A few patients interviewed by this correspondent said they were satisfied with the leech therapy. Though J&K experiences subzero temperatures during winter that lead to accumulation of harmful toxins in the body, but many people on Navroz visit the hospitals to get their bodies detoxified by leech therapy. We are getting patients even from other parts of the country,” said Dr Muhammad Ismael, the in-charge of a Unani hospital.The Kashmiris believe this would heal them of pain, cure nervous system abnormalities, dental problems, skin diseases, infections, arthritis, chronic headaches and sinusitis. The leech therapy is witnessing a revival of sorts in other parts of the world even in the West also for it is a simple and inexpensive means of preventing complications. On Fridays and other special occasions like Milad-un-Nabi (Prophet Muhammad’s birth anniversary) and Meraj al-Aalam (the anniversary of his ascension to the Heaven), patients make a beeline to Srinagar’s lakeside Hazratbal shrine where leeches are applied to their bodies. However, dermatologist Dr Imran Majid warned that use of leech therapy could lead to serious side effects on a patient. If the same leech is used on more than one patient, it can lead to serious diseases due to blood mixing,” he said. The leeches are then allowed to extract blood, for 20 to 45 minutes at a time, from the person undergoing treatment. The leeches are known to treat various ailments in ancient Egypt! This is how it is, a medicinal leech, which has three jaws with tiny rows of teeth, pierces a person’s skin with their teeth and inserts anticoagulants through their saliva.Though leeches are mostly used in plastic surgery and other microsurgery in many parts of the world, but in the Valley “leech therapy has proved effective on patients as leeches secrete peptides and proteins that work to prevent blood clots. One Farooq Ahmed Najar said, “I was suffering from acute skin disorder.

Do pay them a visit. (Photo: H. Naqash)Sirnagar: Despite the leaps made by science and technology in recent years, people in Jammu & Kashmir still believe that leeches are the best remedy to heal various diseases. The leeches are then killed and the patient is charged Rs 100 or even less per leech. Under the leech therapy, three to four leeches are placed on the body of a patient for half an hour for bloodletting. It is a legitimate treatment that can help heal skin grafts and restore blood circulation,” he added.” In view of the increasing number of patients relying on leech therapy, the government-run Unani hospitals apart from several private medical facilities and Unani and Panchkarma hospitals are using leeches on patients across the Valley.”Many people consider leech therapy an alternative to pharmacological treatments. Interestingly, a banner put up at the reception hall of a hospital reads, “Leeches are wonder-doctors.U.THE ASIAN AGE. This equates to a relatively small amount of blood, up to 15 millilitres per leech.

The allopathic doctors discourage people from applying leech therapy on the plea that little research has been done on the subject.“The results are encouraging.end-ofTags: science and technology, skin diseases, leech therapyLocation: China Nitrogen making machine India, Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar. “You have to be careful.A makeshift leech therapy clinic at Srinagar’s lakeside Hazratbal shrine.“For centuries the people have used leeches to cure everything from headaches to gangrene. I visited two dermatologists and was under their treatment for eight months, but it was only after I went for leech therapy that the infection could be cured within three weeks. When you apply a leech on a patient the secretions or anticoagulants keep the blood flowing on wounds thus helping in the healing process”, said Dr Muhammad Yusuf, a Unani practitioner. People throng to makeshift clinics of leech practitioners besides the three Unani hospitals in the Valley for leech therapy, in the belief that the therapy would be much more effective on Navroz, the first month of the Iranian solar calendar.Navroz, which marks the beginning of spring, is another special occasion when leech therapy sessions are held all over the Valley. | YUSUF JAMEEL Published: Aug 5, 2017, 6:54 am IST Updated: Aug 5, 2017, 6:58 am IST Under the leech therapy, three to four leeches are placed on the body of a patient for half an hour for bloodletting

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