Hello Andrea, Re your cousin and the bed bug issue... I have found "cedarcide" to be a wonderful bug killer and harmless to humans. I'd spray the whole apartment including sheets and
Cinnamon took away my ant problem. Ants hate the smell of cinnamon. I told my friend, who had a problem with ants too, about it, and she sprinkled some cinnamon
I recently, read about some Natural-Home-Made Bedbugs remedies, people have used & tryed. I tryed one such remedies. As, Super of 2-12 Unit Bachlor Apts. We had BBugs problems with one
Lavender oil is fast acting to stop itch and burn of mosquito bites too! I only started using this for my bug and ant bites a few weeks ago. It's
My cousin moved into as apt last year and keeps getting bites. she is a super clean person but the previous tennants were nasty filthy. She changes her bedding twice
If you notice a bumpy red rash and have been reading library books lately, the link below might be of interest to you. If you think about it, bed is
Diatomaceous earth does not work on bedbugs! I covered my couch with it. I sprayed the inside, outside, underside, opened the seams, around the feet and still have bedbugs. I
I just want to say that I love earthclinic! I come here often just to learn new things! I also want to let people know that there is an easy solution
If you are all suffering w/ spider bites or bites of some type causing such serious cellulitis, why not dust your house w/ diamateous earth to kill the spider and
Hello, Its 99% true I tried myself before reading this article just 3 months back it really works.I will add two more steps.Step 1) use high heat hair fryer.Step 2)
I sprinkle powdered cinnamon on my oatmeal every day, and include it in every recipe that it works with. The bedbugs don't bite me anymore. They have all died of
Discover the many ailments that can be treated with calendula, including burns, rashes, stinges, bites and scars.
Hi Tara and Earth Clinic, Thank you so much for the cinnamon oil, witch hazel, distilled water recipe to get rid of bed bugs. It helped me A LOT a
Industrial silica is dangerous to inhale but food grade isn't. diatomaceous earth food grade is safe for human consumption and will safely rid you of bed bugs and ants and
Thank you Tara, I have been using the spray for a week. I've found 2 adult bedbugs and 4 smaller ones dead. The itching continues, could it be older bites manifesting
I believe the article mentioned "Oil of cinnamon". I intend to try the oil. I moved and my couch is full of them. No one mentioned before I moved in
Tried the mixture for getting rid of bedbugs. I put several bugs on the counter and spray lite mist on them. They died in less than 30 seconds. I proceeded
Hi Fran. . . I live in the tropics and I had the same problem as you, bites and sores all over mainly my back and lower body. I had
This is an update on my earlier posts. Well, it's been almost 2 months since I wrapped my couch (where I sleep) and I am thrilled to say I still have
Thanks BedBugHugs, I want to try your method but I'm not understanding about spraying with soapy water or the essential oils of neem and pennyroyal after applying the DE. Won't
Hi, I had a very bad bed bug infestation, so I went and got me 3 steamers, bed covers, and tea tree oil. They were in all of the beds
Hello Karen from Salisbury: About the infestation... Yours being "bed bugs"... I've had great success with cedar oil. It's been used for at least a thousand years that can be documented. A
Hi everyone, while on vacation, we went hiking in the rainforest in Costa Rica where I was attacked by mosquitoes. I was even wearing bug repellent but, as always it
Rub a wet bar of fels-naptha soap (found in laundry detergent aisle for about $1.50) onto bug bite/mosquito bite. Rinse with cold water. Itching disappeared for me in about 1
OMG, I'm not going to tell Bobby what I discovered this morning or he'll freak out and get more stressed out. He's doing fine and only has a few bites
Get home remedies for removing ticks & healing tick bites! Deer ticks are on the rise and lyme ticks can cause Lyme Disease. Natural cures can keep you healthy!
We used this with AWESOME results. Get food grade DE (it's relatively cheap), and sprinkle around the beds and baseboards. No type of DE is safe to inhale, you can
We used this with AWESOME results. Get food grade DE (it's relatively cheap), and sprinkle around the beds and baseboards. No type of DE is safe to inhale, you can
Hi Pennie from Indpl, I also use food grade Diatomaceous Earth. It is awesome stuff. I use it around my foundation to kill fleas and ticks, instead of pesticides. I
It's only been a few days since my first post and I found a real tiny one. He must have still been in the egg stage when I bombed the
My four year old reacts badly to insect bites and we are surrounded by tick infested woods! He had a very bad reaction to a tick bite on the inside
Hi there, This website has been so helpful to motivate me to go head on with the outbreak of bites on my body. Backgrounds: I had two spider/insect bites above the
Hi, I want to make this bed bug spray. I can't find witchhazel where I live. What would be a substitute for it? Thank you
I suspect I have Morgellon's Disease...I contracted many Black Fly bites while golfing up north 2 1/2 yrs. ago. These bites seemed to evolve into many more of which bled
Horrible Biting Mites About 2 years of my life was wasted and spent on getting rid of these horrible bugs. Doctors didn't believe me. I literally became a hermit and hardly
Food grade diatomaceous earth will kill the bed bugs! Sprinkle around the perimeter of the room and around the legs of your bed.
If you cannot get distilled water, use the purest water you can get. Don't let the search for perfect prevent you from doing the good enough. Personally, I would use
Is the Cinnamon mixture for BedBugs safe to use around dogs?
Food grade diatomaceous earth will kill bed bugs. Put it around the perimeter of each room, and under each leg of the bed.
Try consuming a little borax in water, insects die if they eat anything with even a tiny amount of it in anything they eat, in your case blood. It is
Hi Claudia, Oh boy-have you got a problem! You will only win if you pull out all the stops and dedicate your waking hours for a week to waging war on
Thank you so much for sharing this!! And thank you Earth Clinic for existing, lol. The other day the neighbors from downstairs threw their blankets and pillows away, and days
Sorry to hear about your bed bug problem. If you can, either buy or rent a vapor steamer (not a carpet steamer). It's a "dry" vapor that won't leave everything wet.
i also heard that silicon dioxide also works for bed bugs, they walk throught it and it dehydrates them and they die , but i do not know where to
Finally, Relief! I tried everything from professionals to every home remedy I found on the internet, but nothing worked until I combined plans. It was impossible to treat everything as
Scabies? Around the end of November, my son and I went to stay the night with a friend. At the end of December I started a new job. About a
Hey I like that! Simple and safe. I also bought one of those steam cleaners, and spray down my bed, all the corners and nooks. and the carpet. Then I
Get some DIATOMACEOUS EARTH All-natural flea repellant, insecticide, and health aid. You can buy this at a feed store, or order it on the internet. It is a powder. Just
I had a cookout Saturday, June 2d, & someone brought bed bugs into my house & now I have a major infestation... I have killed 30, or 40 with my
To: Bed bug hugs... you wrote in getting rid of them to... "completely seal mistress and box springs with plastic" ...ah.....actually a great post, and a reminder for all of us
Diatomaceous Earth may be killing them but you don't notice. If they are inside the couch and not coming into contact with DE then they will be protected. They can
Try Diatomaceous Earth to kill Bed Bugs and Roaches
Baby Powder..!! And Bedbugs don't mixIt is the cheapest method that I have found.! And it smells wonderful too.. Just try not to inhale the contents while using this method,
I put cinnamon on my mattress and been sleeping pretty good for the last couple of nights but my concern is that I still find one or two bugs on
To Kevin did you use cinnamon to get rid of bed bugs or roaches? And how did you use it?
I heard a pest controller guy on the radio say that the best chemical free way to get rid of bed bugs is to use a steamer, he said the
Try Diatomaceous Earth to kill Bed Bugs and Roaches
Bed bugs have gotten smarter than we know, ears and nose both infested with the silicon white substance they lay eggs in. Nightmare is all I can say, fighting the
Another update on my previous posts. After 5 months, I once again cut a slit in the plastic and set off a bomb. The next day I bravely removed the
Hi Thelma, This ia a thought but way don't you try food grade Diatomaceous Earth, plus it is reasonible enough too. Sprinkle it in your bed, mattress, carpet and etc.
Sadly the cinnamon oil didn't get rid of the bed bugs. I sprayed bedding, bedroom and whole house day and night, put it in the final rinse, and it didn't
Lol. You made laugh with the nutmeg :D I do need some humor! I hate bedbugs. I've been bitten since Dec 15th when I went to help a friend's friend. I
B12 Liquid Sublingual formula with B2, B3, B5, B6 works for me. The first few days a renegade mosquito would go ahead & bite... by the forth day, was free
I always carry peppermint essential oil with me and was able to stop bedbugs in a motel room one time by smearing the peppermint oil on the lower sheet. No
I had very high hopes for this remedy to work, and it work faster than the store bought product. I have not seen or felt one from day one of
How much distilled water and how much witch hazel-bed bug spray
Natural remedies for brown recluse bites include charcoal poultices, turmeric, vitamin C and Epsom salt baths. Natural remedies, when used faithfully, can often relieve the pain and suffering that results
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Another thing to do with bed bugs is to spray the infected areas with soapy water kills them as well it dry's them up pretty well
YEA!I used all the recommended remedies. 1. Hair dryer 2. Vaccuum 3. Soapy suds to get at eggs along wall. Scrub with very rough cleaner, wash clean.I added ironing (couldn't
Hi there, i'm new to this blog--searching for bp remedies and saw your post. i've heard that d earth or diatomaceius earth will work for bed bugs as well as
I sprinkled cinamon everywhere in the bedroom, and it's been a few weeks. Things look OK.
Erikajay, Yes, Sarcoptic Mange affects humans. I began fostering a dog a year ago. She was underweight and very itchy. It took three vets for a correct diagnosis, and a fourth
After reading all the feedback about Apple Cider Vinegar, I was eager to try it. I originally researched it because of the horrid flea infestation on my dogs. I have
My friend told me about wintergreen alcohol, to put it in a spray bottle and spray everything. Bed frame, rails along the wall and cracks. So far so good.
diatomaceous earth - I found this in the form at a garden nursery ( so the label said) as silicon dioxide...it was in powder form...do you know if in this
So with the cinnamon do you sprinkle it on the bed and then vacuum it off, will it stain?
Hi, I am absolutely desparete. I have suffered this problem for four years now and it seems that this nightmare will never end. I started to have bites and "crawling"
Hi Guys, I have a very interesting story I want to share with all of you who are suffering from a mite problem. About 9 months ago I was doing a
Read somewhere that you can sprinkle cinnamon on your matteress. Have also read that after you sprinkle cinnamon on your bed you can spritz it with water. Makes one wonder
Hi, Does anybody know have any idea if this would work for chickens & ducks? Or Perhaps Ted may have some ideas? I was thinking perhaps a sulpher/lime dip might
Seem that you might need an exterminator. Most of them warrants their job, too....
Really good stuff. Booked a hotel and picked a bad one. Full I tell you, full. But this stuff cleared everything within a few hours. Very effective!
It did work for me.
What did you use to mix this in? Since it makes slightly over a gallon it won't fit in a gallon jug. Just wondering what you mixed it all in
The 14 dead ones is a good sign though, spraying should be the final step after washing bedding, seeking hiding places and constant vacuuming. Try it again after de- cluttering,
Cat liter is bentonite clay--I keep food grade and do lots of things with it.
How do I know which witch hazel to use and I'm confused about the amount till I use the whole bottle like 16 oz or just an ounce of it
Will ground cinnamon work as well?
Is this safe for cats? I really hope so, but I need to know for sure before I use it . Thank you
How do you mix this since all of this won't fit in a spray bottle? Can I mix just enough of it to fit in a 24ounce spray bottle what
I would be very concerned about yourself and any animals that will breathe this stuff in. Silica is very bad for lungs.
If you're going to eat cinnamon, you should research which has the actual good benefits. I believe Ceylon cinnamon is the correct one to use, especially if you're using it
What is the "recipe" for soapy water? How much soap? How much water? What kind of soap?
Please do not use cinnamon oil if you have cats!!! Can be toxic to them. Many other essential oils are toxic to them also. "Many liquid potpourri products and essential oils,
I was thinking, if you ingest powdered cinnamon in food. What do you think of boiling cinnamon sticks and drinking the water concentrate as a tea? Also when you
Cinnamon helped me eradicate every single one :)
It's not going to be overnight you have to give it time to work I suggest putting the powder down everywhere throughout your couch on the inside and out and
I used cinnamon and had a Great nights sleep after staying awake for 48 hours afraid of being attacked. Does anyone know if I need to reapply the cinnamon and
It works. I used it and it worked for me and my family.
Cinnamon in mattress seams - has helped seemed to be gone except for egg droppings. Used food grade hydrogen peroxide on walls/base baords. Also sprayed green rubbing alchol - haven't
You need to try high heat steam cleaner. It help and is the key to begining the killing them all. High heat on everything and baking soda left on carpet.
Just need to make sure the Diatomaceous earth is "food grade", as there is also a type they use for pools and it is not safe to be around. You
What do you mean "a bomb"?
Diatomaceous Earth (DE) is not crystalline silica. Both are essentialy pure silicon dioxide, but not in the same structure, which makes all the diffence in the world here. DE is
Scabies: This is what I did, and it worked. The major problem was the scabies mites continued biting me and made it difficult to sleep. A minor problem was that I had
Last year I visited our property in Northern California for 2 weeks. Despite using natural bug sprays, I left with 150 mosquito bites. I went back 2 weeks later to
My daughter's dog I believe has some kind of mites. Saroptic mange. He is loosing his hair big time. Constantly scratching etc. For over two years I have been to
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I believe I have this. I do not get the fibers and other detritis as described by Morgellons sufferers. Just biting, crawling, stinging, and bites that do not heal. I
I'm not sure if I finally have this under control but I'm hoping with all my might that it's finally going away. Back in May I visited a friend and
I recently read about food-grade diatomaceous earth for getting rid of all kinds of creepy-crawlies, including bedbugs, fleas, etc.. The great thing is that it is completely safe for use
Mite Infestation: Here is what some sufferers did with dry mustard powder... I'm going to try it too... Body wash: I mixed one level teaspoon of mustard powder using a
Learn how Earth Clinic readers use Molybdenum for nausea and vomiting, brain fog, food and chemical sensitivities, night vision, and more!
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Tincture of teasel for any kind of arthritis including rheumatoid arthritis. I cannot take credit but want to spread the cure. I read an article of a Norwegian lady who
Effective natural remedies to detox from pesticides include activated charcoal powder, exercise, and herbs like burdock root, turmeric root, and dandelion.
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