Prevent and relieve mosquito bites

healthydailymail.com With the arrival of good weather are also mosquitoes, that inseparable companion of holiday plaguing us with your tinnitus and their bites. Health things we suggest some tips to avoid becoming its victim or, if it is too late, to relieve the itching from their bites.

Prevent and relieve mosquito bites

Firstly, it is important to know what exactly is its bite. This is actually a bite, since the mosquitoes feed on warm blood of mammals. To bite us, they inject their saliva consists of some anticoagulants – to facilitate the extraction of blood – and poison.

To avoid being bitten by these insects (also valid for wasps and bees) the recommendations are as follows:

Keep cover food when you are air free. It is important to avoid attracting insects and one way is keeping food, at the picnic or walks in the field, cover and away from open or closed bad trash containers.

Do not walk barefoot outside the House or in the garden. Bare feet are very vulnerable to the insect bites.

Do not use clothes or jewels bright colours or strong perfumes. Attract insects, especially bees, colors or strong odors.

Not drinks directly Tin or without seeing clearly the glass where it is contained. An insect may have input in Tin or glass without the person is of features and then can chop you the tongue or throat.

If you have not managed to escape its sting, we suggest you also some home remedies to relieve itching, and more importantly, to remove the poison:

To prevent bites:

Washing the body with a solution that will add a spoonful of salts of the fig tree in 1/2 liter of water.

The herb bouquets eucalyptus, lemon balm, basil, mint or peppermint and Wormwood are very appropriate to put in strategic locations of the House during the summer.

Not anything like mosquitoes the smell of garlic. People who eat garlic and clove keep mosquitoes at Bay.

Cut a lemon, nail you nail (spice), and put it next to the bed.

Onion slices are also very effective as a repellent.

To relieve the itch:

Rub the sting, spread on a cotton: ammonia, vinegar, lemon juice, garlic or onion. (Separately, never all at once).

To relieve the irritation is going very well the following essential oils: Lavender, lemon, eucalyptus, Chamomile and yame.

Put ice on the bite, not spreading the poison.

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