Therapeutic Potentials of Medicinal Leech in Chinese Medicine.

Hirudin Hirudotherapy Medicinal Leech Review Traditional Chinese Medicine

Journal

The American journal of Chinese medicine
ISSN: 1793-6853
Titre abrégé: Am J Chin Med
Pays: Singapore
ID NLM: 7901431

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
14 Jun 2024
Historique:
medline: 16 6 2024
pubmed: 16 6 2024
entrez: 16 6 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The use of medicinal leeches in clinical therapy has been employed for a long time, as it was originally recognized for exerting antithrombin effects. These effects were due to the ability of the leech to continuously suck blood while attached to human skin. According to

Identifiants

pubmed: 38879745
doi: 10.1142/S0192415X24500423
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

1-25

Auteurs

Shaohua Wu (S)

Department of Parasitology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University Changsha, Hunan 410013, P. R. China.
Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Institute of Integrative Medicine, Xiangya Hospital.
Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Science of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, P. R. China.

Yaya Zhou (Y)

Department of Parasitology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University Changsha, Hunan 410013, P. R. China.
Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Institute of Integrative Medicine, Xiangya Hospital.
Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Science of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, P. R. China.

Yang Wang (Y)

Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Institute of Integrative Medicine, Xiangya Hospital.
Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Science of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, P. R. China.

Zuping Zhang (Z)

Department of Parasitology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University Changsha, Hunan 410013, P. R. China.

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