Just Me wrote:
> On Jun 24, 6:12 pm, Phisherman <no...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Ahchiggers! There is a product called "Chigarid" that you paint onto
>> each bite.
>
> <snip>
>
>> Chiggershave a
>> very low metabolism and need at least 10 hours to suffocate. The
>> bitten area will itch long after the chigger is dead . . .
>
> If its faster relief you want, you might try what we've been doing
> with an astoni****ng degree of success: good old-fa****oned iodine.
> That's right. You take that out of the medicine chest along with the
> smallest band-aid in the box; unpackage that and lay the strip on the
> counter. Dip a Q-tip into the 2% tincture of iodine and dab it on the
> pad till it's completely saturated, then tightly apply it to the
> chigger bite.
>
> That dirty little bugger will be dead, and the infection will be cured
> while the killing action goes on, within 20-30 minutes. The itching is
> over.
>
> WARNING: That skull and crossbones on the iodine bottle is not there
> for nothing. Within about a minute you will start to feel the sting,
> and it will not let up, but only increase quite uncomfortably. If you
> leave the band-aid on too long, the corrosive action of the iodine
> will burn the skin and you can wind up with a scar. You will get a
> skin stain that may require a week or so to wear off. But then so does
> the chigger scar last at least that long so . . .
>
> I would strongly recommend against treating more than two or three
> bites at a time, because the iodine decidedly gets absorbed by the
> skin to enter the lymphatic system if not the blood stream. This is
> shown by the interesting fact that the dark brown stain of iodine on
> the pad, after the 20 minutes, has faded to a light amber or yellow.
>
> Before fixing on this cure, we tried alcohol, tobacco and chili juice,
> Lavoris (cinnamon anticeptic mouthwash) and bleach. The bleach works
> but if you forget and leave it on, like overnight, as I did with a
> bite on my butt, you'll get a burn that will become infected and
> inflamed worse than an army of chiggers can do.
>
> Try the iodine, but be careful and remember the WARNING. It's deadly
> poison.
Poisonous if ingested, for sure. I'll read up on its effect when
absorbed into the skin. It would be interesting to dissolve starch in
cold water and mix a small amount with saliva. If the saliva contains
much iodine, the mixture will turn blue.
Jerry
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