Oatmeal
You probably have this ingredient somewhere in your pantry, but may never have thought to use it on your skin. Oatmeal provides healing, moisturizing, and antioxidant properties for the skin. “Oatmeal can relieve itching and reduce swelling, which is exactly when you need after getting bit or stung by something,” says Lawhorne. “Simply mix oatmeal with water to create a paste and apply directly to the bite,” she says. “Let it sit for 10-15 minutes and then wipe off.”
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I one time got a yellow jacket down my back inside my clothes. It stung me 7 times before I could get it out. My neighbor saw me and came out with a tube of toothpaste. She said she read once where a couple of construction workers disturbed a nest of yellow jackets and were repeated stung. All they had was toothpaste so they used it and it worked. She put it on my stings and the pain vanished almost immediately. Some years later I was working an emergency room when the police brought in a homeless woman because she had toothpaste smeared all over her face. The doctor was ready to agree just on that but I told him about the incident I’d had so he asked her why. She had windburn on her face (which we could see) and that was all she had to help the pain. I have also used baking soda paste on mosquito bites and my mom used oatmeal or baking soda paste when I had chicken pox. Worked great for both problems.