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Testimonials for Using Essential Oils to Treat Insect Bites

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 couldnt 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! Ive 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. Im 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 didnt feel like either one of these oils were quite right. Since I didnt know what I was dealing with I wasnt 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. Its 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 dont 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 thats how most spider bites first appear to be and could become serious. So its 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 2X2 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 shouldnt 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 DONT 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. Dont 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 a half from feeling the first itch the symptoms now are: itching only about 3 times a day (I again dont 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, its 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 dont 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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