Every year on this day, hundreds of patients make a beeline outside leech therapy centres here in the hope of getting rid of their long-time ailments. Navroz 2023: Hundreds of Patients Let Leeches Suck Their Blood in Hope of Getting Rid of Long-Time Aliments Every Year in Kashmir.
A new leech bank has been opened at the A.K. Tibbia College (AKTC), promoting study of Unani medicine, at the Aligarh Muslim University.The slimy leeches will help treat chronic Eczema, Psoriasis and a variety of other diseases. Hirudotherapy .