Leech Therapy

Leech therapy - sounds disgusting, but can work wonders - especially in pain. The use of small bloodsuckers is now medically recognized for chronic pain in the lower back and for osteoarthritis. The leech saliva contains many health-promoting substances, which in combination can alleviate various diseases. Not only naturopaths swear by this age-old naturopathic treatment, but also more and more conventional medicine.What is leech therapy?In leech therapy, several medicinal leeches are placed on the skin of a person for healing purposes, where they have pain or other health problems. The leeches now follow their natural instinct: they suck themselves tight...

Most blood-sucking animals are harmful due to the transmission of various pathogens, e.g. B. the tick as a carrier of Lyme disease or early summer meningoencephalitis. Leeches (Hirudo verbana or Hirudo medicinalis) have chosen a different strategy. They give their donor a variety of highly effective medicinal substances. Leeches only bite again at the earliest 5 months after the last meal, so there is a natural quarantine period. Leeches for medical use are medicinal products and are therefore subject to all provisions of the Medicinal Products Act.Leeches are sensitive, they are reluctant to bite in the event of a thunderstorm...

   Treatment with leeches can be   considered for knee osteoarthritis.   This is supported by positive   experiences from practice and from   individual studies. In her guest   contribution, the Berlin naturopath   Simone Max von Maxen presents the   method in more detail and explains   how a treatment of knee osteoarthritis with leeches can be meaningfully   supplemented. Complementary therapy options for knee osteoarthritisOsteoarthritis is the most common joint disease worldwide. Her symptoms include pain in the affected joints and stiffness and restricted range of motion. The arthrosis is (from a medical point of view) not curable.The likelihood of developing osteoarthritis increases with age. A...

The word “Hirudotherapy” comes from Hirudo Medicinalis, the European medicinal leech. Historical survivor Along with bloodletting and touching for the ‘King’s Evil’, to most of us treatment with leeches conjures an image of the Chaucerian ‘Doctor of Physic’. However, it may come as a surprise to hear that whilst they are not a treatment we encounter regularly, medicinal leeches have never entirely left the medical treatment arsenal. Leeches are effective at increasing blood circulation and breaking up blood clots. As such, they can be used to treat circulatory disorders and cardiovascular disease. Also chemicals derived from leech saliva have been...

The medical leech (Hirudo medicinalis) has been used for centuries to treat various diseases.Leech therapy is one of the elimination procedures in which the focus is on the excretion of stored slags and other pollutants via the blood and the relief of the entire organism.The substances hirudin and eglin contained in the saliva of the leeches have an anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, immune-boosting effect and have a positive influence on the flow properties of the blood.BLOOD GEL THERAPY AFTER HEMATOMATIONWho does leech therapy help?In general, leech therapy is ideal for diseases that are based on inflammatory processes and circulatory disorders, in particular...