The best remedy I have *ever* used for mosquito, yellow fly & bee/wasp stings is meat tenderizer. Yes, you read correctly, meat tenderizer. The meat tenderizer draws the poison out of the bite/sting, helps reduce swelling & speeds up healing.
Make a paste with the meat tenderizer & water (or witch hazel) and apply it to the bite/sting for about 15-20 minutes, then rinse off with cool water. My mom told me about this remedy the first time I got stung by a wasp. After leaving the paste on the sting for about 20 minutes there was zero swelling, zero pain & the only evidence left of the sting was a tiny red dot where the stinger went in.
When I've been bitten by yellow flies, I've found mixing the meat tenderizer with witch hazel to be particularly effective in reducing the infernal itching, and it also causes the blistering to happen sooner, which in turn speeds up healing. But, most importantly, it is the *only* remedy I have used that helps with the itching. Forget hydrocortisone, yellow fly bites laugh at it, but the meat tenderizer does the trick.
The best remedy I have *ever* used for mosquito, yellow fly & bee/wasp stings is meat tenderizer. Yes, you read correctly, meat tenderizer. The meat tenderizer draws the poison out of the bite/sting, helps reduce swelling & speeds up healing.
Make a paste with the meat tenderizer & water (or witch hazel) and apply it to the bite/sting for about 15-20 minutes, then rinse off with cool water. My mom told me about this remedy the first time I got stung by a wasp. After leaving the paste on the sting for about 20 minutes there was zero swelling, zero pain & the only evidence left of the sting was a tiny red dot where the stinger went in.
When I've been bitten by yellow flies, I've found mixing the meat tenderizer with witch hazel to be particularly effective in reducing the infernal itching, and it also causes the blistering to happen sooner, which in turn speeds up healing. But, most importantly, it is the *only* remedy I have used that helps with the itching. Forget hydrocortisone, yellow fly bites laugh at it, but the meat tenderizer does the trick.
Hope this helps!! :)