%0 Journal Article %T The Use of Doctor Fish in Treatment of Diseases %J Ornamental Aquatic %V 2 %N 2 %U http://ornamentalaquatics.ir/article-1-42-en.html %R %D 2015 %K Garra rufa, Fish therapy, Infections, Spa., %X Garra rufa are freshwater fish that originate from the river basins of the Middle East. Its sucking mouth has an expanded lower lip that forms a round or oval sucking pad, which has sharp keratinised edges used for scraping food from the surface of submerged rocks and logs. This feeding method is the basis for their use in foot spa treatments, because the fish remove superficial scaly patches that develop on the skin of patients. There are different opinions about accuracy of fish therapy, but to demonstrate the negative and positive aspects of this method, more researches are needed, and the possibility of infections transfer should be revised. The purpose of this article is study of fish therapy by Garra rufa. %> http://ornamentalaquatics.ir/article-1-42-en.pdf %P 1-4 %& 1 %! %9 Research %L A-10-1-22 %+ %G eng %@ 2423-4575 %[ 2015