Dear frnds, In Ayurveda Blood letting or Raktamokshana is one of the important Panchakarma process which is carried out by Leeches, used in many We are using leeches in our daily practice. Some peoples from Satara, Amboli are providing leeches in pune for sale.We get it from the distributers. This Blood letting process in not harmful and we didn't have seen any patient of allergy by the leeches. After sufficient sucking of blood leech became drousy and it automatically releases the body. Bleeding continues till the Hirudin ( One of the anticoagulant that leech have) is there.After that we put Termeric Powder over the wound , then bleeding stops. Some times when we have to remove leeches prior to time we always put Termeric powder over the mouth of leech. After the completion of the process we have to squeez the leeches to omitte the blood out. With the help of Termeric powder and our hands we complete this procesure. We can use these used leeches again.These all the processes are mentioned in Ayurvedic Basic Texts as the Raktamokshana. We the Ayurvedic practitioner are familier with these processes. One more information that God Of Medical Science i.e. 'Lord Dhanwantari' is holding this important instrument of Panchakarma ' Leech ", in his hand. While in forest to protect from the leeches or to remove the leeches we can use 1. Tobacco ( Mostly available), 2. Termeric powder, 3. perfumes or strong essences. Regards, Dr. Kadus Arvind ,Pune.
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