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Bookmark or Share- A Critical Review of Hirudo medicinalis and Historical Aspects of Leech ...Hirudo medicinalis, often known as medicinal leeches, are used therapeutically in hiruditherapy (HT), a traditional method of treating inflammatory illnesses and pain. Leeches therapy is currently receiving more attention in the supplementary medicine community.
- Hirudo medicinalis - SpringerLinkLatin: hirudo = leech; medicinalis = used in treatment as “medicine.” Species of the leeches, which belong as Hirudinea to the order Clitellata among the worm phylum Annelida (Latin: annulus = ring).
- Medicinal leech therapy—an overall perspective - PMCMedicinal leech therapy (MLT) or hirudotherapy, an old technique, has been studied by many researchers for possible effects on various diseases such as inflammatory diseases, osteoarthritis, and after different surgeries.
- Hirudo - WikipediaHirudo is a genus of leeches of the family Hirudinidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. [2] The two well-accepted species within the genus are: [3] Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758; Hirudo nipponia Whitman, 1886
- Hirudo medicinalis - WikipediaHirudo medicinalis, or the European medicinal leech, is one of several species of leeches used as medicinal leeches. Other species of Hirudo sometimes also used as medicinal leeches include H. orientalis, H. troctina, and H. verbana.
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