How to Deal with Insect Bites Using Natural Remedies

I hate mosquitoes and other biting insects. I’m an outdoors person and love to go camping and hiking but dread doing so during bug season. I always try to carry some bug medicine with me to treat these insect bites. Rather than using these chemicals, I’ve started to use a natural remedy that I’d like to share with you...

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Corn Starch
• Water

1. Get some corn starch and put a decent amount of it into a cup of water. Mix this until you have a thick paste. Add more starch or water as necessary. You want it to be think and “gooey.”

2. Apply the paste to the affected area and leave on for awhile. This has the effect of drawing out the insect poison and may help soothe the area.

3. If you think this is tedious and difficult to do outdoors, it isn’t. All you need is a bag full of starch power and a bottle of water, two items that can easily fit into a backpack or as part of your camping gear.

[Upon-Request]

on 11/23/2009 Good tip for those that love the outdoors.

[juliemcmurchie]

on 11/15/2009 I love natural remedies, and use them whenever I can. This natural remedy for insect bites is great for taking out the sting and itch of a bug bite.