1. Dong, H. et al. Chinese medicinal leech: Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, and pharmacological activities. Evid. Based Complement Altern. Med. 2016, 7895935 (2016).
2. Lu, Y. X. et al. Studies on effects of water temperature, stocking density and feeding cycle on growth and feeding in Hirudo nipponica. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 42, 2443–2448 (2017) (In Chinese).
3. Shi, P. et al. Study on reproductive performance of Hirudo Nipponia. Zhong Yao Cai 38, 1144–1147 (2015) (In Chinese).
4. Guo, G. Y. et al. Single factor analysis on effect of compound shuizhi capsule in preventing and treating atherosclerosis. Lishizhen Med. Mater. Med. Res. 18, 531–532 (2007) (In Chinese).
5. Yang, H., Zhang, X., Liu, K., Du, Z. & Bai, X. Effects of hirudo on blood metabolism and its related gene expression in blood stasis syndrome rabbits. Chin. J. Mod. Appl. Pharm. 30, 959–963 (2013) (In Chinese).