# Leeches and the Legitimizing of Folk-Medicine

An episode of [Asimov Press](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1772484351), 14 Aug 2025, 24 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/fbe02dc8/podcast/play/106622327/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-7-8%2F0747b62f-6e6d-977b-7f39-d3ebbfd36019.mp3

While we’ve derived useful molecules from the leech, live leech therapy has been largely marginalized in the West. It is time we reevaluate why. By Khushi Mittal & Xander Balwit. Read every article by visiting press.asimov.com.

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