Impetigo and ayurveda Impetigo is a common, highly contagious bacterial skin infection. It mostly affects young children and infants. But people of any age can get it from contact with someone who is infected. Most impetigo is caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. The infection isn’t usually serious, but sometimes complications may develop. According to ayurveda it is a type of raktaja sukshma krimi related disease.non bullous type of impetigo comes under oupasargika roga.there is kapha-pitta samsarga in most of the lesions.raga and paka are the main features of pitta dosha. Kapha-Pittahara chikitsa is mainly given.sometimes there will be a aashukari state of the disease due to pitta-rakta releted bala samprapti.here krimighna chikitsa should be administered.bahiparimajana chikitsa is important as the disease belongs to oupasargika roga.