% E" ~0 t% L) q4 @ 另外,有一些高血压或是经常性头痛病人,也会用水蛭疗法降低血压,或是治疗头痛。一名医师说,不但乔治亚人用水蛭治病,乌克兰、波兰、甚至德国,也有不少人接受这种疗法。 9 V: P4 S6 d& }3 r: q" I8 |2 Ars238848.rs.hosteurope.de人在德国 社区2 T8 G5 I$ z' P' D2 n , _$ N m. r; z; }3 G+ Q % c9 m* f" O: G S5 N. N7 U ) F7 F l" ?' ~, \: ^! ~1 jrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de ( Q; V3 A" W; [3 D1 P5 m$ p8 pWomen turn to leeches in Tbilisi 22 June 2011 / `9 z% F) g4 i/ w& [# t3 y8 ~ n* `) a l& x
Leeches have been used in medicine for thousands of years. By attaching themselves to the body, and sucking blood from a patient, they were thought to bring health benefits.0 H' S, S& g- I
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The idea being that disease could be banished by releasing the infected blood. 4 z7 l. O! |- u( e- h& E 5 t* ~+ i- d; u1 B4 w( @( rThat idea fell out of fashion during the 20th century, with the discovery of modern drugs. But today, as interest in traditional medicine grows, they are making a comeback - particularly in the former Soviet State of Georgia. 9 R0 ]& R c w& [1 O k6 _, X" {$ wrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de4 l& I/ ^% L: F! i7 n" }' v
Damien McGuinness in the capital Tbilisi has been finding out why.