I remember an old, Soviet cartoon, in which poor water sings a song about his lonely life. And there he was, referring to their girlfriends the only "yes frogs, leeches," adds the statement: "fu, how disgusting! Unfortunately, a small resident marsh - Herudina (leech) is not spoiled by the general enthusiasm, however, unfairly despised, as being vile and disgusting. However, not in vain among the wise of this world, for thousands of years, leeches has authority doctor and healer of all ills. In an age of scientific breakthroughs, as it deserved remembered, and a new, open healing properties. Hirudo medicinalis (medical leech Latin) - the only representative of the fauna introduced into the pharmacopeia and similar medicines. It is a small "factory" for production of biologically active substances. One of the first substances discovered in the salivary glands of leeches, hirudin was - a substance inhibits the process of blood clotting. Hirudin contains up to 65 amino acid residues. Then opened antisvertyvayuschie other factors, such as an enzyme destabilaza, inhibitors of plasmin, plasma kallikrein and several others. How can it be useful to me, you ask. How it works is very simple. Through the veins-communicant biologically active substances act to the body during the work bloodsucking leeches. This improves blood flow in a particular organ, has a thrombolytic, anti-inflammatory, immunostimulatory effect, increases trophics tissue increases local tissue immunity. Another feature of treatment with leeches is a natural instinct to "work" in the biologically active sites of the body. It has long been observed that leeches tend to sit on certain areas of the skin, which correspond to acupuncture points. As a result hirudotherapy effect is achieved not only through the action of biologically active substances piyavochnogo secretion, but also by reflex action not the point. Biologically active substances of the salivary glands of leeches are able to restore blood flow to the inflammation, eliminate ischemia body to the capillary-tissue exchange, improve immune protection and regeneration of tissues. The result of biologically active substances leech a living organism are: 1. normalization and improvement of capillary blood flow; 2. anti-inflammatory effect; 3. adaptogenic and antistress effects; 4. immunostimulation and immunomodulirovanie; 5. antibacterial effect; 6. improvement of intracellular metabolism. All indications hirudotherapy impossible to enumerate. Simply call Contraindications: Absolute - hemophilia, relative - pregnancy, anemia, hypotension. Any now known diseases hirudotherapy can be used as an independent method of treatment or in combination with others.