( C4 f4 F a6 B; p: R; ?5 Grs238848.rs.hosteurope.de 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。 7 y; n4 ?% }8 q+ U2 w# B0 x% T9 `( V9 s1 e% z0 C3 a, k, y ( r4 g- C; b/ A+ a6 G( s, z+ C * @! w6 g0 y& b/ l人在德国 社区人在德国 社区" V( Z% P+ G0 v6 w7 k/ M
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Women turn to leeches in Tbilisi 22 June 2011/ X8 n1 G: O) t9 Y
# d s5 [6 `, x8 B( q% _8 C" uLeeches 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. , b9 r! w" Q$ |5 Z. k {# D人在德国 社区% \1 S4 N' G# |! J& v$ R
The idea being that disease could be banished by releasing the infected blood.: }. M- M- z6 e' c( |; k! x$ X% T9 y
0 F( F1 b4 c$ A/ J$ ^3 lrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deThat 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.) F+ l1 E5 O9 L7 f
1 ~+ ^$ J* U* m人在德国 社区Damien McGuinness in the capital Tbilisi has been finding out why.