00:00:03mission and he’s crossing the city of
00:00:05Pune to make a rare house call he’s here
00:00:09to treat Rajiv kid car who suffers from
00:00:12a chronic skin condition called
00:00:13psoriasis and the Rajiv is eager for dr.
00:00:17Sachin to ease his suffering he’s more
00:00:19than a little unsettled because he knows
00:00:21the cure in this doctors bag is one
00:00:24that’s certain to get under his skin
00:00:26leeches every year millions of Indians
00:00:30choose not to visit their country’s
00:00:32modern medical clinics instead they seek
00:00:35traditional healers like dr. Sachin who
00:00:38use leeches as part of an ancient system
00:00:40of medicine called Ayurveda its holistic
00:00:44approach to treating illness includes
00:00:46dietary changes curative oils massages
00:00:49and relaxation therapies and leeches for
00:00:53dr. Sachin the results speak for
00:00:56themselves
00:01:02but even here leeches are often taboo if
00:01:13I see a leech I can’t stand it I won’t
00:01:16even go near it
00:01:23why would anyone voluntarily allow
00:01:26himself to become a meal for a blood
00:01:28sucking leech Rajiv is convinced this
00:01:31leech will provide relief for his
00:01:33psoriasis he’s tried Western medicine
00:01:36and it hasn’t worked in certain cases
00:01:38like Rajiv psoriasis dr. Sachin and his
00:01:42wife dr. kirtan and dead car believe a
00:01:44patient’s ailment stemmed from toxins or
00:01:47impurities in the blood basically
00:01:49desired with the concept not in modern
00:01:51science
00:01:52Ayurvedic insists that leeches naturally
00:01:55remove toxic blood from the body we just
00:01:58applied the leech
00:01:59due to the local part of body which is
00:02:01affected to take out the blood
00:02:03impurities
00:02:04the method is quite natural and 0% of
00:02:08hommies dead but not necessarily for the
00:02:11leech blood impurities are said to be as
00:02:13dangerous to these parasites as they are
00:02:16to the patient so Ayurvedic doctors
00:02:19douse their leeches in turmeric powder
00:02:21to get them to expel the toxic blood we
00:02:25just make the leeches to Wommack because
00:02:27she cannot digest a impure blood dr.
00:02:31Sachin is optimistic that people’s faith
00:02:33in leeches will continue to hang on by
00:02:36embracing this taboo treatment patients
00:02:39keep an ancient cure alive and well
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