[社会新闻] 乔治亚流行水蛭疗法

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前苏联共合国乔治亚这一阵子流行用水蛭治疗疾病，以往欧洲人会用水蛭治疗痔疮，乔治亚人把这项疗法发扬光大，用来治疗其他疾病。
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　　乔治亚很多诊所都提供水蛭疗法，病人得先跟诊所买一只水蛭，更年期妇女先把水蛭放在脖子上，经过一、二十分钟，水蛭吸完血，身体膨胀4倍，就可以取下，接着医师再把另外2只水蛭放在这名妇女上下牙龈上，等吸完血再取出，医师在患者伤口上贴上绷带，就算完成治疗。接受过治疗的妇女说，她们在更年期会出现的潮红和盗汗都有明显改善。: M, J+ u9 c$ s

4 G: |# }! @; u% s. B' ~www.csuchen.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。www.csuchen.de7 a  |- T% B/ k8 ?

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0 T; d# u5 p' d9 |/ C9 g- }Women turn to leeches in Tbilisi     22 June 20119 C2 J6 N0 Y- S5 f0 S# o5 H

, K, O7 L+ i" Z' P9 ~0 RLeeches 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." [( ^6 ~( K' d1 K4 P

% p- x7 r+ F- q) s7 H) ?! rwww.csuchen.deThe idea being that disease could be banished by releasing the infected blood.www.csuchen.de' k6 N9 |% a& L$ ^

$ \, ]+ o( O+ ~! W3 b' x) K+ Ewww.csuchen.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.
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! `- e& {+ G7 A" k1 p& g, T5 Z人在德国 社区Damien McGuinness in the capital Tbilisi has been finding out why.