M. Danh Sang Sambo

Hirudotherapy in France: Historical Rise, Decline, and Contemporary Clinical Revival — A Narrative Review with an Ayurvedic Perspective

Background: France holds a unique place in the history of medicinal leech therapy (hirudotherapy). During the nineteenth century it was the world's largest consumer of medicinal leeches, and it retains a leech-farming tradition in Gironde that dates to that period. Objective: To...