Insect Bite Remedy: Banana Peel

Photo Credit: Darwin Bell 

Ingredients:

• 1 Banana Peel

Method:

1. Clean the are affected with water or rubbing alcohol
2.  Take the banana peel and rub the inner pulpy part of it against your insect bite for a few minutes.
3.  Use when bites become red and itchy

Why it works

The inside of a banana peel contains many oils that have substance that can help heal the itchiness and inflammation of the insect bite. The main ingredient in that helps the bites is potassium. The potassium helps give immediate relief to the itchiness and it also helps reduce redness and inflammation. Since bananas are rich in potassium, they help heal insect bites.