Homeopathy for Insect Bites and Stings

Homeopathic remedies will treat a person with painful insect bites and stings rapidly.
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Homeopathic Remedies for Insect Bites and Stings

• Aconitum napellus
  Use if the person feels fearful or panicked after being stung.  Shock and nervousness. Cutting, stabbing or burning pain. Swelling, tingling, or numbness. Use immediately, while symptoms are intense, and followed by another remedy as indicated.

• Apis mellifica
  Rapid swelling, looks red and angry, with stinging and burning pain. Bite or bee stings causes puffy, tender swelling that is pink or red and hot to the touch. For red, inflamed insect bites with burning or stinging pain.  Pain that is worse by heat or warm applications and relieved by cold or cool applications. 

• Androctonus
  This is the first choice for scorpion bites; otherwise, use Ledum.

• Cantharis
  Violent burning and smarting pains overshadow all other symptoms. For a bite or sting results in intensely burning, scalding pain. The area effected is inflamed, red and blisters may develop.

• Carbolicum acidum (Phenol)
  For prevention of anaphylactic shock. This is for anaphylactic reactions or collapse after bee or wasp stings, with hives all over the body and dangerous swelling of the face, tongue, and throat. Indicated in first-aid situations, while medical help is being sought. Person feels sick and weak and may have trouble breathing. Dark or reddish face that looks pale around the mouth.

• Hypericum
  Sharp or shooting pains from a bite or sting, soothing effect on injuries to nerve-rich body areas. Use after puncture wounds, including bites and stings. Shooting pains or pains have numbness and tingling.

• Ledum palustre
  Watery swellings which may look red and inflamed. For itching bites or stings from mosquitoes, bees, wasps, spiders and rats. The itching is relieved by cold applications and is very sensitive to touch. Swelling extends beyond from the bite, often with a bluish tinge. The feeling of cold and numbness and aching pain. Swollen part seems cold to touch, but  ice or cold water brings relief.

• Staphysagria
  Large bites which may itch violently with smarting, stinging pains which are worse for cold, better for warmth. When mosquito or other insect bites itch excessively or become large welts, this medicine should be given. Also used for lice and to help prevent lice.

• Urtica urens
  Itchy blotchy skin reactions, looks like nettle rash. Reddish blotches that burn and itch intensely, like a nettle sting after insect bites. For hives that sting and itch.

Cell Salts For Insect Bites

• Ferrum phos 6X and Kali mur 6X.  Dose 5 pills dry of each, every 1- 2 hours, until there is improvement.  Read more about cell salts here.

Recommended For Topical Use

• SsstingStop® Topical Gel by Boericke & Tafel - a homeopathic combination topical remedy that is excellent for mosquito bites.

Natural Herbal Bug Spray to Make At Home

Combine these oils together in the water and spray area or arms/legs. Remember to not spray into face. Reapply as needed during exposure.

• 2 drop Ginger
• 8 drops Vetiver
• 6 drops Lavender
• 4 drops Lemon
• 3 drops Wormwood oil

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