HERB - Bug Bites

[Kristopher Imbellicus]

  Thanks!  I'll put it to good use.

On Sun, 23 Apr 2000 13:26:30 -0400, herbalist at ansteorra.org wrote:

  That was me, and I have copied the message with the recipe in it below. 
  We were just using some this morning, on a little boy's fingers where he
  got a fire ant bite during the Easter egg hunt yesterday. 
  Mistress Christianna
  
  
  
  Ok, here is the best Herbal remedy recipie I have ever personally tested.
   It is from "Growing and Using the Healing Herbs"  by Gaea and Shandor
  Weiss, from Rodale Press.   	 	
  "Bee Sting and Insect Bite Lotion
  For those times that the bugs get to you, here is a lotion to apply: In a
  large bowl, combine 2 pints of rubbing alcohol with 1 ounce dried
  echinacea root, 1 ounce dried plantain leaves, 1/2 ounce yellow dock
  root, and 1 bulb of chopped or pressed, peeled garlic.  Cover the bowl
  with a plate or plastic wrap and let the mixture stand in a dark place
  for one week, shaking it daily.  Strain and pour the mixture into a dark
  or opaque bottle.  Apply it as a wash and / or a small poultice, using a
  piece of cotton gauze."
  
  ( I use an opaque gallon milk jug to make this, it is neater and easier
  to shake that way.  We have also recently heard that a German scientist
  is advising against using rubbing alcohol on skin, so PGA might be
  substitued, but I have no corroborating evidence of this. ) I can't
  emphasize how wonderful this stuff is.  We have had two different cases
  of Brown Recluse Spider bites to deal with, and this has been the
  difference between loosing massive amounts of tissue and a small, pink
  scar.   (My Lord was one of these cases.  He was bitten just below one
  cheek right over his sciatic nerve.  The doctors said, "come back every
  other day and we will debride the necrotic tissue" [scrape off the dead
  stuff].  As we were concerned about the location and his being able to
  walk, I started applying the above lotion twice daily, and in 2 weeks he
  had nothing left but a small, pink scar, which is totally gone now. 
  Brown Recluse bites inject a digestive enzyme, which kills off the tissue
  so the spider can suck it out.  My lord's mother developed a hole big
  enough to put two fists into in her leg before the cause was diagnosed
  and dealt with.  Needless to say, we weren't anxious to kid around with
  it.)  The lotion is also very effective on any stinging type of insect
  bite, mosquito, fire ant, bee, wasp, etc.  I made this for Christmas  3
  years ago and gave it to friends, and last year had to make a new batch
  because everyone wanted more!  I travel with it in my Pharmacopea, in a
  small pump-spray bottle.  It comes in very handy at events.  There is
  another recipie for an Herbal Insect Repellant with it, which we have
  found to be useless.  You never know until you try it, I guess.   
  Mistress Christianna MacGrain, OP, Meridies 
  
  On Sat, 22 Apr 2000 11:46:04 -0700 (PDT) Kristopher Imbellicus
  <anacronist at excite.com> writes:
  >   Greetins'
  >       A long (like years) while back, there was a discussion on this 
  > list
  > about salves for bug bites.  I was wondering if some kind souls 
  > might be
  > willing to send me a recipe or two.  Specifically, I remember 
  > someone
  > mentioning a concoction that was purported to stop the rot-like 
  > effects of
  > recluse bites.
  >   I love the job at the Preserve, but after only 1 day I've already
  > discovered 3 new kinds of tick.  ;-]
  > 
  > 
  > Kristopher Imbellicus
  > Wintermist, CAID
  > E-Mail: anacronist at excite.com
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  > 
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