HI U OLE PATOOTS ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, posting too much lately, but just had to pass this on after picking up a tick at the farm today.. Apply DMSO gel and it works within minutes. Must be the DMSO gel to work this fast. Been doing this all summer. ====ORH====
Art (California ) on 05/24/2017
With the beginning of summer almost here and the increased time people will be spending outdoors, this seems like it may be a good time for this post.
Ticks can cause many health problems for humans and are often times able to bite you without you even realizing it. Their bite is capable of delivering different bacterial and viral pathogens to humans. Lyme disease is a common outcome of tick bites and if it is allowed to spread or go untreated for a period of time, the complications associated with Lyme disease can overwhelm the immune system and create a myriad of health problems that can affect almost any organ or part of the body.
Being aware of your surroundings and taking precautions to avoid ticks is important for your health, but even if you try to protect yourself from ticks, you can still get bit, because a tick can fall into your hair or clothing from a tree if you are under it or it can be given to you by your pets or deer or a number of other ways.
If you plan to go into an area that is known to have ticks, it might be helpful to take colloidal silver or silver nanoparticles in advance and for the period of time you might be exposed to ticks. There are several good reasons for doing this. One is that CS and silver NP's are proven broad spectrum antibacterial agents and ticks are known to transfer some bad bacterial pathogens to humans and pets. Two is because CS and silver NP's are also broad spectrum antiviral agents and again, ticks are able to transfer viral pathogens to humans.
The third reason is because recent studies have shown that CS and silver NP's are capable of killing ticks and their larvae.
The fourth reason is because topical application of CS and silver NP's can be helpful to apply to a fresh bite while also taking it orally.
This combination of actions by CS and silver NP's would suggest that they might be a good first line or an excellent adjuvant therapy for tick bites to help prevent most pathogens from taking hold in your system.
The link below to a very recent article outlines how CS or silver NP's can kill ticks and their larvae.
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0103-50532017000600927&script=sci_arttext
If you've done any reading about Lyme disease and the other pathogens that often accompany such an infection, then you are already aware of how bad this disease can become as well as how quickly the symptoms can multiply as well as how ineffective standard medical treatment can be.
Silver NP's have a good safety profile and if they can do anything to stop or ameliorate pathogens from ticks, they may be quite useful.
I wonder if spraying a person, dog or pet with colloidal silver would act as a deterent to ticks? That would be useful information to have because many tick sprays are straight up poisonous to humans and pets. Ticks are bad news and if they are really small, they can be almost impossible to see with anything less than perfect vision.
Lastly, and importantly, anyone considering silver NP's for this purpose should discuss it with their doctor to make sure it will be compatible with prescription meds that they will likely put you on.
One last consideration about silver NP's is that they can be synergistic with certain antibiotics and are proven to help improve the action of certain antibiotics that you may have become resistant to.
Art
Re: Castor Oil and Essential OIls for Toddler Tick Bites Mama to Many (Tennessee) on 06/22/2014
My two year old had two tick bites that really got irritated looking. They did not get bulls eye rashes, but the redness was surrounding the bite larger than a silver dollar, a little swollen and red and hot. I wanted to do something for the immediate irritation and itchiness they were causing him. I love to use peppermint essential oil for "hot" bites and stings, but I was afraid he would scratch the bites and then inadvertently touch his eyes and that would burn. So I put a larger drop of castor oil in my hand (because you can't get a small drop of castor oil! ) and added 1 drop of peppermint essential oil and 1 drop of tea tree essential oil. This did seem to offer relief. I repeated the process every few hours for a couple of days and the bites looked better each time and now are barely noticeable. I would have liked to have put charcoal poultices on those bites, but they were in awkward places to accomplish that.
I like to spray apple cider vinegar on bites and find that helps a lot with the itch, but my little ones don't like it because it stings. The castor oil and essential oils were close by and I decided to try them out. Oh, I also put some colloidal silver on the bites a few times.
He has other tick bites but none that looked like this. Because of the risk of tick-borne disease I will likely keep him on some vitamin C and colloidal silver internally the rest of the summer.
~Mama to Many~
Apple Cider Vinegar Repels Ticks Pris (Nevada) on 08/27/2013
Apple cider vinegar in water drunk several times a day will repel ticks, and other flying insects. A spray of white vinegar on the bare skin also helps along with the internal dose of ACV. It also works on cats... In their water, and on their coats.... Just a few drops in the water and/or some applied to the hands and rubbed on their sides which they will ingest when washing themselves. Also repels ear mites.
Apple Cider Vinegar, Turmeric Helping to Heal Tick Bites Mama To Many (Middle, Tennessee, Usa) on 06/10/2013
Apple Cider Vinegar, Turmeric for Tick Bites: My 5 year old son and I both react badly to tick bites. Last summer, my bites took 4-6 months to heal. It was frustrating and very itchy! The bites on my son swell up and they must think he is delicous as he gets so many bites. (He eats the same as his siblings but they don't get nearly so many bites and don't react so badly either! ) Anyway, I have been treating our bites this spring twice daily with different things with not much relief. Then I started to use raw organic Apple Cider Vinegar topically on the bites, twice a day or more often if the itch returned. Not only does it relieve the itch for hours, it also seems to speed healing. I had my son start on turmeric (about 1/2 t. Per day) and that really ramped up the healing for him. I am taking about 1 t. myself now, too. Turmeric is an anti-inflammatory, so I guess that is why it is helping. This is a cheap and easy solution to an irritating problem!
Pyrethrum Daisy For Ticks Stephanie (Nimbin, Nsw) on 04/21/2013
In Australia, there is scabies cream Lyclear sold at chemists made out of pyrethrum daisy. Tiny amount just to cover the tick kills small ticks almost instantly. No need to pull them out, they go soft and you can gently scrape them out. I would not recomend it for big ticks as it takes few minutes and in meantime they may inject more poison. For those I find that using my fingers to grab them and pull them out is easier and better than tweezers because if I do not get them out on a first go they get irritated and inject more poison. There is also less possibility that the head snaps off and stays in. Also I can reach areas e.g., back where I cannot see and I could not use tweezers (useful if you happen to be on your own). When I work in infested areas, afterwards I can also check these areas with my hands. I also find that essential oils do not kill big ticks quick enough. Pyrethrum is toxic in bigger amounts, if you get tick bites very frequently you would need to check about toxicity.
Epsom Salts for Tick Bites Robin (North Fl, Fl) on 06/17/2012
for Tick bites here in north FL we put a paste of epsom salts mixed w/ water on the bite. It helps w/ the itching and reduces the redness. Apply as frequently as you like. it drys the skin but will bleach clothing.
Dmso to Kill Ticks Robert Henry (Ten Mile, Tn Usa) on 09/05/2010
HI U GOOD FOLKS DOIN, , , , , , , , ,
Ticks are bad this summer at our farm even though I have Guineas , which are supposed to rid you of this parasite. We use DMSO for some of our ailments and I had a brain storm. This is one of the most powerful solvents known. When I find a tick, I no longer try to pull it out of my hide. I just cover it with DMSO and it is dead within a few minutes and you can just roll it off. I buy DMSO gel from the Doctor in Oregon who did all the initial research, but you can buy it at any Farm Co-op. If it works on million dollar horses, it will work on you. ATS.
Colloidal Silver for Tick Bites Teresa (New Madrid, MO) on 07/22/2009
Tick bite: I was having severe pains shoot through my chest area, thinking I might be coming down with pneumonia, and after two weeks found a small tick embedded in the skin. I removed it with tweezers, and started taking ____ Silver immediately; 3 teaspoons a day for 14 days. The pain began to go away within a couple days and that was about 2 1/2 months ago. No more pain.
Margaret (Tallahassee, Florida) on 07/10/2008
Severe Tick Bite which has lasted nearly 6 months. I have tried everything in the world and nothing worked. It itched, I would scratch it open, it was infected, just awful. It drove me nuts. I decided to try a half and half solution of ACV and Hydrogen Peroxide and dabbed this on the area several times a day with a cue tip. Within 4 days this tick bite has finally healed. Love this site and thought I would share this. Believe this would work for any skin infection.
Sharon (South Hadley, MA) on 06/01/2008
I just got my June/July issue of Mother Earth News and in their reader-reported tips section, someone wrote in about an old-time remedy for ticks. Apparently if you drink a quart of buttermilk every day the ticks will leave you alone. The change in smell of perspiration repels them. Not sure how anyone would manage a quart of buttermilk a day, but perhaps a lesser amount would work. Maybe this is an effective remedy for the doggies in our lives too. Thought I would mention it for the folks in the Lyme disease areas.
