- Screwworms
- Larvae or maggots of certain flies that burrow in the living body. Treated with Annona, Asclepias, Chenopodium, Dracontium, Funastrum, Moringa, Nicotiana, Oxalis, Prioria, Protium, Theobroma.
EthnoBotanical Dictionary. 2013.
Screwworms
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