Bleeding and cupping have been used in medicine since ancient times in the treatment of fevers and local inflammatory disorders. Local bleeding, by 'wet cupping', was effected by a scarificator or by leeches. John Hunter recommended venesection in moderation but preferred leechesfor local bleeding. Bleeding as an accepted therapeutic practice went out of vogue in the middle of the nineteenth ce...

The use of leeches as a highly efficient natural medicine treatment has experienced a resurgence in human therapy, particularly in German speaking countries and the US. The number of leech treatments in Germany has amounted to about 100.000 per year. In addition to the return of diverse applications of medicinal leeches for human treatment, the leech (Hirudo medicinalis/verbana/orientalis) has ...

Background: Hirudotherapy is very common in traditional Iranian medicine for treating various diseases, including hyperglycemia. However, there no scientific research to evaluate its effect on diabetes mellitus and the possible side effects. Objectives: This study aimed biochemical histopathological changes healthy diabetic male rats treated with leeches. Methods: experimental was performed 28 ...

Activities of nineteen hydrolases were measured in the digestive systems predatory and blood-feeding true leeches (Hirudinida) their closest relatives, Branchiobdellida Acanthobdellida. ...

background & aim: today, the use of medicinal plants has been growing because of less side effects than chemical drugs in the treatment of diseases particularly infectious diseases. according to the available scientific evidence, garlic is an effective anti-parasitic drug. in the present research will be study the inhibitory effect of garlic tablet on limnatis nilotica. material & metho...