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A patient receives a leech therapy on his leg from a practitioner in Srinagar.
Every year traditional health workers in Kashmir valley use leeches to treat people for small, itchy, painful lumps that develop on the skin called chilblains, acquired during winter on Nowruz, which marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar.
Traditional Leech therapy in Kashmir, India