Maggot debridement therapy an Ayurvedic understanding

Abstract

Maggot debridement therapy also known as larva therapy, bio debridement or bio surgery, is practiced widely in Western countries. It manages to clean the wound by removing dead and infected tissue (‘debridement’), disinfecting the wound (kill bacteria).[1] The available references say that this procedure was started during the late 1920s by William Bear, at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He first studied lifecycle of maggots, successfully treated the wounds and published a series of articles. And he recommended to rear and disinfect the maggots and he is the one to recommend application of specific species of blow flies. This method of Wound debridement has been explained in our classical treaties Sushruta Samhita by The Father of Indian surgery - Acharya Sushruta in the name of Krimi Utpattikara Chikitsa in the context of Arbuda.