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Using Herbs for
Insect Bites/Rashes


Basil a handy herb for insect bites

Take these steps to take the sting out of insect bites and rashes from poison ivy and poison oak and prevent infection. Alcohol, witch hazel, or jewelweed vinegar make good drying agents as a base for your home remedies. Make infusions of mucilage-containing anti-inflammatory, astringent herbs - such as calendula, jewelweed, comfrey, flax seed, aloe, oatmeal, mullein, yarrow ,or plantain by soaking them for about an hour in water or vinegar.

Insect Bites/Rashes remedies


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remedyHome Remedies for Insect Bites/Rashes
Baking soda skin care* Basil for bug bites* Frozen witch hazel - First Aid* Jewelweed vinegar* Plantain for insect bites* Posion Ivy* Speedwell tea* Witch Hazel*

Also you may add antiseptic oils to your infusions to boost their germ killing properties. To draw out the poison from the bites or rash add your herbal infusion to oatmeal or green clay and slather on repeatedly. Once the paste has dried, you can gently rinse and remove the residue.

Using Aromatherapy

Quick and Easy: Whenever I am sitting outside and get nailed by a sneaky mosquito, or one of those "no-see-ums" that plague us all, I give my skin a quick squirt of a witch hazel/essential oil mix I keep by my side for just this purpose. Tea tree and basil are my favorite oils to add to this mixture, in aprox. a 2 % ratio of essential oils/witch hazel. If you don't have witch hazel, rubbing alcohol works fine for a base. I bit of preventive spraying will deter insects also. If you happen to have some basil growing in a nearby herb pot, you can crush a fresh leaves to release the oil and rub it on your skin. Tea tree, lavender, and basil can all be applied neat, a few drops directly to the bite. Whatever you do, acting quickly is key to preventing an allergic reaction to the bite.


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Herbs for :Insect Bites/Rashes

Aloe * Basil * Calendula * Chickweed * Echinacea * Jewel Weed * Lavender * Lemon Balm * Plantain * Tamanu Oil * Tea * Tea Tree * Witch Hazel *

Aloe For: Skin care
Aloe
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Aloe is soothing, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial - healing to dry, irritated skin Aloe also takes the sting out of bites and hydrates the skin.
Basil For: Bee stings
Basil
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Being applied to the place bitten by venomous beasts, or stung by a wasp or hornet, it speedily draws the poison to it

Nicholas Culpeper, Culpeper's Complete Herbal (0000)

Calendua For: Wasp or Bee stings
Calendua
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Marigold (calendula) rubbed on the affected part, is an admirable remedy for the pain and swelling of the sting of wasp or bee.

Maud Grieve, Modern Herbal Volume 2 (1931)

Echinacea For: Bites and stings
Echinacea
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A tincture of this immune-boosting herb can be applied to a bite or sting to numb the pain. It also helps disinfect the site of the attack.

Linda B. White, M.D., The Herbal Drugstore (2003)

Echinacea For: Itching hives, bites
Echinacea
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A wash of purple coneflower can help relieve the unbearable itching of urticaria (hives) and this treatment is also good for stings and bites.

Richard Mabey, The New Age Herbalist (1988)

Jewelweed For: Poison ivy, bug bites
Jewelweed
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The juice of the plant is a traditional remedy for all sorts of skin ailments including poison ivy and bug bites.
Lavender For: Flea bites, rashes
Lavender
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Lavender is anti-inflammatory and antiseptic. A tea made from the fresh or dried flowers can be applied as a skin wash to relieve itching due to flea bites and rashes, or the essential oil can be used.
Tamanu oil For: Diaper rash, insect bites
Tamanu oil
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Tamanu oil's anti-inflammatory properties reduce the swelling of rashes, insect bites and stings. The oil heals chapped and cracked skin, and it is also used on babies to prevent diaper rash and skin eruptions.
Tea For: Insect bites
Tea
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Used tea bags or tea rinses help relieve inflammation and itching of insect bites.
Witch Hazel For: Insect bites
Witch Hazel
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Relieves the itch and swelling of insect bites
Shepherd's Purse Bach Flower Remedies Toothache Aloe vera gel Insect repellents Eucalyptus Yarrow Pain Relief Cayenne Burns Comfrey Salve Coconut oil Posion Ivy Witch Hazel Natural Pet Clove Pink Eye Healing rashes Hemp Oil White Willow Burn Poultice Tea Tree Oil

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