Flea Bites

Flea Bites
Flea bites are itchy and can sometimes be painful.

Treatment:
Jewelweed


Common Name: Jewelweed
Scientific Name: Imaptiens capensis
Family: Balsamanaceae
Habitat: Tall Grass Prairie
Uses: Insect bite relief, itch relief, anti-inflammatory
Active Chemical Ingredient: balsaminones
Preparation: Break the stem, rub sap on affected area

balsaminones

Treatment:
Witch Hazel

• Common Name: Witch Hazel
• Scientific Name: Hamamelis virginiana
• Habitat: Eastern Deciduous Forest
• Family: Hamamelidaceae
• Active Chemical Ingredients: tannins
• Uses: helps insect bites, relieves sunburns, repairs skin cells, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-itch
• Preparation: liquid distilled from leaves, twigs, and bark dabbed onto affected area

References:

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