Leeches, that is, Chinese medicine leeches, have a certain role in assisting in the treatment of blood clots, but the specific effect varies from person to person and cannot be generalized.
Leeches for the hirudinea aquatic animals leeches dry whole, its flavor salty, bitter, sexual flat, toxic, return to the liver meridian. It has the efficacy of breaking blood circulation, eliminating blood stasis and eliminating symptoms. It is mainly used for treating blood stasis and menstrual closure, obstruction in the abdomen (tangible or intangible lumps in the abdomen, with a feeling of distension and pain), bruises, pain in the heart and abdomen, etc. It is often combined with other medicines to treat the pain in the abdomen.
Leeches are often used together with other medicines, such as the treatment of women with blood stasis in the abdomen and unfavorable menstrual flow, often combined with peach kernel, gadfly, Sichuan rhubarb, etc.; such as the treatment of blood stasis and internal obstruction, pain in the heart and abdomen, and inability to pass stools, often combined with rhubarb and petunia seeds.
Blood clots belong to the category of “blood stasis” in traditional Chinese medicine, because leeches have the effect of breaking up blood stasis and expelling blood stasis, so leeches have the effect of auxiliary treatment of blood clots. However, the specific effect varies from person to person and cannot be generalized.
Some patients may experience skin rash, itching, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and other adverse reactions after taking leeches. Note that leeches are contraindicated for those who are allergic to the product, and should not be used with caution by allergic individuals, or by those who are weak and deficient in blood, pregnant women, women during menstruation, or those who have a tendency to bleed.
Chinese medicine needs to be used under the guidance of a doctor’s diagnosis, and should not be used on its own, so as not to cause adverse consequences.