• PRIYA PETCHIMUTHU

Nowadays, people working in tea estates are often troubled by leech bite. Leeches are segmented parasitic or predatory worm like animals. Major of the leeches are found in freshwater environments in terrestrial areas. Hirudo medicinalis is the common species of leech found that sucking blood they release an anesthetic. Hirudin, anti clotting enzyme is secreting into the blood stream so that blood will keep flowing. Even though, Leeches is not a carrier for disease but can cause death in extreme cases. Our present study focuses on the prevention of leech bite by using are cheap and easily available materials so that it could be afforded by tea workers.

Parasite, Leeches, Hirudin, tea workers, anesthetic

"DEVELOPMENT of ECONOMICAL AND beneficial ANTILEECH BITE SKIN LOTIOn", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no.f74-f78, August-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208510.pdf

"DEVELOPMENT of ECONOMICAL AND beneficial ANTILEECH BITE SKIN LOTIOn", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no. ppf74-f78, August-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208510.pdf