Lihat sumber Lintah medis

{{Speciesbox
|genus=Hirudo
|species=medicinalis
|status = NT
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite journal | author = Utevsky, S. | author2 = Zagmajster, M. | author3 = Trontelj, P. | last-author-amp = yes | title = ''Hirudo medicinalis'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2014 | page = e.T10190A21415816 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 2014 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/10190/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T10190A21415816.en | access-date = 5 December 2017}}</ref>
|image = Svømmende blodigle.JPG
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[edisi Systema Naturae ke-10|1758]]
}}

{{SpeciesTitle}} adalah salah satu dari beberapa [[spesies]] [[lintah]] yang dipakai dalam dunia pengobatan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kompasiana.com/ikpj/lintah-hirudo-medicinalis-sebagai-bioindikator-pencemaran-lingkungan-perairan-tawar_550abe46a333119b1e2e3a5a|title=LINTAH (Hirudo medicinalis) sebagai Bioindikator Pencemaran Lingkungan Perairan Tawar|last=Kompasiana.com|website=KOMPASIANA|language=id|access-date=2019-08-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Hirudo_medicinalis/|title=Hirudo medicinalis|last=Silverstein|first=Kathy|website=Animal Diversity Web|language=en|access-date=2019-08-14}}</ref>
Spesies ''[[Hirudo]]'' lainnya yang juga dipakai sebagai lintah medis meliputi ''[[Hirudo orientalis|H. orientalis]]'', ''H. troctina'', dan ''[[Hirudo verbana|H. verbana]]''. Lintah medis Meksiko adalah ''[[Hirudinaria manillensis]]'', dan lintah medis Amerika Utara adalah ''[[Macrobdella decora]]''.

== Lihat pula ==
* [[Terapi helmintik]]–pemakaian parasit medis lainnya
* [[Terapi ikan]]–pemakaian medis ikan
* [[Lintah]]
* [[Pacet]]
* [[Hirudoterapi]]

== Referensi ==
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== Pranala luar ==
{{Commons category|Medical leeches}}
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?name=Hirudo+medicinalis Taxonomy page in Pubmed] with many excellent references
* [http://www.disgustingly-healthy.com Documentary about alternative medicine with leeches and maggots] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202235918/http://www.disgustingly-healthy.com/ |date=2011-02-02 }}
* [https://www.pbs.org/wnet/redgold/basics/bloodlettinghistory.html Document concerning the history of Bloodletting]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP_7yDlCMG8 Video footage of the unique Bedale Leech House]

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[[Kategori:Lintah]]