DEAR DR. GOTT:
Thank you for all of the help you have given me and my family through your medical column.
I have enclosed a clipping that I found in a magazine. It is a cheap, easy and effective home remedy for insect bites. My husband was recently stung by a wasp and we tried it with great success.
Simply rub the juicy (freshly cut) side of an onion onto the area and the itch is gone!
DEAR READER:
Thank you for this helpful hint. I note that the tip was from Andrea Candee taken from her book “Gentle Healing for Baby and Child”. She says that it must be a yellow onion and that it works become the onion contains over 100 sulfur compounds which have anti-inflammatory effects. You don’t say what magazine this came from, however. [Read more...]