leech therapy
Worm-assisted healing treatment
Leech therapy is the medical use of leeches to draw blood from patients.
The practice dates to ancient medicine, when bloodletting was thought to restore balance to bodily fluids.
Modern medicine has revived it for specific purposes—leeches help drain pooled blood after microsurgery and reattachment procedures, their saliva containing anticoagulants that promote circulation in damaged tissue.
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- medicinalHaving healing properties
- bloodsuckingExtracting blood for nourishment
- anticoagulantSubstance preventing blood clots
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
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