Leech Therapy for Alternative Medicine

Suction leech therapy is currently more attractive community for a cheaper alternative medicine to cure various diseases.

"Herudo medicinalis leech therapy or treatment with currently starting a lot of public interest than it can cure various diseases is also low cost," said Pracaya, perpetrators of alternative medicine leech therapy in Samas Road, KM 17, Warungpring Hamlet, Village Sidomulyo, Bambanglipuro District, District Bantul, Tuesday.

According to him, this leech therapy can even cure even severe diseases such as coronary jatung, stroke and malignant tumors.


"We have a lot of patients with such severe disease and usually after treatment of their disease can be cured. Patients who come not only from Bantul, but also from other regions such as Kulonprogo, Sleman and some even came from Jakarta, Bandung and Surabaya, "he said.

He said, leech therapy is very useful for human body because the leech egg white contains 15 substances including anti-clotting, pinivilin, anti-inflammatory and anti-narcotic.

"Substance is very useful for curing diseases ranging from mild illness such as pain, aches to severe disease such as tumors, coronary heart disease and stroke," he said.

Pracaya said, now every day a patient about three to five people in one day. "If the patients come off treatment usually more," he said.

He said, for leech therapy is not needed for a long time starting from leeches attach to the patient's body gets leeches later removed from the patient's body.

"Approximately only takes one to two hours," he said.

Leech attachment to the patient's body also depends on the illnesses suffered by patients. If the patient has the disease gout, the leech toe section affixed to the right and left.

"Leech therapy should not be done for blood cancer patients or pregnant women," she said.

He said that during four years of service to alternative treatments do not peg the cost to each patient.

"I do not set the rates, all of the sincerity of patients, we also offer herbal medicine to patients to accelerate recovery of patients," he said.