Homemade insect bite and sting remedy: mix equal parts raw apple cider vinegar and raw honey into a paste. Add a pinch of baking soda and a drop of lavender essential oil. Apply directly to the bite and leave for fifteen minutes.

The acidity of the vinegar neutralises the alkaline venom of most stings. The honey draws out inflammation.

The baking soda reduces the itch response. The lavender calms the local inflammatory reaction. Four ingredients that have been in every ancestral household for centuries doing exactly this job.