Are there any medacine men,witch doctors, or practitioners of ancient chinese medicine that can tell be how to "CURE" chiggers? Bleach does not work nor does fingernail polish,gas,deisel,alcohol,chigger medicine or anythig else. Ive heard of northern regiments during the civil was stopped by them. How did the Native Americans deal with them?
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Are there any medacine men,witch doctors, or practitioners of ancient chinese medicine that can tell be how to "CURE" chiggers?
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I am none of those nor do I know how Natives dealt with chiggers.
I mix a bit of yellow sulfur with lotion or lanolin spread over the bite. The sulfur suffocates the embedded chigger and kills the eggs.
To prevent the bites treat your clothes with permethrin, most chiggers and ticks are repelled.
later,
charlie
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Only time can cure chiggers. Contrary to popular belief, chiggers do not burrow in your skin or lay eggs. The saliva they use breaks down your skin so the bug can slurp it up. It is an allergic reaction to that saliva that cause the insane itch. There is no cure but time.
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Originally posted by DSMbirddog View PostThe very few times I have had chiggers I just covered it with petroleum jelly and then waited it out.
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