MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY OF LEECH (JALAUKA) - A CRITICAL REVIEW

Shivanand Fulaji Kawane* and Swapnil Shivprasad Agrawal

ABSTRACT

All major Indian texts contains elaborate description about Leech and Leech therapy, about their morphology, method of collection, their food, preservation, aftercare, therapeutic uses, undesired effects, Indications and Contraindications, quality of good and bad leech. Leech therapy is always one of the important tools in Indian system of medicine.

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