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In Siddha system of medicine the diseases were treated through internal and external medicine. In external medicine, the leech therapy is one which is used to treat various non-surgical and surgical cases.
Attaividal (leech therapy) is an external blood letting therapy of application of medicinal leech to remove blood from the affected area and give relieve distension ,remove pus &
slough and drain the discharge.
Medicinal leech therapy is also called as
Hirudo therapy on the basis of commonly
used leech species, Hirudo medicinalis.
Medicinal leeches are used in the treatment of various diseases such as benign tumors, swelling, haemorroids, abscess and boils , contusion, varicose ulcer, varicose vein, deep
vein thrombosis, rheumatoid arthritis, skin and musculoskeletal diseases, arthritis, dysmenorrhea, eye diseases, traumatic swelling.
Recently, researches on leech saliva revealed the presence nearly 100 biologically active compounds such as Hirudin, vasodilators, hyaluronidase, anaesthetics, fibrinases, antibacterial, collagenase etc. The above mentioned pharmacological compounds are injected into human body while sucking of the blood and are responsible for the anaesthetic, anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant and analgesic effect of leech application. In current scenario, the leech therapy is used for various diseases including life threatening diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, etc.