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title: Natural remedies for bug bites and insect stings
date: 2010-07-22T20:15:02Z
modified: 2010-07-22T20:15:02Z
permalink: "https://elizabethyarnell.com/natural-remedies-for-bug-bites-and-insect-stings/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 1553
categories:
  - Kids
  - Living Naturally
  - Natural Remedies
  - Recommended Products
tags:
  - Apis Mellifica
  - bee sting
  - bug bite
  - Epsom salts
  - florasone
  - homeopathic remedy
  - insect bite
  - insect sting
  - itching
  - rashes
  - SssstingStop
author: Elizabeth
---

My 5-year old daughter enjoyed an outdoor symphony performance on the grass the other night and came home with several enormous itchy welts on her ankles. Luckily, I know several remedies to help ease the itching and calm the inflammation that I feel safe using on such a sensitive little one.

[![https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001GCU204?tag=lizoneandmore-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B001GCU204&adid=1CNE4TC759WGAJFKRAZ1&](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41633GYZG8L._SL500_AA300_PIbundle-5,TopRight,0,0_AA300_SH20_.jpg "apis mellfica")

](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001GCU204?tag=lizoneandmore-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B001GCU204&adid=1CNE4TC759WGAJFKRAZ1&)

1\. First, I gave her some [homeopathic Apis Mellifica](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001GCU204?tag=lizoneandmore-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B001GCU204&adid=1CNE4TC759WGAJFKRAZ1& "apis mellifica") under[![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QD0VHW9FL._AA300_PIbundle-1,TopRight,0,0_AA300_SH20_.jpg "Florasone")

](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009EIN2O?tag=lizoneandmore-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B0009EIN2O&adid=0HPXMVF8Y761VS99XEDY&)neath her tongue. This is the same homeopathic remedy I suggested using when a friend was stung by a bee recently. I recommended she take a dose immediately, then a second thirty minutes later, and if needed for discomfort, a third two hours after that. My daughter’s fierce mosquito or spider bites required one pastille of Apis that night and a second the next morning before breakfast.

2\. For topical relief, I rubbed in some homopathic [Florasone](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009EIN2O?tag=lizoneandmore-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B0009EIN2O&adid=0HPXMVF8Y761VS99XEDY& "florasone"), a remedy helpful for skin irritatio[![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41%2BTwP1qAhL._AA300_.jpg "sting stop")

](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00016QU6G?tag=lizoneandmore-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B00016QU6G&adid=1KHND4AKF6WVDFS97J67&)ns in general. If I could have located it in my house, I would have applied some homeopathic [SssstingStop](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00016QU6G?tag=lizoneandmore-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B00016QU6G&adid=1KHND4AKF6WVDFS97J67& "Ssssting Stop") gel, but the Florasone worked quite well, as it usually does.

[![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21sa7jgfx9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg "epsom salts")

](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011WFOSO?tag=lizoneandmore-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B0011WFOSO&adid=153GXYWW03MGJNZE09P9&)3. For bee stings and spider bites, it’s helpful to place a drying masque over the area to draw out the poison. Mud works great and is easily available, as does tooth paste (not gel). A clay facial masque will do the trick, too.

4\. Finally, disolving about 2 cups of [Epsom Salts](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011WFOSO?tag=lizoneandmore-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B0011WFOSO&adid=153GXYWW03MGJNZE09P9& "epsom salt") into a warm bath for a soak will help reduce swelling and relieve itching.