The magical effects and functions of leeches

Leeches are a kind of Chinese herbal medicine with high efficacy and function, and play a key role in some diseases of the body. So how much do you know about leeches? What are the effects and functions of leeches? What are the effects and functions of leeches?

The efficacy and function of leeches

1. Thrombolytic effect

Leeches have thrombolytic effects. The hirudin they contain has the effects of anti-platelet aggregation and dissolving venous thrombus caused by thrombin. Hirudin is an alcohol extract that has the effect of activating the fiber-dissolving system both inside and outside the body; the salivary gland secretion of leeches has a strong anti-thrombotic effect after intravenous injection into rats.

2. Platelet-hanging effect

Leeches have anti-platelet effects. Hirudin can inhibit the fusion of thrombin and platelets, promote the dissociation of thrombin and platelets, inhibit the release of platelets stimulated by thrombin and the reaction induced by thrombin.

3. Blood coagulation effect

Hirudin has the effect of preventing blood coagulation and thus has the effect of anti-thrombosis. This effect and function of hirudin is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.

4. Effects on Hemorheology

Giving animals leech extract by gavage can reduce blood viscosity and shorten the electrophoresis time of blood cells. Oral administration of leech decoction can also cause abnormal blood rheology, such as a decrease in whole blood viscosity, blood viscosity, hematocrit and fibrinogen component in rats.

5. Improve the effect of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases

Leeches can enhance cardiovascular function. Intraperitoneal injection of hirudin can significantly increase the ability of mice's heart to absorb 86Rb?, indicating that it has the effect of increasing the heart's nutritional blood volume.

6. Effect of lowering blood lipids

Leeches have the effect of lowering blood lipids. Leeches reduce the cholesterol and triglyceride content in the blood. They also make the pulmonary artery and coronary artery lesions lighter than in the control experiment. The soft plaques disappear significantly, which shows that fibroblasts proliferate and cholesterol crystals decrease. Therefore, for patients with hyperlipidemia, treatment with leech-related drugs is also a very good choice.