It is not necessary to wince in disgust at the word "leech" - fairy Duremara times are long gone, but now his "wards" can help people get rid of many health problems. Modern medicine has a very long ignored these natural healers, and only recently they have found a "second youth".
Actually the method of treatment with leeches has been known since ancient times: wrote about him in his writings, Hippocrates, Galen and Avicenna. For a long time, whatever the patient's disease, the treatment begins with leeches.
Only in Russia in the XVIII century, every year, doctors have used a 30 million leeches. On the eve of the ball, for example, the participants put bloodsuckers by the ears to give cheeks a natural blush, and then lacked strength to dance until the morning.
action leeches
The effect of treatment with leeches is made up of three components: mechanical, biological and reflex. Leech able to bite through the skin only in the acupuncture points, i.e. biologically active zones. This is its reflex action, the mechanism of which is similar to acupuncture. The mechanical component is that with the help of leeches can be very effective to relieve the regional blood flow. A positive biological effect occurs due medicinal leech saliva in which there is a whole range of active bioveschestv.
The main of these elements - Hirudin - slows down the process of blood clotting, and not only in the area of the bite, but also throughout the circulatory system. Decreases thrombus formation, decreases blood viscosity and its current is activated, and It stimulated for lymph, resulting in the normalization of metabolic processes in the body and combustion excess fat. Beneficial effects girudoterapija exerts hormonal processes. Leeches "correct" deficiencies of the endocrine system and achieve its smooth operation.
Leeches, treating subclass annelids, have, nevertheless, smell, touch and taste. Numerous sensitive points are located closer to the front of the leech body. Being hungry, it immediately reacts to the blood. Medical leeches are able even to distinguish between the smell of human blood which served them food - if the bank throw two plugs, one of which was in the hands of the patient, the leech will stick it to the traffic jam. However, the strong flavors of leeches are annoying, and they flee. Therefore, if the procedure is to be girudoterapii, you should try to avoid perfumes, deodorants and other strongly scented cosmetics.
Contraindications
Contraindications to girudoterapii can serve diseases such as hemophilia, anemia and severe hemorrhagic diathesis. It can not be used leech therapy during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
testimony
Doctors recommend hirudotherapy in various types of skin diseases, chronic bronchitis and allergies, osteochondrosis and radiculitis. Well remove leeches headaches and dizziness, and headaches, neuroses, insomnia and neuralgia. Courses girudoterapii prescribed for gynecological diseases, prostatitis, enlarged prostate and kidney stones.
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