
HOMEMADE MOSQUITO BITE ITCH RELIEF SKIN
Spray your boots, clothing and skin with a generous coating. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. 1 pint water 25 drops of tea tree oil 25 drops of lavender essential oil Add the ingredients into a clean spray bottle and shake well. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. To use it, mix baking soda with a few drops of water to make a paste. May cause skin irritation (test on a small patch of skin in an insensitive portion of your body with proper dilution rate).įor educational purposes only. This can help dry out the bite and tamp down on inflammation, Dr. Avoid while pregnant and with homeopathics. Keep away from children and do not use essential oil on children or pets unless directed by a professional (cats in particular are very sensitive to essential oils, never use on cats). Do not use for a prolonger period of time. There are a few precautions with any essential oils: Never use undiluted, in eyes or around mucus membranes. Try our various Mix of the Month Essential Oil recipes: With kids, skin irritations are a fact of life especially during the summer when things like mosquito bites, poison ivy, and other insect bites can cause skin problems. Other treatments to relieve itching that comes along with mosquito and other bug bites include activated charcoal, raw honey, aloe vera, baking soda, basil and garlic. Take an antihistamine like Benadryl Apply anti-itch creams or ointments containing camphor, menthol, calamine, hydrocortisone, or Pramoxine Use an antiseptic. It really is that simple, let us know how this works for you! Five of my favorite home remedies for mosquito bites include witch hazel, white tea and chamomile tea bags, essential oils, neem oil, and colloidal oatmeal bath.

Be sure to note date mixed and use up within a year.

Reader’s Digest suggests cutting a lemon in half and rubbing the citrusy flesh over mosquito bites for instant relief. Mix in a dropper bottle and use a drop or two on each insect bite several times daily. Besides having handy peels, lemons boast natural anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and anesthetic properties that supposedly soothe, heal and lessen the chance of infection from bug bites.
