Treating insect stings with kitchen ingredients

It’s easy to treat insect stings with what you have in your kitchen.
For bee stings, scrape the stinger out by going across the sting with a credt card. After washing the area, apply a paste, made with baking soda and water.
Use vinegar to  neutralize the area of an alkaline jellyfish sting.  Vinegar will lessen the pain from the sting.
If your child gets bitten by a wasp, pour fresh lemon juice over the area.
Cold compresses help with insects stings.
With black widow or brown recluse spider bites, clean the bites with an antiseptic and keep the person quiet until she receives medical help.
With snake bites, keep the bite area at or below the level of the heart while waiting for medical treatment.
I use Benedryl gel on my kids’ bug bites.  If you have many bites, you may want to consider a Benedryl capsule.  Some parents feel oatmeal baths get rid of their childrens’ itchiness. Wearing pants and a lightweight long sleeve shirt can prevent the bites in the first place.