On ‘Navroz’, masses of sick hopefuls in Kashmir let leeches suck their blood

Through PTI

SRINAGAR: Annually on these days, masses of sufferers make a beeline out of doors leech treatment centres right here within the hope of eliminating their long-time illnesses.

They go through a process during which leeches are launched on an individual’s frame and the tiny predatory worms piercing his or her pores and skin with their tooth and putting anticoagulants via their saliva, thus thinning the affected person’s blood.

The leech therapists, in most cases clinical practitioners from Unani machine, declare that this process may be very useful in treating many illnesses starting from fatty liver to high blood pressure to blood clotting, which ceaselessly reasons strokes.

Dr Hakeem Naseer Ahmad, a Unani practitioner, instructed PTI that leech treatment is utilized in case of infarction, or when there may be altered or impaired blood move. “The leech acts as a surprise medication. What’s mainly the mechanism of leech treatment? Our purpose isn’t sucking out the blood however to inject the enzymes present in saliva of the leech into the bloodstream. Those fortify the micro-circulation of blood and we reach our pharmacological movements,” he stated.

Ahmad, who has been keeping leech treatment camps for the previous 24 years, stated he has discovered that the treatment turns out to be useful in treating each high blood pressure (hypertension) in addition to hypotension (low blood power).

“Now we have noticed that during high blood pressure circumstances, the blood power turns into standard inside of quarter-hour of leech treatment. In hypotension circumstances, we once more discovered that the blood power was once coming to standard ranges,” he stated.

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Ahmad stated the enzymes within the leech assist in dissolving clots within the bloodstream, bearing in mind the unfastened glide of blood. “What we’ve noticed is that there are small clots in vessels which we may no longer to find (in diagnostics). The frame responds by way of expanding the power to conquer the obstruction made by way of the clots. The enzymes from the leech saliva dissolve the clot which leads to normalisation of blood power,” he added.

Ahmad claims that leech treatment will also be useful in managing glaucoma too.

Requested in regards to the importance of keeping the camps on March 21 once a year, he stated the frame must be detoxified two times a yr.

“In keeping with Unani machine of medication, there are two seasons when frame wishes just one stimulant for detoxing — spring and autumn. Or even a number of the two, spring is regarded as to be the most efficient. This custom has been occurring for centuries,” he stated.

Abdul Salam Baba, a resident of town, stated he have been affected by fatty liver and hypertension for a few years. “I went to many hospitals for remedy however in useless. Then I got here right here final yr for leech treatment and my situation has stepped forward considerably,” Baba stated.

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Mehrajuddin is accompanying his aged mom for the leech treatment consultation as he discovered it helpful in treating her drawback of perennial coughs. “My mom has benefited from leech treatment. She was once having drawback of common coughs for the previous 30 years. We attempted all sorts of remedy however there was once no lasting resolution because the cough would go back after 10 to fifteen days. Then again, the leech treatment has been a hit and it has no longer returned,” he added.

The recognition of the leech treatment has drawn many children as neatly.

Muqaddas Naseer and Moazzam Ahmad are two children transitioning from youth to maturity and they’re dealing with the standard pores and skin issues related to this procedure. “I’ve dermatological issues for which I’ve come right here. I attempted many stuff together with the allopathic remedy however there was once no receive advantages,” Muqaddas stated.

SRINAGAR: Annually on these days, masses of sufferers make a beeline out of doors leech treatment centres right here within the hope of eliminating their long-time illnesses.

They go through a process during which leeches are launched on an individual’s frame and the tiny predatory worms piercing his or her pores and skin with their tooth and putting anticoagulants via their saliva, thus thinning the affected person’s blood.

The leech therapists, in most cases clinical practitioners from Unani machine, declare that this process may be very useful in treating many illnesses starting from fatty liver to high blood pressure to blood clotting, which ceaselessly reasons strokes.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Dr Hakeem Naseer Ahmad, a Unani practitioner, instructed PTI that leech treatment is utilized in case of infarction, or when there may be altered or impaired blood move. “The leech acts as a surprise medication. What’s mainly the mechanism of leech treatment? Our purpose isn’t sucking out the blood however to inject the enzymes present in saliva of the leech into the bloodstream. Those fortify the micro-circulation of blood and we reach our pharmacological movements,” he stated.

Ahmad, who has been keeping leech treatment camps for the previous 24 years, stated he has discovered that the treatment turns out to be useful in treating each high blood pressure (hypertension) in addition to hypotension (low blood power).

“Now we have noticed that during high blood pressure circumstances, the blood power turns into standard inside of quarter-hour of leech treatment. In hypotension circumstances, we once more discovered that the blood power was once coming to standard ranges,” he stated.

(Photograph | PTI)

Ahmad stated the enzymes within the leech assist in dissolving clots within the bloodstream, bearing in mind the unfastened glide of blood. “What we’ve noticed is that there are small clots in vessels which we may no longer to find (in diagnostics). The frame responds by way of expanding the power to conquer the obstruction made by way of the clots. The enzymes from the leech saliva dissolve the clot which leads to normalisation of blood power,” he added.

Ahmad claims that leech treatment will also be useful in managing glaucoma too.

Requested in regards to the importance of keeping the camps on March 21 once a year, he stated the frame must be detoxified two times a yr.

“In keeping with Unani machine of medication, there are two seasons when frame wishes just one stimulant for detoxing — spring and autumn. Or even a number of the two, spring is regarded as to be the most efficient. This custom has been occurring for centuries,” he stated.

Abdul Salam Baba, a resident of town, stated he have been affected by fatty liver and hypertension for a few years. “I went to many hospitals for remedy however in useless. Then I got here right here final yr for leech treatment and my situation has stepped forward considerably,” Baba stated.

(Photograph | PTI)

Mehrajuddin is accompanying his aged mom for the leech treatment consultation as he discovered it helpful in treating her drawback of perennial coughs. “My mom has benefited from leech treatment. She was once having drawback of common coughs for the previous 30 years. We attempted all sorts of remedy however there was once no lasting resolution because the cough would go back after 10 to fifteen days. Then again, the leech treatment has been a hit and it has no longer returned,” he added.

The recognition of the leech treatment has drawn many children as neatly.

Muqaddas Naseer and Moazzam Ahmad are two children transitioning from youth to maturity and they’re dealing with the standard pores and skin issues related to this procedure. “I’ve dermatological issues for which I’ve come right here. I attempted many stuff together with the allopathic remedy however there was once no receive advantages,” Muqaddas stated.