The patient is made to sit or lie down, affected area is washed with antiseptic solution and roughened with smooth cow dung powder. Then the selected leech is kept over the affected area to bite and suck the blood. And retained with soft, white, moist cotton cloth is kept over it. With the appearance of pricking pain and itching at the site of the bite, it is to understood that leech is sucking pure blood, then it should be removed by sprinkling salt over its mouth

At the site of bite, turmeric is applied to arrest the bleeding. 

Indications for Leech Therapy: 

Blood vitiated with pitta dosha 

Children, old aged, frightful, debilitated, women and person with tender constitution 

Diabetic ulcers 

Varicose veins 

Vatarakta (Gout) 

Sciatica, lumbar spondylosis, 

Acne 

Osteoarthritis 

Chronic skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis. 

Abscess 

Tumors of abdomen (Gulma) 

Herpes 

Poison 

Hemorrhoids 

diseases of neck and eyes 

herapeutic Action of Jalouk Therapy: 

Anti inflammatory 

Increases blood circulation 

Analgesic (reduces pain) 

Thromolytic (dissolves blood clot) 

Antimicrobial activity 

Method of leech application 

Method of application of leech 

Preparation of leech – Selected leeches should be smeared with paste of mustard and turmeric, then kept in water pot for 48 minutes. Active leech is selected and picked out to keep in separate water pot.