What is the best way to get rid of the itch from bug bites w/o chemicals?

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I don't like all that artificial junk.

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Make a paste of water and baking soda and put it on the bite. This works and doesn't hurt at all. You can keep those pesky bugs and spiders away from you by making a 'tea' from fresh Basil leaves and mixing that with water in a spray bottle.

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scratch :)

Just don't scratch them.

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calamine lotion, or orange peels. mint leaves work sometimes too.

a paste of baking soda and water. does not eliminate the itch completely but does help.

put two cups of oatmeal in a warm bath and soak.. kinda yucky.. nut it will help.

make a paste of baking soda and water. Very soothing. Cooked oatmeal (cooled) will work too. Natural as can be.

Use salt water.

Toothpaste with fluoride

Calamine lotion or perhaps tea tree oil. My daughter applies this on her eczema sometimes and it not only soothes her but it helps with the healing!

Mud pack. Cover the bite with mud and as it dries the itch goes away. Don't ask why but it does. This is also good for Bee stings (after you pull out the stinger.)

Soak in a baking soda bath.This works with chicken pox and all the poisoness plants like ivy, oak, sumac, etc,,

Try using a clear nail polish over the bite. That keeps air from getting to it and decreases the itchiness.

tea tree oil. also bite the insect back :)

i heard vinegar works really well
but that's my mom's ideas

This will depend on what type of bites you have. If you have chigger bites that itch pretty bad, use clear nail polish which will suffocate them, (they burrow into the skin around areas that have something fitted like socks, pant waists, etc.. Other type of bites can be treated with camphor oil called Camphophique (sp?). And, if that's too much of a chemical, try plain old white vinegar. Just dab a cotton ball in a shallow dish and dab on the bites.

Hope this works!

It depends on what bit you.
If it's a bee sting - use a credit card to get the stinger out, tweezers will push it further in or break it then put meat tenderizer on it.
Other bites: clear nailpolish sometimes helps, or aloe vera plant leaf, you can also go to whole foods or to the organic aisle in a grocery store and get all natural homeopathic cream - I like to use that or benadryl gel since I'm allergic to a lot of different things in ointments.

One Benadryl tab will do the trick. It's not artificial, it's nature.

Baking soda paste: mix regular baking soda in water to paste consistency
Tea Tree oil
Oatmeal bath if there are lots of bites
Plain alcohol rub

try ice

calamine lotion

ice works and so does rubbing alcohol. Aloe works too.

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