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Wasp Stings: Do You Know What the Best Home Remedies Are?

Posted: Friday, February 13, 2009

by Vickey Boatright
http://www.freechurchaccounting.com

Two things to remember before having an entertaining cookout with family and friends are DO NOT make red wasps mad right before your outdoor event and if you absolutely have to try to throw them uninvited guests out...know what the best home remedies are for wasp stings are.

One day last fall, my husband and I awoke to one of those warm Indian summer days. You know...one of those beautiful days with the sun shining bright and the birds singing and you know you better get out and enjoy it because it will probably-be-snowing- in-the-morning-here-in-Oklahoma type of day.

Anyway, we both agreed it would be a wonderful day for a cookout....so he went outside to get everything ready and I called up the kids (I'm one of those blessed grandmas that has all her kids and grandkids living close by). Didn't take much persuasion...my husband, Kevin, makes the best homemade bar-b-que sauce you've ever tasted. I would love to give you the recipe but he won't tell anybody...throws us all out of the kitchen when he makes it. I asked him if I could include it in my article and he said he would have to kill me first and since I don't care for that option...you'll just have to take my word for it - it's to die for - no pun intended.

Anyway...I digress. He went to get his grill ready (I'm being kind here to call it that - Kevin and his dad wielded that monstrosity together out of cast iron. They put wheels on it to make it portable, but it's so heavy the wheels keep going flat. It has also rusted into an ugly shade of orange. If they ever have a contest for the ugliest grill...I'm entering a picture of it.)

While I was getting things ready inside, I remembered that some red wasps had been swarming around the side of the house where the "grill" is located and being the sweet considerate wife that I am...I took a can of wasp spray out to him and told him that before the grandkids got here...he might ought to try and get rid of them. He said they had built a nest up in the eave of the house and he would get a ladder and spray their nest.

I went back in to get my famous potato salad started and left it in his capable hands. About half an hour later he came flying in through the back patio doors with his eyes the size of saucers and his hair sticking up in every direction. He said he "thinks" he might have made the red wasps kind of mad. He stated he was spraying away and all of the sudden an army flew out ready for battle. They sent their air divers in first making his decent off the ladder a precarious event. Then they sent their fastest fliers to escort him to the door.

So he decided to let them cool off and he went into the living room to watch TV for a while and let his heart calm down. A few minutes later we heard a commotion in the back yard and disregarding our own safety, went flying out the back door to see what happen. My poor son had thought we were in the back yard and went around the side of the house where the "invasion of the red wasps" was making their full frontal attack.

He was holding his arm and waving his cap at some of the angriest wasps I have ever had the misfortune to meet in my life. With much arm waving and screaming, we managed to get him and us safely back inside. My son ran straight to the freezer and grabbed a piece of ice and put it on an already large angry-looking red whelp on his arm. He asked what I had for a wasp sting and I told him I didn't know but I would go and look it up on the web.

He looked at me like I had grown another head and said "Good grief, Mom...just grab me a slice of a potato!"

Well...needless to say...we had our "cookout" indoors and I learned two very valuable lessons that day.

First...don't ever make wasp mad by trying to get rid of them right before an outdoor event and

second...find out beforehand...what's the best home remedies for a wasp sting. (Have a list stuck up on my fridge now.)

Home Remedies for Wasp stings:

TREE TEA OIL: 1 drop can be rubbed into an insect bite or wasp sting.
CLOVE OIL: Dab a tiny amount on wasp stings
GARLIC, ONION, CUCUMBER, POTATO, TOMATO, OR LEMON: Apply slice to soothe and draw out venom.
MEAT TENDERIZER: Make a paste and apply to mosquito bites or bee/wasp stings
TOBACCO: Mix with a little water and apply to sting.
BAKING SODA: Apply to mosquito or insect bites or bee and wasp stings. Slowly drip vinegar over it to make it fizz. This fascinates my granddaughter and takes her mind off the pain or itch.

Vickey Boatright is a fund accountant for a non-profit organization. Her favorite pastime is spending time with her family...especially her grandkids. She is also the editor and author of the website: http://www.naturalremediesforbetterhealth.com a resource for more home remedies for wasp stings, toothaches, allergies, arthritis, and many more herbal and home remedies.

Vickey Boatright is a nonprofit fund accountant, church financial adviser, and editor of the websites: http://www.freechurchaccounting.com a resource for free financial spreadsheets, an internal audit checklist, church budgets, an annual contribution statement example, etc. and http://www.basicaccountinghelp.com a resource for free "for-profit spreadsheets, basic accounting concepts, and small business information.

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