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| Reference #: | 909 |
| Submit Date: | 20 Jun 2007 |
| Browse Category: | chiggers |
| Author: | none |
| Email Address: | none |
| Treatment used: | thyme |
| You can buy this remedy at: | health food store |
| Remedy will cost you: | unknown |
| Country of Remedy: | USA |
| Remedy Source: | Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy, by Valerie Worwood, |
| More Links about this Remedy: | none |
| # Comments posted to this remedy: | 0 |
| Complaints Reported: | 0 |
| # of times remedy read: | 11,179 |
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| Typical Dosage: | unknown |
| Dosage should be related to weight: | unknown |
| Dosages used in clinical trials are significant: | unknown |
| Maximum dosages in relation to side effects and serious side effects: | unknown |
| Other foods/nutrients/medications that can affect absorption or utilization: | unknown |
| Foods that provide the nutrient recommended as a remedy (or reference giving same): | unknown |
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| Total # reviewers: | 0 |
| Average Rating: | 0.00 |
| Effectiveness: | 0.00 |
| No Side Effects: | 0.00 |
| Ease of Use: | 0.00 |
| Effective after long term use: | 0.00 |
| Cost Effectiveness: | 0.00 |
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Add 10 drops of essential oil of thyme to 1 teaspoon of alcohol and
apply to the bite every 3 hours. The next day apply neat lavender oil 3 times a day. I've had a lot of experience dealing with chigger bites. Probably a few hundred people at the chigger infested Florida gatherings I've attended. I've come to the conclusions that there are kinda 3 levels of reaction to the digestive fluid/poison the chigger injects. About a third of the people seem to have almost no reaction and for them its less than a mosquito bite. Another third its similar to a mosquito bite except the chigger bite seems to itch a lot more. But there seems to be about a third of the people who have a somewhat severe reaction. The bite swells up, often a little water blister forms, it tends to break leaving a weeping wound. And it itches like nothing you have ever experienced before, you want to claw yourself open. I happen to be in the group that has the sever reaction to whatever fluid a chigger injects and since I've gone to quite a few Florida gatherings I've constantly searched for some relief. The only remedy I've found that seems to give any relief I found in a book, The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy, by Valerie Worwood, one of the best books on aromatherapy. Her recipe: Add 10 drops of essential oil of thyme to 1 teaspoon of alcohol and apply to the bite every 3 hours. The next day apply neat lavender oil 3 times a day. I and most people I've treated with the thyme mixture found much relief. I tend to use it for a few days rather than just one because it so much helps to relieve the itching and the neat lavender seems less effective for that. Thyme is a pretty intense essential oil that can stimulate the thyroid. It should not be used on children. |
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