Leech Information Blog

Leeches have about 20 different Proteins in their saliva, which can help if you have thrombosis and other diseases - its 3000 year old blood thinner.   Greifswald – Wissenschaftliche Belege für eine mögliche Wirksamkeit der Blutegel­therapie haben Wissenschaftler um Jan-Peter Hildebrandt vom Zoologischen Institut der Universität Greifswald gefunden. Im Wissenschaftsmagazin PLoS ONE berichten sie über die Quantifizierung von biologisch aktiven Speicheldrüseninhaltsstoffen. Dabei konnten sie zwanzig Speichelproteine in einer Konzentration nachweisen, die physiologische Prozesse im menschlichen Körper beeinflussen können. Bereits im alten Ägypten wurde der medizinische Blutegel eingesetzt. Der Ektoparasit saugt sich an einem warmblütigen Wirt fest, schneidet eine Wunde in die...

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They were once used to treat everything from headaches to strangulation, and leeches are still a vital part of surgery. How are they farmed? Six seconds. Perhaps 10. Twelve, if it is cautious or dopey. After that, the jaws will activate, the hundreds of teeth will engage, the leech will begin to eat, and its meal is your blood. Are you wading through a tropical pond in fierce humidity? Have you returned to your guesthouse to find with horror a passenger on your leg? Possibly. But you are equally likely to be in a sterile room of a modern hospital,...

Getting Bitten by a Leech and How Do you Get a Leech High? Bloodsucking Leeches bite in order to feed. They do not feed on anything else, other than fresh blood, sucked from a living mammal or a human. “Leech High” is the state in which an individual enters, usually after leech therapy or after having been bitten by a bloodsucking leech, such as: Hirudo Medicinalis (West European Medicinal Leech), Hirudo Verbana (Eastern European Medicinal Leech), Hirudinaria Orientalis (Asian Medical Leech) or Hirudea Manilienses (Buffalo Leech), Hirudenia Decora (North American Medicinal Leech) Leeches get access to your bloodstream in one...

Treatment with leeches at home (Blood and liver purification)  Besides curing diseases, leeches can be used to prevent different conditions and diseases. For this, the leeches are placed on the liver, the waist, the kidneys and the navel. This way the blood and the liver are cleansed and the immune system is boosted. First session: Three or four leeches are placed over the liver on the skin. The leech, which is to be used, is placed inside a cup. The cup is put bottoms up on the skin on the desired spot, so the leech sucks on the right spot....