Biting bugs

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Biting bugs
Topic Started: May 16 2014, 04:39 PM (179 Views)
Deleted User	May 16 2014, 04:39 PM Post #1
Deleted User	I must have over 20 insect bites from the last few days of gardening. They itch like the dickens. Anyone have any suggestions. So bad I cannot sleep!
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FuzzyO	May 16 2014, 04:58 PM Post #2
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	Calamine not working?



haili	May 17 2014, 12:09 AM Post #3
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,084 Group: Member Member #387 Joined: September 15, 2006	Tepid baking soda bath?



Trotsky	May 17 2014, 01:25 AM Post #4
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Cortisone cream...over the counter. BUT, make sure you have no ticks, especially if there are deer on Whidbey. Watch also for a characteristic bullseye rash indicative of Lyme Disease. Edited by Trotsky, May 17 2014, 01:27 AM.



wildie	May 17 2014, 02:55 AM Post #5
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	Try the sap from a tomato plant. Just break a stem off, and rub the sap on the bite!



Dana	May 17 2014, 03:02 AM Post #6
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	And here's a recommendation for borage. I usually dab on some baking soda paste. http://books.google.ca/books?id=FaDJID7mPTEC&pg=PA258&lpg=PA258&dq=tomato+sap+soothes++insect+bites&source=bl&ots=9RlLDdS30C&sig=Lm1Yu2SQWCmZSk1pStgjjWq5sQE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-Rl2U5uQHofZoATl94HoCQ&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=tomato%20sap%20soothes%20%20insect%20bites&f=false



angora	May 17 2014, 03:30 AM Post #7
WWS Book Club Coordinator Posts: 14,494 Group: Member Member #717 Joined: March 31, 2010	What is it that is biting you?



Trotsky	May 17 2014, 06:09 AM Post #8
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	angora May 17 2014, 03:30 AM What is it that is biting you? Here's the culprit: Posted Image



haili	May 17 2014, 06:20 AM Post #9
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,084 Group: Member Member #387 Joined: September 15, 2006	Tomato plants make me break out in eczema so the sap might do more harm than good for some people.



wildie	May 17 2014, 04:45 PM Post #10
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	haili May 17 2014, 06:20 AM Tomato plants make me break out in eczema so the sap might do more harm than good for some people. Thats true! I'm very allergic to penicillin. Tried it once and almost died! And that was in the day that allergies had yet to be invented,



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