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In reply to the discussion: What Is Cupping and Why Is it Leaving Some Olympians With Spots? [View all]FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)31. Not to mention maggots
Medical Maggots (maggot therapy, maggot debridement therapy, MDT, biotherapy, biosurgery, biodebridement, larval therapy)
http://www.monarchlabs.com/mdt
Maggot therapy is the controlled, therapeutic use of live blow fly larvae ("maggots" to treat skin and soft tissue wounds.
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In maggot debridement therapy, germ-free ("disinfected" larvae of therapeutic fly species ("medical grade maggots" are used to treat and manage wounds in a procedure known as "maggot therapy." The maggots are applied to the wound for 2 or 3 days within special dressings to keep the maggots from migrating. Since medicinal maggots can not dissolve or feed on healthy tissue, their natural instinct is to crawl elsewhere as soon as the wounds are clean, or the larvae are satiated.
The scientific literature identifies three primary actions of medical grade maggots on wounds:
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http://www.monarchlabs.com/mdt
Maggot therapy is the controlled, therapeutic use of live blow fly larvae ("maggots" to treat skin and soft tissue wounds.
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In maggot debridement therapy, germ-free ("disinfected" larvae of therapeutic fly species ("medical grade maggots" are used to treat and manage wounds in a procedure known as "maggot therapy." The maggots are applied to the wound for 2 or 3 days within special dressings to keep the maggots from migrating. Since medicinal maggots can not dissolve or feed on healthy tissue, their natural instinct is to crawl elsewhere as soon as the wounds are clean, or the larvae are satiated.
The scientific literature identifies three primary actions of medical grade maggots on wounds:
- They debride (clean) the wound by dissolving dead and infected tissue with their proteolytic, digestive enzymes;
- They disinfect the wound (kill bacteria) by secreting antimicrobial molecules, by ingesting and killing microbes within their gut, and by dissolving biofilm;
- They stimulate the growth of healthy tissue.
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Me too and it was then that my mother discovered that maybe I wasn't like the 'rest of the boys' as
Purveyor
Aug 2016
#29
I remember late 80s getting cupped before a minor surgery . When the nurses moved me to the
Person 2713
Aug 2016
#36
It's a method of separating out layers of your body. Skin from underlying fat or fascia, muscle.
uppityperson
Aug 2016
#11
Thanks for adding on the skin rolling. Those actually do physical things, like some types of cupping
uppityperson
Aug 2016
#22
If one feels like the cupping is beneficial then use it. I have never tried
Thinkingabout
Aug 2016
#28
Many insurance companies I brlieve even MedicareB in some cases will reimburse for accupuncture
Person 2713
Aug 2016
#37
Are you serious? Sure I was breathing and you know this is not what I was talking about.
Thinkingabout
Aug 2016
#50
I had a pain in my side that wouldn't go away. Regulat Doctor wanted me to take pain pills.
kimbutgar
Aug 2016
#56