In recent years, alternative medicine has achieved considerable popularity. One of her methods, undeservedly previously forgotten - medical leeches. Today they are used in almost all areas of the drug business. You can believe in the amazing properties of live medicines only by understanding the principle of their work. The main beneficial properties are leech saliva: there are more than fifteen active components in it, about a hundred useful enzymes, as well as painkillers.
Their undoubted advantages include the absence of negative consequences and side effects, as well as universality and a minimum number of contraindications.
The main question that arises in the process of hirudotherapy: "Where to put leeches?" After all, a possible positive effect depends on their correct location. Therefore, such manipulations should be performed by a specialist with knowledge of human anatomy, as well as understanding the principles of treatment.
A professional determines the place where to put leeches, depending on the nature of the disease. You can use this method for heart ailments, lupus, infertility, prostatitis, cystitis, liver and kidney difficulties, as well as for glaucoma, cataracts and migraines. This list, however, can be continued indefinitely. In addition to medicine, leeches have found their application in cosmetology. In just a few sessions of their use, the skin becomes more youthful and supple. An amazing effect can be achieved even in the field of psychological problems.
With the help of the bites of a small living creature, you can get rid of stress and depression, abandon bad habits. However, it must be remembered that for a certain circle of people this method of treatment is limited or contraindicated. These include pregnant women, people with hemophilia or anemia, people with extremely low blood pressure or individual enzyme intolerance.
Let us consider in more detail the two main cases of leeches. This is varicose veins and heart disease. Where to put leeches in the first case? First you need to understand the nature of the disease itself. Varicose veins is a change in veins in length and structure, the formation of nodules on them. Such a problem is characteristic of the lower extremities of man. Symptoms of the disease are a feeling of heaviness, convulsions, swelling, a lumpy skin condition. The therapeutic effect of hirudotherapy is extremely high and resistant. Leeches are necessarily put on their feet; in the first stages, two or four individuals per one limb are sufficient. If the disease is in an advanced state, then usually spend about eight sessions using five leeches.
Heart disease is a serious pathology. Do not refuse the treatment prescribed by a doctor, solely in favor of alternative medicine. Use hirudotherapy as an auxiliary weapon in the fight against the disease. The list of medical indications for treatment with leeches includes angina pectoris, cardiosclerosis and other diseases. Where to put leeches in such cases? The most common area of their location is in the area of the heart, less often you can carry out the course, having leeches behind the ears. As a rule, about seven procedures are performed. Leeches are kept on the patient’s body for no more than twenty minutes, unlike the classic time period of almost an hour.
Another important question that excites many: "How to put leeches?" It is better to carry out such events under the supervision of a doctor. If you still decide to do this procedure yourself, follow a number of simple rules. It is necessary to store leeches in water at a temperature of about ten degrees, in a bright place. For treatment, only healthy, motile individuals should be used; after the procedure, they usually die. The average number of leeches for a session is about five. The body area on which the procedures will be performed is shaved, cleaned, moistened with warm sweet water, only after that a leech is planted. As soon as it is pumped with blood, it will fall off by itself.