- }6 j) A; h: _+ `$ j* H/ \ 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。 . R% V% N. V3 f0 l! m人在德国 社区4 [/ x3 i$ _) \7 V' D& X + F B; N$ r: v2 `7 P& y人在德国 社区人在德国 社区0 ^$ G2 v5 _$ R }( |/ v
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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. ( h- b& e* @7 F- m6 A3 G' N# P, m9 Qwww.csuchen.de $ w& l! q% V/ x: c; Y* d( `) dwww.csuchen.deThe idea being that disease could be banished by releasing the infected blood.7 x9 o- T" l9 N+ C8 v8 E8 H
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Damien McGuinness in the capital Tbilisi has been finding out why.