Bug bite balm - Coconut Oil

[Guest guest]

I'm a little late on this discussion but...

 

I have a mosquito allergy. As an example, last week I was bit on the

forehead and after my usual routine of immediately putting on anti-itch

cream, popping a tylenol and then putting ice on it - I still looked like I

lost a fight with a baseball bat. (It swells much worse and I often become

physically ill if I don't follow this routine.)

 

Well, today I went outside and paid the blood tax to the little fiends.

When I came in, I was beginning a chore which requires coconut oil and

casually decided to put coconut oil on the bite instead of following my

routine. (It had already started swelling to the point where it looked like

a 3d image of an octopus..)

 

The itch took about 5 minutes to stop and the swelling was still growing,

but after that 5 minutes the itching stopped and within 10 minutes the

swelling was gone. Half an hour later a lump that usually stays a day or two

looks like a small blemish.

After this worked, I looked breifly and found that some cultures habitually

use it for itching.. One called for mixing lemon juice or using 10-50% of

the oil as a base with others. Since I don't like fooling around with my

bites, I'm sticking to 100% unless I get bored.

 

Now, if only I can stumble onto a natural repellant as effective..

 

 

Anyone know other uses for Coconut oil?

 

(P.s. This isn't Cocobutter or other " coco " oils, just plain old coconut

that solidifies at room temperature - since TX isn't room temperature right

now, it's liquid for me..)

 

-

y

 

 

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> iris054 [clicker]

> Sunday, July 07, 2002 3:10 AM

> herbal remedies

> [herbal remedies] Bug bite balm?

>

>

> Is there anything good to put on mosquito or spider bites to make

> them stop itching and heal quickly?

>

> Melinda

[Guest guest]

I know that coconut oil is good for head lice (well, bad for the lice,

good for the head). Not sure why this is so, but it came as one of the

remedies when my kids had head lice.

Marti

Sunland, CA

Yuquibo wrote:

I'm a little late on this discussion but...

I have a mosquito allergy. As an example, last week I was

bit on the

forehead and after my usual routine of immediately putting on anti-itch

cream, popping a tylenol and then putting ice on it - I still looked

like I

lost a fight with a baseball bat. (It swells much worse and I often

become

physically ill if I don't follow this routine.)

Well, today I went outside and paid the blood tax to the little

fiends.

When I came in, I was beginning a chore which requires coconut

oil and

casually decided to put coconut oil on the bite instead of following

my

routine. (It had already started swelling to the point where it

looked like

a 3d image of an octopus..)

The itch took about 5 minutes to stop and the swelling was still

growing,

but after that 5 minutes the itching stopped and within 10 minutes

the

swelling was gone. Half an hour later a lump that usually stays

a day or two

looks like a small blemish.

After this worked, I looked breifly and found that some cultures

habitually

use it for itching.. One called for mixing lemon juice or

using 10-50% of

the oil as a base with others. Since I don't like fooling

around with my

bites, I'm sticking to 100% unless I get bored.

Now, if only I can stumble onto a natural repellant as effective..

 

Anyone know other uses for Coconut oil?

(P.s. This isn't Cocobutter or other "coco" oils, just plain

old coconut

that solidifies at room temperature - since TX isn't room temperature

right

now, it's liquid for me..)

-

y