Leech Therapy

A simple healing principle lies at the heart of all the miracles of Hirudo. Natural Hirudin peptide Hirudo medicinalis is from ( leech therapy ). This type of leech is a carnivorous animal has a length of four inches, a type of segmented worms are hermaphroditic. Have suckers on each end, five pairs of eyes, and nervous 32 file (or brain) in the middle. This secretion from salivary glands famous bukal due to substance antikoagulannya. This is the basis for the digestive habits of hematophaty because it keeps the blood flowing through a leech upon the process of bleeding early on the skin of the host. During the process of feeding emit the full mix, the leech farmakologis active substance, with a component of the most famous hirudin from saliva.

It is difficult to extract large amounts of hirudin from natural sources, however in June 2004, the FDA gave approval for medical treatment using leeches. The use of traditional medical leeches for bone grafting and plating skin burns on the patient and operating reattachment; natural medical purposes and further reach.

While there are about 600 species of leeches is only about 15 are classified as "medical leeches." Today, leech medicine were kept in conditions of pure, sent and stored for use of one time as it is thrown away after treatment. There is no risk of an indirect transfer of infectious diseases from one patient to another, patients also have transmission pa ** n more (bacteria or viruses) in the context of leech therapy has been observed.

While they reproduce in conditions of Aeromonas hydrophila, sterile, bacteria which prevent the decay of food supply and blood enzyme leech is important to pencernaannya, 20% of patients can be infected by these bacteria, especially those with weak immune systems. Aeromonas also kill bacteria, and for some reason, Staph can not grow in the leech. Perhaps it is unfriendly conditions in leeches or something that inhibits the growth of Aeromonas produce Staph.

Does inhibit activity of hirudin is the ability of procoagulant Thrombin. In fact, hirudin is the most potent natural inhibitor of Thrombin formation and clot soluble because Thrombin; so have therapeutic value in blood clotting disorders, varicose veins, superficial and epidural skin. More benefits prescription commonly used anticoagulants is that hirudin biological activity does not interfere with other serum proteins and can act on Thrombin dikomplekskan.

However, the salivary glands contain more than 100 bioactive substances with the benefit of more than antikoagulasi. These include: anti-swelling, analgesic, microcirculation disorders, eliminate bakteriostatik, detoxifies the organism, reducing complications such as stroke or myocardial permeability of blood vessels, restoring damaged (organs and tissues), reduce blood pressure, increases the activity of the immune system and eliminate the lack of oxygen.

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