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Essential Oils Testimonials - Insect Bites
By admin | May 30, 2008
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I am living proof chiggars DO NOT itch when you apply Melaleuca essential oil on them! And you are safe wearing sandals with Peppermint essential oil. Folks with boots and no Peppermint essential oil are in for a meetin’ with chiggars!
I got into the shower and washed off with a wash rag after going out in the field that day. Then I put Peppermint, Malaleuca, and Olive oil on, no itching! I won and the chiggars lost!
- Kim Allen
South Texas is “ground zero” for fire ants. After a mild attack several years ago, my emergency room doctor said the next one could be much worse and gave me a presciption for an “eppy” pin just in case. I decided to start carrying around Purification and Lavender at all times. Now a drop or two of each when occasionally “hit” and barely a red spot occurs.
-Chuck Graff
Recently, while working in my garden, I stepped on a fire ant hill. Since I was wearing flip flops, the ants immediately covered my feet and started biting. After removing the ants from my feet I ran inside the house and grabbed my essential oil, Purification.
About 30 minutes after applying this oil to my bites, the pain was almost gone. The next day you couldn’t even tell I had any ant bites.
-Stella Maldonado
Every spring I have a healthy invasion of little black ants that come into my kitchen for a few weeks. Recently I threw a deli wrapper into my trash can and ten minutes later it was literally covered with ants. I could see more of them filing in from the cupboard from the wall outside.
I grabbed a bottle with a dilution of Thieves cleaner in it and gave it a try. It killed them instantly on contact. No joke! I’ve been using it every day since and it works great!
-Deborah Carlton
Over 4 years ago I had fleas. I diffused Peppermint oil for a few days. I had no fleas, no flies, no spiders, no ants. Varmits are varmits…Peppermint chases them all…including mice.
-Char Horn
I have always use Purification for the mosquitos but decided to experiment with Peppermint. Was really interested in finding that if one does put this on the skin it really does act as a repellent. Then one day after looking at my veggies and what the insects had done to them I decided to create a spray with Peppermint to see what happens.
Well, amazingly enough, the insects fell right off and that was the end of them. I have always used Thieves spray but as a test this was so interesting and so quick. I’m sure it would be good for the life force of the veggies/herbs as well.
-Gavin Hartley
Last summer, while at an annual pipers picnic out in the country, I got stung on one of my fingers by a wasp. The only oil I had with me was Peppermint so I rubbed it on the area and it reduced the pain. When I got home I added some Lavender. By the end of the day all pain and swelling was gone and my finger was back to normal.
-Isabelle Baillie
My tenant had a serious wasp and hornet infestation in the ceiling of her enclosed porch. I took an 8 oz. spray bottle full of water and added 25-30 drops each of Purification and Peppermint and sprayed the walls and ceiling.
The wasps and hornets refused to land to enter their hives. Two weeks later we noticed a few going back into the holes again so I sprayed again. It has been about a month since the last spray and NO wasps or hornets!
-Nicole Hutnik
My daughter called me and she was very distraught. My three year old granddaughter had another tick, only this time it was a deer tick and fully embedded. She tried Peppermint oil with no success. I checked out the Essential Oils Desk Reference and found that Thyme and Oregano would probably work, so I took it right over.
My granddaughter was not very cooperative by this time, so I just touched a Q-tip with some Thyme oil to her neck. The tick backed right out and I was able to pluck it off with the tweezers in seconds. We followed that with Purification oil for several days and watched for a rash. This was six weeks ago and she has no symptoms of lyme disease.
-Donna Kessler
I must have walked into a spider one morning when walking through the basement to do laundry. I felt a sudden sting on my chin and rubbed it. By the time I got upstairs I had a red welt and 4 little holes in my chin. I immediately put the Purification blend oil on it and several hours later I tried Lavender.
I just didn’t feel like either one of these oils were quite right. Since I didn’t know what I was dealing with I wasn’t sure what to do. It still hurt, so a few hours later I tried Melrose and it immediately felt better. I put it on again before bedtime and a.m. and p.m. for 2 more days. It’s gone!
-Vivian Weiss
About 50 days ago I woke up with two bites near my arm pit. I have had spider bites before and found that Purification solved the problem. I used it many times through out the day. When bitten or stung I have learned I must use more often during the day.
These two bites were growing in size and it was irritating. I also added Melrose and many other single oils and blends. Finally after battling these bites…..I started adding Helichrysum and all of a sudden these bites were healing faster. Today I can barely see the two red marks.
I don’t know what monster bit me, but last Friday Shauna and I were cleaning out some boxes in the garage and low and behold we found 8 spiders and two of them we identified as Brown Recluse. Thank heavens for our oils!! Whew!!
- Richard Dastrup
First let me say that if you believe you were bit by a brown recluse spider or a black widow and are unsure as how to treat it, feel scared, worried, etc. – please seek medical attention right away.
The first sign was what I thought was just a mosquito bite. Intuition told me to put Purification on it to kill the ‘venom’ and Lavender for the itch. Hindsight I will ALWAYS put Purification on mosquito bites now because that’s how most spider bites first appear to be and could become serious. So it’s a preventive measure.
As I itched the site it became worse. I noticed that the ‘mosquito bite’ was getting bigger. It was red, itchy and swollen. It was now as large as 2×2 inches. It itched about 10 times a day. I showed a co-worker and she suggested it may be a spider bite. This was already a week since I first noticed it so now I was on the web and in the Essential oil desk reference for what to do.
Ok so if you ever looked up spider bites at this point one would normally freak out. I never realized what a little spider bite could do! But my fear did not turn into worry/over concern because I knew I had the best essential oils in the world, and that belief, I feel, really helped the ‘poison’ not get out of control. Something within me just knew I would be OK. Not that I shouldn’t take care of it, but escalating the situation would not help, and could lead to the manifestation of unwanted symptoms.
I watched the area all the time. I applied Purification about 10 times a day, especially when it itched. I DID NOT itch it as I believe this ‘ignites’ the poison to travel, which you DON’T want to happen, since I saw that when I itched the area grew - sometimes I felt itching inches away from the bite area! I took an oral essential oils anti-biotic formula 3 times a day – 5 drops of Thieves, 2 drops of Frankincense and 2 drops of Oregano – to protect from blood poisoning. I also applied ImmuPower in the morning and before bedtime to help my immune system fight this. Don’t take spider bites lightly! This all gave some relief.
However, the site was growing a little bit and I felt I needed to do a little more. I read that Epsom salts would help and was told by a pharmacist that regular salt would work just as well. So I applied warm-hot compresses using filtered water and sea salt. I immediately felt a difference. The swelling went down and it appeared less red. I then followed up with Purification on the site.
About a week and ½ from feeling the first itch the symptoms now are: itching only about 3 times a day (I again don’t itch and instead apply Purification keeping it by my bed stand for night time use since the itch literally wakes me up), the site has stopped spreading, it is a lot less red, it’s not swollen and has little pimple-like white bumps with a ‘crust’ appearing on each bump. I believe this is the poison being drawn OUT of the body by the oils.
After about 2 weeks I noticed I was getting more relief from the salt compresses and that the oils were causing it to itch more! I believe the area started to ‘over-detox’. So I stopped the oils and did the salt compresses about 3 times a day. After about 3 days all visible signs of the bite were gone with only some itching remaining but less and less every day.
So I don’t know what it was that bit me but I hope this helps anyone that finds that their mosquito bite is more than that!
-Michelle O
PLEASE NOTE: The information in this article is based solely on the use of 100% Pure Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils due to their high quality and tested purity. The use of a brand of uncertain quality and/or purity will provide you with potentially dangerous, if not lethal, results. The author assumes no responsibility for your improper use of this information.
The statements about these oils have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These oils are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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August 3rd, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Do you know which oil might be useful in treating an areolar abscess?
August 4th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Hi Colleen,
Thanks for posting your question. According to the Essential Oils Desk Reference it says that skin abscesses are small pockets of pus that collect under the skin. They are usually caused by a bacterial or fungal infection but I’m also thinking it might also be caused by an ingrown hair if you tweeze or pluck the hairs around the areola.
A number of essential oils may reduce inflammation and combat infection, helping to bring abscesses/boils to a head, so they can close and heal.
Single Oils:
Tea tree, frankincense, helichrysum, peppermint, lavender, lemon, German chamomile, eucalyptus radiata, rosemary, thyme, oregano,mountain savory, palmarosa, patchouli, rosewood, juniper, and ravensara. (Note: thyme and oregano are hot oils and will burn sensitive skin so you need to dilute these oils in a carrier base oil, especially around the sensitive area of the areola.)
Blends:
Melrose, Purification, Exodus II, ImmuPower, Thieves, Sacred Mountain
Application:
TOPICAL: Dilute 50-50 with a base oil such as expeller pressed almond, avocado, jojoba, grapeseed, coconut oil or Young Living’s V6 oil and apply on location 3-6 times daily.
Hope this information helps.
Rebecca Noel
PLEASE NOTE: The information in this blog post response is based solely on the use of 100% Pure Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils due to their high quality and tested purity.
The use of a brand of uncertain quality and/or purity will provide you with potentially dangerous, if not lethal, results. The author assumes no responsibility for your improper use of this information.
The statements about these oils have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These oils are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
For 100% Pure Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils CLICK HERE.
August 4th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
i have a huge garden and the information on your blog was very informative and helpful. I’ve got to try the peppermint as I’ve been using Lavender with good success but not great. Have a great blessed day. Thank you for sharing your passion with us
August 24th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
I have heard of peppermint being good but never tried except for stomache upsets… I have used aloe vera and emu oil for bites though with good results…
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:19 am
I was bitten by a brown recluse the last week of July, 2007. I was not aware of what had happened at the time. The next day, it had a blister about the size of a quarter. The blister popped and refilled 3 times, each time growing larger, with what seemed like blackening flesh under the blister. I used straight Lavendar essential oil on the place, for infection, and chamomile for a slight numbing effect. I bathed in epsom salts each night and took a product called Infectaway (a natural antibiotic, comprised of mostly Vit A and colloidal silver). The scab was very deep and painful, but I never went to the doctor. I believed in the oils and the Infectaway. It took about 2 months for real healing to seem a possibility, but did indeed heal with a minimal scar (located on my hip). A year later, when I was at the dermatologist, I told her about the bite. She was livid that I had not contacted a doctor for assistance, but when I showed her the scar and told her what I had done, she wrote it down for future reference. She said that she had not seen such healing…and that most always, there is such a nasty scar that they have to treat that! I believe in the power of essential oils and Infectaway!
November 1st, 2008 at 10:25 am
Great tip on the thyme oil for ticks!
Will also try the peppermint tip for mice. I would also like to recommend rosemary oil for mice. Or maybe both
May 24th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
I had a really nasty bite on my upper thigh, similar to the one described by Michelle O. I have no idea what bit me, and I initially assumed it was a mosquito bite. It became evident that it was not. It was exceptionally hot and swollen and hard.
All I used was a fresh plantain paste on it. I used this for several days and the pain and itching went away.
I gathered a handful of leaves, put them in my blender, added a few drops of water (well water) and enough cornstarch to make a paste. I put a fairly thick coat of it on the entire area and covered it with a large bandage. I changed the paste when the area began to itch again- at the most 2 or 3 times a day. When the pain and itching had stopped I left it uncovered, and it took several weeks to go away, but there is no trace of it now.
I love plantain! We call it “wiggle-tail” because the spikes that grow up from it look like tails wiggling in the wind.