Best ways of avoiding and treating mosquito bites?!
Question:
Best ways of avoiding and treating mosquito bites?
With the long evenings and plenty of BBQs, I tend to get bitten a lot. Mosquito sprays don't seem to work...are there any other ways of avoiding bites and treating them when they occur? Antihistamines are one option, but I'm interested in natural remedies too please.
Answers:
Hey up hunny.....
Sadly, you can't avouid them biting you. They will do that no matter what, but what I can suggest (and it was the suggestion of my mid-wife when I lived in Malta) Is to drink Tonic Water, It contains quinnine and although they may bite you, the quinnine will repel any reaction to the bite and it is non-medicinal.....Unless you take it with a little gin or vodka, that of course WOULD be purely medicinal!!
Honestly, all I can tell you is that is works for me, it works for everyone else I have suggested it to and hopefully it will work for you too. I still live abroad, just not in Malta and have not taken anti-histamines for years.....Try it. It is cheap and anything is worth a go.