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7 Quick Fixes for Mosquito Bites
By Cait Johnson, Assistant Producer, Care2 Healthy Living Newsletters.
Sometimes, despite our best intentions, the little buzzers manage to sneak a snack–on us! The next time you or your little ones get an itchy bug bite, try these quick and simple remedies. They are all kid-friendly and very effective, as well as being completely safe and natural.
My favorite uses an ingredient you probably have sitting in a bowl on your kitchen countertop: Use banana peel to take the itch out of mosquito bites. Just rub the pulpy inside surface of the peel on the bite.
Or try these remedies:
1. Rub the bite with soap.
2. Apply an ice pack to the bite.
3. Mix baking soda with enough water to make a paste and apply to the bite.
4. Apply lavender and tea tree oils with a swab.
5. Rub a piece of freshly-cut onion on the bite.
6. A dab of toothpaste is soothing, too.
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add your comment »Some mosquito bite expert in Sweden said holding a hot, damp cloth against the bite destroys the substance which makes it itch. The itchy stuff consists of proteins which change their structure when heated. I tried and it works, but the cloth needs to be very hot and sometimes I needed to repeat a couple of times.
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Live in Tennessee by the lakes. Mosquito's are awful, thanks for the info ! !
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A cotton ball dipped in ammonia. Then apply to the bite for about 1 min. Itching and bite go away in minutes!
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Here's another one I learned from another tourist when I was visiting Acapulco: boil a few bay leaves, let cool, and apply on the bite. It helps a lot, too.
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If you're worried about your pets getting bit by mosquitoes, as West Nile virus was a concern here a few years back, rub a garlic-infused bit of oil near their nose and anus as that's where many bugs bite. The smell of garlic also repels bugs. I also use a pet shampoo w/essential oils which seems to ward them off. Thyme oil is also protective and lavender oil calms the itching. Also excellent for burns, but it has to be 100% organic and therapeutic-grade, not a wanna-be lavender cosmetic-grade essential oil.
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Handed down for 3 generations, we call it Xmarks the spot.
First wash hands and dry. then put a X with your finger nail on top of the 'bite'. Push hard, but not so hard as to break the skin. Somehow this works.
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Well I'll be if that banana peel didn't work. I left my back door open this morning for a while just before it rained, it is 75 degrees here, and mosquitos came in. I was fussing about the bite when I read this. It absolutley worked. Thank you.
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Rubbing Vicks on it helps too..:-) Thanks for the lovely tips!
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these are great ideas.
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