Tips for Insect Bites

Yes, it's true.

You can take the sting out of insect bites rather than trying to stoically cope with pain, itching, and inflammation.

Happily, there are almost as many insect bite home remedies as there are seeds in a pomegranate.

Here are a few of the more interesting ones I've read about lately.

1. Soak the affected area with vinegar.
2. Put a cotton bowl dipped in ammonia on the bite to draw out the stinger and reduce the pain and itch.
3. Smash up a clove of garlic and place the poultice on the affected area.
4. Spread some honey onto an old cloth. Place some ice cubes on top of the honey. Wrap up the cloth and place on affected area.
5. Kill a rattlesnake and then eat some of the meat every day for the next week. (I don't recommend this one since monkeying with rattlesnakes is dangerous, but I included it anyway for any snake handlers out there reading today's health tip.)

I trust you'll add this little collection of insect bite tips to your home remedies file.

Chet Day
Editor, The Health Circus
http://chetday.com