Hirudotherapy is the treatment with leeches, a method that was used even a thousand years before Christ.

• Medical leeches were used by Egyptian pharaohs, mention of leeches is available in the Bible and the Koran.

• Later, with the help of leeches, the great doctors of Hippocrates, Galen and Avicenna eased the suffering of their patients.

• In medieval Europe leeches were considered a proven and officially recognized treatment for many diseases. In 1665, even a scientific treatise was published under the title: "On the adherence of leeches to the inner parts of the uterus". Apparently, it was from this point on, the leeches became widely used in gynecology.

• Particularly widely hirudotherapy was used by the end of the XVIII and the first half of the XIX century. However, then the doctors were so carried away by the medicinal properties of the leeches that they were overzealous: they prescribed them from all diseases and put 200 pieces per session.

• The uncontrolled use of leeches gradually discredited the very idea of ??hirudotherapy, and by the beginning of the 20th century many doctors refused from this method of treatment.

• Today, there is a new surge in interest in the treatment with leeches all over the world.

Modern hirudotherapy differs from the ancient one in that currently used leeches grown on the biofactory and passed medical control. After the therapy session, the leeches are destroyed, which meets the requirements of the prevention of HIV infection, viral hepatitis and a number of other diseases transmitted through the blood.

A total of about 400 species of leeches are known. However, in medical practice, only the medical leech and its two subspecies are used: the pharmacist (Hirudina officinalis) and the medicinal (Hirudina medicinalis). The leech bites the skin to a depth of 1.5 mm and sucks the blood in a volume of 5-15 ml. The same amount of blood flows out of the bite later (within the next 3-24 hours). For one treatment session, usually from 5 to 7 individuals.

Leeches are usually placed in such a way that they bite the patient's skin only in reflexogenic points (t. Points of acupuncture) is a reflex therapeutic effect.

Leeches have a purely mechanical effect on the blood flow, t. The sucking of blood and its long discharge from the wound after a bite.

Leeches have a biological effect - they throw their saliva into the bloodstream, containing more than a hundred different biologically active substances (natural medicinal substances), the mild effect of which leads to the normalization of the work of the human body. Such substances include: hyaluronidase, hirudin, bdellins, euglins, destabilase complex (natural liposome), etc.. In addition, the saliva of the leech also has a moderate antibacterial effect.

Hirudotherapy can be a very effective addition to the treatment of a number of diseases. It is applied:.

In gynecology (disorders of the menstrual cycle, adhesive process in the small pelvis, adenomyosis, cervical erosion, mastopathy, ovarian cysts, some sexual infections, infertility, ovarian inflammation - chronic and acute, fibroids, endometriosis);.

In urology (kidney disease, chronic prostatitis, prostate adenoma, secondary infertility in men and t. , Pyelonephritis, urolithiasis, etc.. );.

In cardiology (coronary heart disease, hypertension, myocardial infarction, circulatory insufficiency, myocarditis, atherosclerosis, angina pectoris, cardiosclerosis, dystonia);.

With obliterating diseases of arteries of lower limbs, thrombosis of arteries and veins, thrombophlebitis, trophic ulcers;.

In proctology (hemorrhoids);.

In stomatology;.

In cosmetology (cellulite, wrinkles, bad complexion);.

In ophthalmology (glaucoma, inflammatory processes of the vascular tract of the eye, keratitis);.

With ENT diseases (otitis media, acute neuritis of auditory nerves, paranasal sinus diseases, chronic sensoneural hearing loss, tinnitus);.

In neurology (neuritis, paresis, osteochondrosis, myositis, radiculitis, vertebral hernia, headaches and dizziness of any origin);.

In endocrinology (diabetes mellitus, thyroid disease);.

With diseases of the respiratory system (chronic bronchitis, allergy with asthmatic components).

At autotransplantation;.

In rheumatology (rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma);.

In gastroenterology (constipation, cholecystitis, dyskinesia biliary tract, ZHB, cirrhosis, colitis, pancreatitis, gastritis, duodenitis);.

With metabolic disorders (obesity, gout, diathesis, excess weight, cellulite);.

With various injuries (bruises, fractures, swelling, bruises).

In general, hirudotherapy:.

• restores the energy of the body, • improves mood, well-being, • reduces anxiety, irritability, • increases efficiency, sexual and creative abilities.

When treating leeches, side effects are excluded!.

To conduct treatment by the method of hirudotherapy is contraindicated when:.

Disorders in the blood clotting system (hemophilia);.

Severe anemia, iron deficiency anemia;.

Malignant tumors;.

Pregnancy;.

Reduced pressure;.

Hemorrhagic diathesis;.

After the operation "cesarean section" hirudotherapy is contraindicated within 3-4 months;.

Children up to 7 years old.

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