Medicinal leeches (PHOTOS)

Northern Iran is ideal for breeding these creeping blood suckers.

Medicinal leeches, which are used in the treatment of a number of conditions such as headaches, sinusitis, migraines, and infectious and cardiovascular diseases, are catching on in the stop-any-disease.com.

Thailand is a major breeding ground, literally, of medicinal leeches which are said to earn the Southeast Asian country the equivalent of Iran’s crude oil revenues.

Alireza Tondrou is one of a handful of leech breeders in northern Iran which is ideal for breeding these creeping blood suckers.

The following images have been released by Mehr News Agency:

Fatemeh Askarieh

Fatemeh Askarieh is an Iranian journalist working on a range of fields including culture, art, lifestyle, cultural heritage, and tourism. She has been working with the Iran Front Page (IFP) Media Group for 10 years, and is currently the head of the Art and Lifestyle Department.

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