Must Haves for Bug Bites and Stings (Summer first aid kit for bites and stings)

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In this post, Must Haves for Bug Bites and Stings, we look at THE best (most effective!) natural remedies for bites and stings. You can create a mini summer first aid kit for camping trips, hikes or nights by a campfire when the bites inevitably happen.

This post is a special gift for anyone who has mild or more severe histamine reactions to bites and stings. My son and I both used to get big reactions, so it’s a boon to have remedies that really relieve swelling and itching.

Bites and stings include: mosquito bites, ant bites, tick bites, bee, wasp or yellow jacket stings and any other insect bites or stings you can think of!

Must Haves for Bug Bites and Stings

Here are the five most effective remedies for various bug bites and stings.

1. Boiron’s Ledum pelustre homeopathic (find it here)

Reducing itching within minutes — from mosquito bites to chigger bites — this remedy is even effective after a tick bite.

2. Badger Itch Relief (find it here)

This balm works fast to stop itching. I like to use two applications: Put it on, wait a minute, and then put on one more layer.

The best topical relief you can buy when you combine it with the above homeopathic (Ledum pelustre). I find the combo takes away all itching.

3. That Bugbite Thing (find it here)

Removes the venom from a sting or bite, reduces itching significantly or completely. Works really well for mosquito bites and ant bites specifically.

4. TRS spray to remove the toxins, reduce swelling and accelerate healing

This product is especially comforting and powerful when you get stung by a bee, wasp, hornet or yellow jacket, or if you’re someone who swells up in general from stings and bites. It reduces swelling and pain overnight by about 90% in each of our experiences with it.

Simply spray on, pat it a little to cover the skin; then cover with a band-aid. Watch the swelling disappear overnight!

TRS requires a distributor link to purchase. Here’s mine. Click the Shop Now button. The product is called Advanced TRS. (I buy the 3-pack in glass bottles to save money. This product is also excellent used orally for clearing heavy metals from the brain and body.)

5. Boiron’s Histaminum hydrochloricum homeopathic (find it here)

Similarly, if you have histamine reactions to bites and stings, this homeopathic is excellent at reducing the histamine flare. It works to reduce or prevent a reaction, or reduce a reaction that’s already happening. (Even helps with allergies.)

We have used this homeopathic for years and even given it away to friends. It’s just something everyone should have who has allergies or reacts to bites and stings.

What’s the best bug repellent??

I know some of you are wondering about prevention! So what’s the best natural bug repellent?

THIS ONE! We used to live in a swampy area that was filled with mosquitos, and this product works! You can read the reviews of others, too. It’s a little sticky and smelly, but it smells natural (lemon eucalyptus), and I find the effectiveness to be well worth it.

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