An important consideration when it comes to bees is that they truly don’t want to sting you. This means that you have to somehow provoke a bee to make it sting you. Unfortunately, sometimes this happens accidentally: Many of us have made the mistake of stepping on a bee or gone too c...
You don’t need to bandage every cut and scrape. Some heal more quickly when left uncovered to stay dry. But if the cut is on a part of the body that might get dirty or rub against clothes, put on a bandage to protect it. Change the bandage every day or whenever it gets wet or ...
There are no tests to make a diagnosis, so a healthcare provider will perform a physical exam and ask about your symptoms. Rashes from caterpillars can easily be mistaken for something else, and therefore not taken care of properly. In 2011, 23 children in Florida developed rashes from exposu...
An ice pack is one of the easiest way to treat a bee sting. Just hold a small packet of ice on the area of the sting for about 20 minutes. The cold will help ease or numb any pain and/or itching, and the symptoms should disappear in a few hours. Applying a paste of baking sod...
You could also mix baking soda with small amounts of water to create a paste, which can then be used in the same way to deter spiders. Homemade lemon and water spray. For the ultimate budget-friendly spider repellent, squeeze a lemon into a spray bottle with water for an effective ...
Chop the garlic into very small pieces, or mince it and mix it with organic or unfiltered honey and a little warm water to make a paste. Apply it to the infected skin area two times a day for 15 minutes. Wash thoroughly, and let the area dry before putting on clothing. You can also...
Just use 1 1/2 Tablespoons each of baking soda and black walnut powder. It will be saltier this way, though. Another option is to substitute Bentonite Clay for the Diatomaceous Earth. I am not settled in my mind if this would be okay if you already have fillings in your mouth because...
soda to the bite and found it was significantly reduced by the time the paste had dried. To do the same, please buy your bicarb/baking soda locally (DON’T bring a bag of random white powder into Thailand!). Any of the above would make a neater and certainly more convenient solution....
vinegar is coming too). A nice paste of baking soda made with just a little water can be placed directly on the bite. The alkaline makeup of the baking soda neutralizes some of the chemicals that cause the itch. Now, if you have a lot of bites, you can always mix baking soda in ...
This weekend we visited four different libraries and the library with the best Halloween decorations was Waverley Library!! ️🦇🎃🐈⬛ Otto had his very first Judo grading!! He's so proud of his new belt Otto trying out some more paper