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Bloodletting Ancient Greek painting on a vase, showing a physician (iatros) bleeding a patient   Bloodletting (or blood-letting) is the withdrawal of blood from a patient to prevent or cure illness and disease. Bloodletting, whether by a physician or by leeches, was based on an ancient system of medicine in which blood and other bodily fluids were regarded as "humours" that had to remain in proper balance to maintain health. It is claimed to have been the most common medical practice performed by surgeons from antiquity until the late 19th century, a span of almost 2,000 years. In Europe the practice continued to be relatively common until the...

A traditional healing method in modern medicine.Leech therapy is one of the oldest naturopathic treatments. The leech therapy is already documented in the Egyptians of the Pharaonic period.In Europe, leech therapy has been part of traditional medicine for many centuries.First, the effectiveness was attributed to bloodletting. Nowadays, however, this aspect is of secondary importance.Apart from the centuries-old experience, in the recent past, the active ingredients that a leech releases during suction have been analyzed using modern methods. To date, more than 30 active ingredients have been identified.These include, for example: Hirudin, Eglin, Bdellin, Calin, Hementin and Orgelase.These active ingredients are...

Bloodsucking leeches bite to feed.They only feed on fresh blood drawn from a living mammal or human.Leech exhilaration is the state a person enters after leech therapy or after being bitten by a blood-sucking leech.This high is generated by the following leech types:Hirudo Medicinalis (Western European medical leech),Hirudo Verbana (Eastern European medical leech),Hirudinaria orientalis (Asian medicinal leech),Hirudea Manilienses (buffalo leeches) andHirudenia Decora (North American leech).   Leeches have access to your bloodstream in several ways;1. Through leech therapy / hirudotherapy.If you are in a situation where leech therapy is needed to treat an illness or medical condition, or if you would...

Today's knowledge of how this therapy works goes far beyond the simple bloodletting effect. In leech treatment, physical, reflective and biochemical effects intertwine, which make up the healing effect of the therapy.Biologically active substancesThe saliva of the leeches contains over 30 biologically active substances (hirudin, hyaluronidase, egeline, calin, ...).These ingredients work:anticoagulantanti-inflammatorypain relievervasodilatorSaliva can prevent blood clotting (thrombosis) and even dissolve thromboses that have already formed (destabilase).Bloodletting effectThe bloodletting through the leeches decongesting and pressure equalizing. Blood loss stimulates the body to form blood. The result is a "fresh cell therapy". There is a total blood loss of about 15 -...

  THE BLOOD GEL THERAPYLeech therapy has been established as a naturopathic treatment for centuries and is now available as a modern treatment with a broad spectrum of efficacy and good tolerance.For which diseases is leech therapy indicated?acute and chronic joint pain (e.g. knee joint, thumb saddle joint arthrosis)Varicose veins / spider veins / lower leg ulcersTendon and tendon sheath infections (e.g. tennis elbow / golf arm)High blood pressure (supportive treatment)Rheumatic diseasesOtitis media / tinnitusBoils / carbuncles / abscessesSpinal and sacral syndromesCirculatory disorders after skin and tissue transplantsWhat happens in leech therapy?A treatment usually lasts between 60 and 90 minutes....