We always have bad mosquitoes in Houston; even in the winter. I've tried literally every recipe on this site, with no luck. They bite me even when I'm wearing Off (without Deet). My husband told me a way to make the bites easier to bear - I didn't believe him at first! He said to put white vinegar on the bites. I didn't have white, so I used apple cider vinegar.
I was almost out, so all I had was the "mother" of this vinegar. That's the cloudy mass at the bottom of the bottle of apple cider vinegar. I got this bottle at Whole Foods Market, a very pricey health food store. I noticed that the one I buy at my grocery store has no "mother". I used the mother and applied it with a q-tip and, sure enough, the welts started to go away and so did the itching. The next day all I had was three small marks where the welts were. They also stopped itching completely.
I have used it on my 2 year old Grand-baby who is a redhead and very fair and it worked on her too. Maybe this will help someone out there too - I hope so!
By metroplex from Houston, TX
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My husband and 4 year old get huge quarter size welts from mosquito bites, I have found that using oregano oil (found at the health food store) if applied right away will remove the itch for the duration of the bite. He swears by it.
Thanks, going to try this, one bite usually means huge lump and three weeks of itching!
Marg from England.
Not only does the ACV w/ mothers soothe the bite it can also prevent them from biting to begin w/. I live in SW Louisiana & the bugs are BAD so instead of using chemicals we just use a little ACV & spray on our skin. We also use it on my horse to prevent bug bites on her. She's pregnant so I don't want to use any unnecessary chemicals on her.
I have a great belief in ACV... I'm on vacation in Australia & it was mentioned that here are various of insects due to the tropical weather... So yeah and it got hold of my blood... Lol... My instinct guided me to use & within seconds I was relieved of the itching... There is quite a few benefits from Apple Cider.....
If you scratch the bite raw or have a small cut or scrape it burns sooo bad if you get any ACV on it.
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