How to Treat Insect Bites and Stings Naturally

Try sitting quietly and observing your breathing. Or try the Empty Bowl meditation (described in chapter 7). Bites and Stings Any bite or sting of an insect can trigger a local irritation of pitta under the skin. As long as the venom of the insect remains there, it may keep on creating periodic allergic reactions, or may even create sting-bite nephritis, a serious condition involving generalized edema (swelling) and breathlessness, and the person can choke.

So stings and bites, though usually quite innocuous, may occasionally be very serious; one has to be watchful. As soon as possible after receiving a sting or bite, take some cilantro juice. Place a CILANTRO handful of cilantro in a blender with about ⅓ cup water, blend thoroughly, and strain it. Drink the juice (use 2 teaspoons 3 times a day), and apply the pulp locally to the skin at the affected area.

It will instantaneously pacify the itching, burning, and hives or rash created by the sting or bite. One can drink ⅓ cup of coconut water (the “juice” inside the coconut) DRINK COCONUT WATER with about ⅛ teaspoon kama dudha added. Drinking this mixture 2 or 3 times will help heal the reaction to the sting bite. Here is another simple and fascinating remedy.

Take a piece of dried coconut, COCONUT ASH and set fire to it. It will catch fire like wax. Let it burn for about ½ inch and then blow it out. There will be a little smoke, and when the smoke disappears, a tarry black residue will remain.

Apply that residue directly to the bite for instant relief. Why does this work? Because coconut is a good source both for antihistamines and for natural steroids. You may do the same thing with the ash from burning some of the outer coconut shell.