An old and reliable method   Leech therapy is a very old healing method. There are indications that people were treated in this way as early as the Stone Age. Today leeches are still used by many primitive people to cure diseases.   The medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) But leech therapy was used not only in primitive, but also in...

Areas of application for hirudo therapy   Treatment with medicinal leeches (Hirudo medicinalis / verbana / orientalis) is a traditional therapeutic method that has been known in Chinese medicine for thousands of years. In the meantime, leech therapy has become the subject of modern research, which has long shown that the healing effects of this therapy are not based on...

For which diseases is leech therapy indicated?   Leech therapy has been established as a naturopathic treatment for centuries and is now available as a modern treatment with a broad spectrum of efficacy and good tolerance. For which diseases is leech therapy indicated? acute and chronic joint pain (e.g. knee joint, thumb saddle joint arthrosis) Varicose veins / spider veins...