A burning match held carefully to the end of the tick will work.
Gayla
----- Original Message -----
From: PTF
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: CS>eczema & ticks
Thanks for that information. We used to use the heat of a cigarette to get
them to back out. Don't smoke any more so I don't know what I would use. If
you can't smother them and can't use heat, what is the best way to get rid of a
tick? Does anyone know?
Thanks.
PT
----- Original Message -----
From: Guyot Léna
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: CS>eczema
RE: removing a tick: Wish this were so, but ANY liquid that suffocates the
tick can cause it to regurgitate into the bite: highly undesirable if the
stomach contents have Lyme pathogens, (unless you really want to increase your
chances of infection). That also goes for applying a blown-out match or really
anything that might created a startled reaction.
Be well,
Léna
On Jul 3, 2011, at 2:56 PM, PTF wrote:
This came from another list...
PT
"Exzema can be controlled with castor oil which is by itself is sometimes
too irritating to the skin so it is recommended to be blended with another good
vegetable oil such as olive, sunflower in a 20/80 blend and put on the scalp
or skin and allowed to soak well. As far as ticks are concerned a tip from the
internet is to use a cotton ball and vegetable oil (castor oil) and completely
cover the ticks
body heavily with the oil. This stops the tick from being able to breathe
and they will back out of the skin grab them with the cotton ball and dispose
then clean the site with alcohol."
