Hirudotherapy for cardialgia

Cardialgia is pain in the heart area, which differs in its nature from stenocardia. They can be of the most different nature: stabbing, aching, instant - piercing, lasting for hours and even days. Often their strength is not affected by physical exertion, they do not change from taking nitrates. Often they spread throughout the left half of the chest, can give into the arm or back. Cardialgia is accompanied by a number of clinical syndromes, they are more often associated with pathology of the cervical and thoracic spine, pathology of the biliary tract and hormonal imbalance (mainly during menopause).

Treatment of cardialgia with hirudotherapy

Leech attachment zones.

  • The zone under the VII cervical vertebra on the midline and two points 2-4 centimeters to the right and left of the middle (points 1, 2, 3).
  • The zone in the middle part above the right and left shoulders (points 4, 5, 6, 7).
  • The zone above the heart area: in the III intercostal space - point 16 at the edge of the sternum, as well as 2, 4 transverse fingers outside of it (points 17,18). Points 19 in the V intercostal space - at the edge of the sternum, 20 - at the level of the middle of the clavicle.
  • Interscapular region: point 11 at the level of the 5th and 6th thoracic vertebrae, two transverse fingers outside of it (points 9, 10) and point 8 at the level of the 4th and 5th thoracic vertebrae on the left.
  • Lumbar zone - point 15 along the midline at the level of the 2nd and 3rd lumbar vertebrae, two and four transverse fingers outside of it on both sides (points 11, 12, 13,14).
  • Inguinal areas (points 24, 25, 26, 27) and above the pubic bone (points 21, 22, 23).