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Background: A disease means when somebody is not at ease, in case of what is called hypertension or hypotension majority of patients are usually without symptom. We usually label someone with hypertension, hypotension or normotension by using blood pressure apparatus. While following different criteria�s which are being changed time to time. Clinically hypertension is more important and is usually treated with almost 9 groups of medicine, out of them no one is reducing any body�s blood pressure but are reducing blood volume, reducing pumping rate of heart, dilating blood vessels etc. As we are living in a �scientific era� yes, we have been able to invent diseases but still we don�t have any drug or modality to keep hypertension or hypotension with-in the statically average scale called normal. Now need of time is to find a solution for both hypertension or hypotension and this pilot study may open a new chapter not only useful in management of hypertension/ hypotension but also will be point of interest for discussion & research in front of researchers. Aims and Objective: To find out a natural solution for maintaining �normal� blood pressure and evaluation in the management of hypertension / hypotension by leech therapy (hirudotherapy). Materials and Methods: The present study carried out at Unani and Panchakarma hospital, Sekidafar Chowk, Eid Gah, Srinagar. This research is single open clinical pilot study, having a sample size of seven patients of either sex. 6-8 leeches (H. medicinalis) were applied on interscapular region for fifteen minutes. Results: Results were measured by measuring the blood pressure before and after 15 minutes of leech therapy. Conclusion: Leech acts as anti-hypotensive in hypertension and normotensive in hypotension. Thus, leech is only a wonder therapy which is effective to stabilize blood pressure immediately in hypertension as well as in hypotension.