaria, chronic skin diseases, psoriasis and acne
– Chronic hepatitis and liver diseases
– Depression and phobias
– All immune system diseases and chronic fatigue syndrome
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