Easy Remedies For Bug Bites, Stings, Rashes great remedies
products rashes, mosquito bites, bee stings hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper in the
summertime I love coming out to Granny Camp and spending a lot of time at my Alaska off-grid cabin
it's out in the woods I can be left alone it gives me a lot of time to enjoy being out of doors being
outdoors all summer can also give us problems that we don't face the rest of the year things
like rashes bug bites and insect stings I thought I would share my favorite remedies for how I deal
with the poison ivy poison oak poison sumac rashes bee stings and mosquito bites that come with
spending time outside before you head outside load up on some sunscreen some insect repellent and
do a quick google search of things like poison ivy poison oak poison sumac familiarize yourself
what those plants look like it's great if we can remember things like leaves of three let it be
leaves of five let it lie but that doesn't mean we're always aware of what are the plants that
are around us so if you familiarize yourself on what specific plants you're looking at
you aren't going to be looking at every plant with suspicion mosquito bites are a huge problem
for me I'm always trying to use mosquito repellent products like sting shield insect
guards citronella candles I don't necessarily like spraying repellent poison on myself
but this year they've been absolutely problematic there's proof my favorite go-to remedy for after I
get an insect bite mosquito bite is these after bite sting sticks after bite itch erasers you
dab them right on after you get an insect bite and they really help take the sting itch away
I order after bite sticks with as many as I can one time I had so many mosquito insect bites I
went to the store and I was trying to get just one more after bite stick I didn't have any more
I waited patiently while the clerk helped someone else and said do you have the after bite sticks
there was one hanging right there right where that other person was standing and they went
oh yeah I need that and they grabbed the last one and left the store talk about rude it wasn't even
what you wanted you heard me want it and you grabbed it that was a very mean thing to do
anyway don't be that person in the store after bite sticks are great I like to keep extras after
bite sticks they're inexpensive they don't take up a lot of room and they can absolutely make
you feel like they've saved the day when you get a mosquito bite you can also look for anti-itch
lotions calamine lotion and there's one by aveeno and these are good especially if you get a rash
over a part of your body aloe vera isn't just for sunburn it can also help soothe itchy rashes
a good natural solution is to mix equal parts apple cider vinegar with alcohol and then
dab it over your region that has an itchy rash
i like to use cotton rounds because they don't leave all the little fibers on your skin that a
cotton ball would you can also take four cloves of garlic and add it to a cup of boiling water then
let it cool completely and then once again get your cotton rounds and dab it on your skin look
into your fruit bowl do you have a banana grab the banana and you can peel it and then take the
inside of the banana skin and apply it to your rash or your bite or sting witch hazel is a nice
refreshing astringent you can add some of that to your cotton round and apply that to your sting
your rash or your bite bee stings can be problematic and painful you want to
check and see if the stinger is still in there take something like the edge of a credit card
scrape out that leftover stinger and then apply ice you can also add some honey dab it over
your beesting area mix together a paste of baking soda and water and apply that onto your bee sting
you can also make if you have meat tenderizer make a little paste with
meat tenderizer and dab that on as well one remedy I tried when I was in Africa and was
bitten up by tetsy flies was dabbing on a blob of toothpaste and that seemed to help
when other things were just either not available or weren't giving me enough relief
mosquitoes are really bad this year in Alaska they're unbelievable how much worse they are
than usual and so I was glad that I stocked up on these rash bite sting remedies before I came out
to Granny Camp I've got an arsenal of things for repellent but uh they're just stronger than usual
this year so in case mosquitos are bad where you are go out with your repellent make sure you also
using your sunscreen and then try some of these natural remedies for bites stings rashes if you
end up with some bee stings poison oak poison ivy poison sumac rashes and bug mosquito bites
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