Demi Moore says she does “leech detoxification therapy”

Demi Moore was on David Letterman last night and she joked around about receiving leech therapy treatment in Austria. She was cracking up about it, but she actually sounded like she believed in it and thinks it works. She also tried to get Dave to try it. Here’s a rough transcript. Dave’s comments are in bold.You were in Austria?
I’m always…looking for the cutting edge on things that are for optimizing health and healing.
Just a week ago I was in Austria doing a cleanse and part of the treatments was leech therapy.
These aren’t just like swamp leeches, we’re talking about highly trained medical leeches… [laughing]
I know thousands of years ago they were common
Bleeding was a very common thing… it detoxifies your blood and they have a little enzyme that when they’re biting down gets released into your blood, and generally you bleed for quite a bit, and your health is optimized. It detoxifies the blood. I’m feeling very detoxified right now.
Is it the enzyme is that what’s critical?
They start in a spot for me that is a horrible spot, which is my belly button. They test it out. They are in a little jar with water and glass and they pull it out and they have to stick it in my belly button.
Where does this take place? At a hotel? At a clinic?
In this woman’s house and I’m laying on a bed.
And she says “we’re going to apply the leeches?”
Yes they do the little sampler first which is in the belly button and it crawls in. And you feel it bite down on you and you want to go “you bastard!” and then you relax and work on your lamaze breathing, and you watch it swell up and get fatter and fatter. And then when it’s super drunk on your blood it just kind of rolls over like it’s stumbling out of the bar.
Are you sure it’s not menopause?
No, but I was going to recommend this for your tic.
You have to do a turpentine bath first.
Did you feel better after the leech deal?
You first feel worse, then you feel better.
You’re not going back?
I am going back, because I only got 4 leeches and I feel a little cheated.
Clinically speaking how can we prove that you are more healthy after the leeches?
By a blood test. They can see the levels in your blood, if you’re anemic… they release in their enzyme heparin, which is a natural blood thinner.
[Transcribed from Demi Moore’s appearance on The Late Show, 3/24/08]
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