TY - JOUR AU - HS, SATHISH AU - TM, RASHMI AU - ADMANI, MALLIKARJUN PY - 2021/05/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - MANAGEMENT OF MAGGOT INFLICTED WOUND – AYURVEDIC APPROACH JF - Innovare Journal of Ayurvedic Sciences JA - Innovare J Ay Sci VL - 9 IS - 3 SE - Case Study(s) DO - 10.22159/ijas.2021.v9i3.41231 UR - https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ijas/article/view/41231 SP - 1-4 AB - <p>Unhygienic conditions attract organisms into the pathological lesion and worsen the condition, here is a case wherein the patient with psoriatic skin lesions took treatment from an unqualified person and in addition his unhygienic habit attracted maggots into the foot eating away a major chunk of his normal tissues. The case was diagnosed and treated in lines with fundamental principles of Sushruta. The case is a best example of maggots destructive and repair effect on the tissue, the wound with maggots presence healed faster than with wound without maggots.</p> ER -