Mosquito season is coming and they sure do love to bite leaving behind their nasty red inflamed itchy bump. Many of use turn to insect bite creams and ointments to help relieve the itching, but there is a safer and more effective way to do that by making your own homemade bug bite balm. It helps heal up the bug bite faster and relieves the itchiness and inflammation from the bite.
The natural ingredients used to make the homemade bug bite balm are 3 tablespoon of melted beeswax, 10 drops each of lavender oil, chamomile oil, tea tree oil, menthol oil, rosehip oil and citrus oil, 1 teaspoon of melted coconut oil and 1 teaspoon of aloe vera juice. These natural ingredients can be found at any of your local herbal stores or organic stores. They can be expensive, but once you have these ingredients on hand you can always make up a batch of bug bite balm whenever you need it.
Now the reason all those natural ingredients are used in this bug bite balm are because they help relieve inflammation, redness, itchiness, and stinging. They also contain natural antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal properties to them that actually help kill the bacteria that might have been left inside the bite when the bug bite you.
The way to make the homemade bug bite balm is by taking the 3 tablespoon of melted beeswax, 10 drops each of lavender oil, chamomile oil, tea tree oil, menthol oil, rosehip oil and citrus oil, 1 teaspoon of melted coconut oil and 1 teaspoon of aloe vera juice and placing them into a small mixing dish. Then you will want to take a spoon and combined them together until you get a golden rich thick liquid mixture with a strong herbal scent. Once the ingredients are combined together you can pour the balm into a small sealed container and place it into the refrigerator to chill and become a solid which usually takes about 20 minutes. Once the bug bite balm has hardened you can remove it from the refrigerator and leave it out at run temperature if you wanted to. Most people like myself like to leave it in the refrigerator because we find the cold homemade bug bite balm helps soothe and relieve the bug bite quicker and faster.
Now the first thing you should do before applying the homemade bug bite balm is wash the bug bite with warm soapy water. Then you can dip your finger in the bug bite balm and rub it into the bug bite. Immediately you will begin to feel a soothing cooling sensation and the itchy or stinging feeling from the bite should go away soon. The balm is slightly thick and greasy, but it is safe and effective and doesn't contain any harsh ingredients in it like most bug bite creams and ointments do.
I hope this homemade bug bite balm helps those of you out there looking for a natural way to soothe and heal your bug bites up. Remember to always wear bug spray to prevent the bugs from biting or stinging you. I wish you all a very happy spring and summer this year.
