Friday, March 28, 2008

Hirudotherapy(leech therapy)


Medicinal leeches are any of a group of several species of leeches but most commonly Hirudo medicinalis or the European Medical Leech.
Other species sometimes referred to as Medical Leeches include (but are not limited to): Hirudo verbana, Macrobdella decora (North American Medical Leech), Hirudo troctina, Hirudo orientalis and Hirudinaria manillensis (Asian Medicinal Leech).

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