bug bite/sting salve

a very simple way to help reduce the itching and stinging of a bug bite

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Step 1: What you need

- a bowl or pestle and morter
- a spoon, any size is ok
- water
- a box of baking soda

Comments

[Kzummo]

i'm a boy scout and this will help me A TON at camps!

[GainEnergy]

I was told this kind of remedy works very well with bee stings.

[camo3497]

The best thing for bee stings or yellow jacket stings is to break off a small peice of alka seltzer put it on the sting and wet it . Even kids quit crying within 1 minuite .

[d2j5]

indeed it does

[17hmr243]

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half baby oil
half dettol disinfectant
splash tee tree oil or eucalyptus oil

mix and rub on skin 2 hr re apply

it will split into dif layers over night so shake b4 use

[love4pds]

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[lemonie]

Which bugs? This is a classic sting-remedy.

L

[diannagail]

This is a very good article. Thanks for suggesting it. It explains the chemical science of the various bites and stings and how to remedy them.

[jeff-o]

And apparently, probably no more effective than any other folk-remedy. Calamine lotion works pretty well for mosquito bites, though.

[lemonie]

Zinc...sulphate? L

[jeff-o]

No, apparently a mixture of zinc oxide and iron oxide. No proof that it works, though...

[lemonie]

Oh yes oxide, and oil too I think. L

[jeff-o]

Yep, they're held in suspension along with a few nice-smelling ingredients.

[diannagail]

When I was in Kauai I got in the middle of a jellyfish swarm. I had whelps and stings all over my body where my bathing suit wasn't. I was in real pain and was starting to feel the numbness from the toxin. I was told urine would work but it's harder for a gal to apply directly :). I instead rushed to the store and got some apple cider vinegar and dosed myself. After that I carried a large bottle of cider vinegar in the truck :| It's the acid in the urine that makes it works and it's usually readily available unless you dumped it when you got stung... :(

[rimar2000]

There are innumerable substances used to ease pain and/or itching of insect bite: turpentine, urine, vinegar, baking soda, aloe, etc. All are more or less effective, surely that depends on many factors.

[meanbean]

 Urine? Ewwwww...

[rimar2000]

Yes, applying it in situ, obviously. I don't know how good it is, but some people use it.

[d2j5]

why turpintine?

[rimar2000]

I don't know. An uncle told me that a swarm of wasps stung him, and despair rightly found that the first thing to hand, which was just turpentine, and instantly the pain stopped. These were his words, I never use it for that.

[d2j5]

i figured that i might aswell post this because it could be usefull for someone even if it is a classic or folk sting remedy eather way its still usefull. as for what bug stings this is good for mostly mosquitos, hornets .....horseflys....ect anything that stings/bites.

[lemonie]

OK, general-purpose stuff then. L

[d2j5]

pretty much