#ok so as i was writing this i was brainstruck with the plague doctor thing like i did not have that in mind when i started

[gumoriko]

Have I ranted about how Aburame would make good medic nin here yet. I'm not checking.

The Kidaichu are a specialized insect we see Shino use to take down a 10 tails clone in the war, and it's stated that they require extremely finite chakra control to wield, because if you feed them the incorrect amount of chakra they'll straight up kill the wielder. To me this means any Aburame with the skill to wield them would probably have the chakra control required to be at least proficient in medical ninjutsu.

The kikaichu, which are the "base" insect of the Aburame, also would probably require a decent grasp on chakra control. Considering that they need to be fed a host's chakra without killing them, and that the host controls them through their own chakra in the kikaichu. So theoretically, any Aburame may have decent enough chakra control to manage at least basic medical ninjutsu.

We've also seen Shibi use kikaichu to remove poison after Shino and Kankuro's fight, though it's unclear if this is something that could be performed on a non-parasite user. In Boruto we get a cute little arc where the kids take essentially an intro medical nin class, and Sakura teaches them how to isolate and remove poison first thing. I even vaguely recall her saying something along the lines as it was the first and most basic step in medical ninjutsu.

In the anime, Shino uses his kikaichu to essentially stimulate the chakra network of his downed comrades, which is similar to how medical-nin use their own chakra to heal. Both of these cases to me are just straight up Aburame flavored medical ninjutsu.

Basically what I'm saying is where the fuck are the plague doctor Aburames. Like that's literally their aesthetic. Fully covered faces and bodies, big clothes, LEECHES. Come on. KISHIMOTO WE COULD HAVE HAD EVERYTHING.