Ticks and Lyme Disease

Teepee

Thru Hiker
Wifey got bit by a horse fly today walking up our local hill, Drew blood twice and left two bruised looking bumps.
That's a first :(...

This plant is great for Cleg bites.
It's hard not to find it growing in the lowlands (especially on paths) often found up mountains too and super hard to confuse it with other plants too.

A quick crush between the fingers and on it goes to the bite. I got some of it in a cleg bite within a few seconds once, the bite stopped bleeding instantly and healed within a day or so. 3 cleg bites to my head this week, the one that got 'Plantained' is the only one that hasn't left a lump.
 
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Daymoth

Section Hiker
Ive been in Exmoor this weekend and bloody hell the tick situation is just AWFUL! They were everywhere and super tiny!
 

cathyjc

Thru Hiker
This plant is great for Cleg bites.
It's hard not to find it growing in the lowlands (especially on paths) often found up mountains too and super hard to confuse it with other plants too.

A quick crush between the fingers and on it goes to the bite. I got some of it in a cleg bite within a few seconds once, the bite stopped bleeding instantly and healed within a day or so. 3 cleg bites to my head this week, the one that got 'plantained' is the only one that hasn't left a lump.

Brillant - I'm quite familar with plantain, it grows all over our drive (the roots don't come out very easily :mad:)
I'll use that next time I'm bitten. Given it's suggested properties it should be beneficial for other bites and healing open wounds too :thumbsup:.
 

Diddi

Thru Hiker
This plant is great for Cleg bites.
It's hard not to find it growing in the lowlands (especially on paths) often found up mountains too and super hard to confuse it with other plants too.

A quick crush between the fingers and on it goes to the bite. I got some of it in a cleg bite within a few seconds once, the bite stopped bleeding instantly and healed within a day or so. 3 cleg bites to my head this week, the one that got 'plantained' is the only one that hasn't left a lump.
Again thanks for the heads up :thumbsup:
 

Bmblbzzz

Thru Hiker
Useful to know! Unfortunately I don't think it grows in forests, which is where I've been bitten by horseflies/cleggs.
 

Rmr

Section Hiker
This plant is great for Cleg bites.
It's hard not to find it growing in the lowlands (especially on paths) often found up mountains too and super hard to confuse it with other plants too.

A quick crush between the fingers and on it goes to the bite. I got some of it in a cleg bite within a few seconds once, the bite stopped bleeding instantly and healed within a day or so. 3 cleg bites to my head this week, the one that got 'Plantained' is the only one that hasn't left a lump.
Thanks for the info, good to know.
 

Teepee

Thru Hiker
Useful to know! Unfortunately I don't think it grows in forests, which is where I've been bitten by horseflies/cleggs.

Forest tracks are a good place to find them. :) If it's not the rounder leaved variety, then the spear shaped Plantain is nearly as good. Both are very easy to identify.

@Chiseller I'd forgotten about Yarrow.

Another one is Dead nettle (Woundwort), another that's easy to identify (you'll know if it's the wrong kind of nettle:biggrin:). I've used that on Chiggers and cleg bites and it's really helped.
 

EM-Chiseller

Thru Hiker
@Teepee my favourite healer... Or heeler lol
This was the healing after one day when I changed the dressing... It was a decent size fold I knocked open while wearing hurraches on a five bar steel gate. Bled plenty...
After a day, you can see where half of it had started to knit...

I'll leave the images as thumbnails, so the viewing is optional lol.

Yarrow makes a good salve and can also be used as a repellent...
 

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Enzo

Thru Hiker
Seems misleading. Correlation with implied causation. saying demographic that is most likely to roam risk areas are most likely to contract?!?
 
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