Fish That Treats Human Skin Conditions

Gill · 09-03-2006, 12:38 PM

Saw these fish on a holiday program late 1 night(couldn't Sleep).

Cant remember what they were caled or where they were.

A Natural Hot Spring somewhere either in Pakistan or the Middle East.
It has a Temple built around it.

Program showed hundreds of people queing to be treated by these fish(Excema,Scoriosis etc). I think they were a kind of loricadae?.
People were sitting in the hot springs and the fish were all over them eating eating away the bad skin. From what the guide was saying these fish secrete a film on the skin as they eat and it treats the skin condition to an extent that 1 visit is enough and the Skin Condition Never Comes back.

Then they showed people eating them alive wrapped in a "Parshaad" (Asain Communion). said to cure alot of ailments.

Just thought it was interesting.

**conduct** · 09-03-2006, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Gill

People were sitting in the hot springs and the fish were all over them eating eating away the bad skin.
Then they showed people eating them alive wrapped in a "Parshaad" (Asain Communion). said to cure alot of ailments.

So let me gets this right? Fish would eat people bad skin? Then people would eat fish? Very interesting..

Gill · 09-03-2006, 01:03 PM

Yep thats right there were people in the spring and inside the temple they were queued waiting to be given the fish.

Man Wrapped the fish in the Parshaad and placed it @ the back of the throa t and held the persons mouth shut untill they swallowed it.

AnneRiceBowl · 09-03-2006, 01:11 PM

That's...interesting...I bet it would be a spine-tingling experience with all of those little fish eating away your decaying flesh.

pnchowdary · 09-03-2006, 03:35 PM

This sounds similar to one of the things that is famous in one part of India. However, I have never heard about the fish eating the skin part. Please read the below article and you will know what I am talking about. If you do a google search for "fish medicine in India", you would find hundreds of articles.

An informative article on fish therapy for asthama patients as practiced by the Goud family

**jake** · 09-03-2006, 04:04 PM

I'm not sure I could deal with that unless the skin condition was just that serious. I don't even like the SAE nibbling on my arm when I'm aquascaping, LOL.

Gill · 09-03-2006, 09:45 PM

Someone Rembered that fish, Its a Garra rufa.
Species Summary

PFK Article
Nibbly fish cured my scaly skin | Practical Fishkeeping magazine

Burks · 09-03-2006, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by AnneRiceBowl

That's...interesting...I bet it would be a spine-tingling experience with all of those little fish eating away your decaying flesh.

I'd rather have a fish nibble at my skin then maggots!

**Urkevitz** · 09-04-2006, 01:36 AM

I could use those on my foot calluses.

09-03-2006, 12:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gill Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Coventry Posts: 237	Fish That Treats Human Skin Conditions Saw these fish on a holiday program late 1 night(couldn't Sleep). Cant remember what they were caled or where they were. A Natural Hot Spring somewhere either in Pakistan or the Middle East. It has a Temple built around it. Program showed hundreds of people queing to be treated by these fish(Excema,Scoriosis etc). I think they were a kind of loricadae?. People were sitting in the hot springs and the fish were all over them eating eating away the bad skin. From what the guide was saying these fish secrete a film on the skin as they eat and it treats the skin condition to an extent that 1 visit is enough and the Skin Condition Never Comes back. Then they showed people eating them alive wrapped in a "Parshaad" (Asain Communion). said to cure alot of ailments. Just thought it was interesting. __________________ 90 Gallon Planted Endler/Guppy Community 1 Gallon Planted Tiger Endlers

09-03-2006, 01:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gill Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Coventry Posts: 237	Yep thats right there were people in the spring and inside the temple they were queued waiting to be given the fish. Man Wrapped the fish in the Parshaad and placed it @ the back of the throa t and held the persons mouth shut untill they swallowed it. __________________ 90 Gallon Planted Endler/Guppy Community 1 Gallon Planted Tiger Endlers

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pnchowdary Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (6) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tysons Corner,VA,USA Posts: 54	Fish Medicine in India This sounds similar to one of the things that is famous in one part of India. However, I have never heard about the fish eating the skin part. Please read the below article and you will know what I am talking about. If you do a google search for "fish medicine in India", you would find hundreds of articles. An informative article on fish therapy for asthama patients as practiced by the Goud family

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jake I like pie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14) Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Clarinda, IA Posts: 700	I'm not sure I could deal with that unless the skin condition was just that serious. I don't even like the SAE nibbling on my arm when I'm aquascaping, LOL. __________________ Jake's Planted Aquarium Pages... a work in progress. "You have your way, I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist." - Friedrich Nietzsche

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Gill Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Coventry Posts: 237	Someone Rembered that fish, Its a Garra rufa. Species Summary PFK Article Nibbly fish cured my scaly skin \| Practical Fishkeeping magazine __________________ 90 Gallon Planted Endler/Guppy Community 1 Gallon Planted Tiger Endlers

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AnneRiceBowl Banned (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bellevue, Nebraska Posts: 582	That's...interesting...I bet it would be a spine-tingling experience with all of those little fish eating away your decaying flesh.

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