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Mosquito bites - emergency aid
March 2024

Mosquito bites - emergency aid

Mosquito bites can be treated very well with ice cubes. If a mosquito stabbed you in the leg just press an ice cube on the sting (maybe for a minute, I've had the experience: the longer, the more...

No more insect bites for Sweden vacationers
March 2024

No more insect bites for Sweden vacationers

I know there are already x reviews here, but: Are you going to Scandinavia? In summer? Have fun, the insects are hell! I have never been stung so much. But fortunately, there is a panacea - itching...

Remove scale insects from citrus plants
March 2024

Remove scale insects from citrus plants

This tip was created by chance: I placed two small (tree-grown) lemon trees that were full of scale insects on the balcony. After a few days, I saw two garden snails (about 20 cents in size, with a...

Fast first aid for insect bites of all kinds
March 2024

Fast first aid for insect bites of all kinds

Have bought a first aid kit from the pharmacy. Helps fantastic, not only with my kids. We always have it with us when it comes to the beach in summer. It's called ASPEVENIN. It works like a syringe...

Homebuilt heating pin against mosquito bites
March 2024

Homebuilt heating pin against mosquito bites

There are these small heating pins against mosquito bites. If you do not have or want to buy something like this or you do not find it anywhere, you just build one yourself. If the water comes out of...

Insects: Prevent mosquito bites with brewer's yeast
March 2024

Insects: Prevent mosquito bites with brewer's yeast

Mosquitoes swirl frustrated when drinking liquid (from the health food store.) Pills have been ineffective. The contained vitamin B produces a smell that is only perceptible to the pest spirits,...

Mosquito bite with ballpoint pen
March 2024

Mosquito bite with ballpoint pen "edit"

Mosquito bite - what now? Sounds brutal, but really helps: If the mosquito has stung, it itches in a very specific place, which can then be determined by a small swelling or redness exactly. At this...

Schüssler salt No. 8 as an ointment helps very well against brake stitches
March 2024

Schüssler salt No. 8 as an ointment helps very well against brake stitches

My husband and I are pretty allergic to brakes (with thick swelling, hot and itchy). We had always had to visit the family doctor, who then prescribed us an antiseptic ointment. Last year, however, I...

Toothpaste against brake and mosquito bites
March 2024

Toothpaste against brake and mosquito bites

It is annoying when you have a mosquito or brake stitch, and does not know how to stop the itching. But there is one remedy that everyone has at home: Toothpaste. Just apply to the stitch and let the...

Nail polish against mosquito bites
March 2024

Nail polish against mosquito bites

Did that in "CSI: the perpetrators on the trail" seen, as it was said one should apply to mosquito bites clear nail polish. It really works (for me anyway). UlliMaus: I do not know what people get...