1. Effects of leeches:

It breaks blood, removes blood stasis, and stimulates menstruation.

Leech

Treats blood accumulation, lumps, accumulation, amenorrhea in women, tuberculosis caused by dried blood, injuries caused by falls, eye pain and cloudiness.

① "Herbal Classic": Mainly removes bad blood, blood stasis, closed moon, broken blood, accumulation of mass, childlessness, and dilutes water channels.

② "Bielu": Abortion.

③ "Supplements of Materia Medica": When people suffer from red and white traveling rashes and carbuncles, take more than ten pieces and eat them at the affected area. The skin will be wrinkled and the flesh will be white.

④ "Compendium of Materia Medica": Treat injuries and fractures.

2. Schistosoma is a natural epidemic disease found in the south. The disease is related to oncomelania.

The onset of this disease is rapid, with chills, fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite and mild hepatosplenomegaly. Repeated infections with schistosomiasis often manifest as chronic schistosomiasis. Mild cases have no conscious symptoms. Severe cases often have abdominal pain, diarrhea, mucus and bloody stools, and varying degrees of anemia, weight loss, malnutrition, and hepatosplenomegaly. Late-stage patients develop cirrhosis, ascites, and portal hypertension. Patients often die due to liver damage and upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

After children get sick, their growth and development will also be affected and they will be short in stature. Women experience menstrual irregularities and infertility.

The drugs used to treat schistosomiasis include antimony-273, schistosomiasis 846, antimony potassium tartrate, furopyramide, etc. Surgical treatment can be performed when late-stage schistosomiasis has portal hypertension and a huge spleen.