Amazing Bug Bite Healing Hack Found in Your Indiana Yard

Bugs are out in full force this summer, and if you have been covered with bug bites, there's something found in your Indiana yard that could give you some relief.

I don't know about you, but I can't walk outside in my yard this time of year without getting eaten up by mosquitoes. It's annoying. We've all dealt with bug bites several times in our lives. Whether it be a mosquito bite,  a spider bite, a bee, or a wasp sting, we all know how the pain and irritation can linger for a while after you've been bitten. That pain and irritation are even worse for children. So, how can you quickly combat that discomfort of a bug bite/sting?

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There are several remedies that I have heard about, one that I grew up hearing about was placing wet tobacco over your bite/sting for a while to relieve the pain and soak up the venom. Not everyone has tobacco on them, so that will only work in certain instances. However, if you're bitten or stung by an insect, chances are there's an effective remedy found outside of your house that will do the trick that I bet you didn't know about.

Natural Bug Bite Healer Found in Your Yard

If you were to walk outside and take a look at your yard, I'd be willing to bet that you will easily be able to find a weed known as plantain. You might not know the name, but you have seen the weed practically your whole life. I have plenty growing in my gravel driveway. Typically I pull those weeds because they look like an eye sore, but that was until I found out that it has some pretty awesome healing powers.

Plantain is very high in vitamins A and C and in calcium. It can be used to relieve the pain of bee stings and insect bites, cuts, rashes, burns, and even stop the itching of poison ivy, according to Wellness Mama.

If you find yourself bitten or stung by an insect, here's what you need to do.

• Go out in your yard and grab a couple of plantain leaves.
• Wash them off.
• Chew them up a bit (I know it sounds odd and gross, but trust me)
• Place the wad of chewed-up plantain to the affected area and wrap it with a cloth.
• Leave for 30 minutes
• The plantain leaf will draw the poison or venom out of the bite, thus relieving pain and irritation.

Plantain Does More Than Just Heal Bug Bites...

But here's the kicker, plantain can help you with more than just bug bites. The website, Learning and Yearning further details the benefits of plantain, saying it can help give you relief from things like:

• bee and other insect stings
• spider bites
• eczema and psoriasis
• sunburn
• chapped lips
• diaper rash
• burns
• cuts
• rashes
• poison ivy or oak
• acne

According to Wellness Mama, the plantain leaf can be made into a tea, tincture or infusion and used internally too:

• To help get Cholesterol to healthy Levels
• To aid those with Diabetes
• For Hemorrhoid relief
• To help relieve Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• To help calm the bowels during Constipation or Diarrhea
• To soothe kidney and bladder problems and to aid with Bladder infection, ITIs, and similar problems. Safe for children
• For indigestion and ulcers

Common Plantain Heath Benefits Summary

So to sum up the different health benefits that this common weed found in your yard has, plantain is an:

• Antibacterial: it inhibits the growth of bacteria
• Astringent: it reduces secretions and discharges
• Antiseptic: it inhibits infections
• Demulcent: it soothes by forming a film over mucus membranes and draws out toxins
• Hemostatic: it stops bleeding
• Vulnerary: it heals wounds

Pretty cool, if you ask me. So, the next time you see this weed in your yard, be a little more hesitant to pull it. You never know when its health benefits might prove to be useful to you.