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Leeches help if not all, then very many zabolevaniy and problems. And the extra weight, skin problems and figure will also help to get rid of. Leech therapy or bailoterapia ( from the Latin "girudo" and the Greek "bdel"- leech ) is known since time immemorial. This method, undeservedly forgotten by modern medicine, now acquires a "second youth".


The founder of the method - Nikander of Colophon ( 200 to 130 BC ). The authors of the first papers on treatment are Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna. Early treatment of any disease started with setting leeches. In the 18th century in Russia there are annually used about 30 million. Method of oversight of leeches applied not only with medical but also cosmetic purpose. A well-known fact of Russian history: on the eve of the ball, even a person of Royal blood was put leeches behind the ears, to her cheeks were pink natural blush, and wasn't tired of dancing till dawn.


The therapeutic effect girudoterapii composed of several factors: reflex, mechanical and biological. Reflex action of leech therapy: leech bite through the skin only in biologically active points ( acupuncture points ). Mechanism of reflex action similar to those in acupuncture. The mechanism of action expressed in unloading the regional blood flow. Biological is ensured thanks to the presence in saliva of leeches of the whole range of biologically active substances. Leeches have a sense of smell, taste and touch - especially strong these feelings are developed at the anterior end of their body where there are many sensitive points. Hungry leeches react quickly to the blood. If the vessel where the leeches inject a little bit of blood, they immediately begin to make the front end of a fast motion, trying to find a place to cling.


Medical leeches can smell the skins of those creatures whose blood is their food. So, if in a jar of leeches to throw two tubes, one of which some time was in the hand or under the arm of a person, you can see how almost all of them prekratyatsya to this tube. However, leeches avoid strong-smelling substances and saved them from a hasty escape.


For this reason, before SEACOM of treatment is not recommended to use perfumes, deodorants, bathe with fragrant soap or gel. Even wiping the patient's skin with alcohol, the doctor usually washes it with warm water, otherwise the leech will not stick, and will crawl away.

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