Insect bites and stings

Historical remedies

The following claims come from the historical source; they are not verified treatment recommendations.

• Applying salt on a bee sting relieves the pain. [15]
• Applying tapkir or ground tobacco on the bee sting relieves the pain. [15]
• Applying suva and singhav salt water on a bee sting relieves the pain. [15]
• Applying and drinking honey on bee stings relieves the pain. [15]
• Applying onion juice on the wasp sting relieves the pain. [15]
• By applying crushed onion and garlic on the bite of earwig, the poison is removed. [15]
• Burning jaggery and applying it on the bite of eardrum cures the pain. [15]
• Crushed sweet neem leaves applied to the bite of any venomous insect relieves the pain and swelling and neutralizes the effects of the venom. [15]
• Rubbing turmeric on the bite of any poisonous insect and applying it slightly warm will relieve the pain. [16]
• By tying an onion on the sting of a scorpion, the poison is released. [16]
• Applying honey on scorpion sting reduces inflammation and removes venom. [16]
• If you are bitten by a scorpion, rubbing dried ginger in water and smelling it will remove the venom of the scorpion. [16]
• By repeatedly washing the stinging part of the scorpion with salt water and putting a drop of slightly salted water in both the eyes, the venom of the scorpion is removed. [16]
• Drinking betel juice with sugar removes scorpion venom. [16]
• After rubbing the tamarind paste in water until it turns white, the whitened paste is applied to the sting of the scorpion and absorbs the poison and on its own “falls down and releases the venom of the scorpion. [16]
• Applying lemon juice on mosquito or ant stings relieves pain. [16]
• Applying lime on mosquito bites relieves the pain. [16]
• If you are bitten by a snake or scorpion, applying crushed garlic on the bite and taking two spoonfuls of garlic juice and licking it gives immediate relief and removes the poison. [16]