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by Susan Palmes-Dennis
Vaginal fluid is said to be an antidote to insect bites. Many swore to its efficacy and potent powers including yours truly.
I tell you this to prove my point about the efficacy of vaginal fluid which is corroborated by others that got bitten by insects and used it as the immediate answer to the problem.
As I came home from work last Friday I decided to do some light housekeeping when I saw the black jacket of my husband Ronnie on the couch. I picked it up only to recoil when I sensed that I was bitten.
It took a few seconds to zero in on the jacket as the cause and I saw a creepy crawly thing scamper on the wooden floor. It looked like a bee and I stepped on it, but the poor thing didn’t surrender as it kept moving.
I got a can of pinto beans and used it to pulverize the insect. Anyway, I ran to the sink to wash my bitten skin with warm water and Dove soap. Before I can apply Neosporin cream, the area was already swollen and red.
Swollen
I panicked as I talked on the phone with Ronnie detailing the circumstances of my predicament. The first thing he asked was if my breathing was normal. Hell yeah, I was breathing but the itch was killing me as it reached my entire arm.
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He asked “do you want me to call 911.” Then I answered no, saying what for?
It dawned on me that insect bites were ordinary for me as I came from a tropical country with insects flying all over the place. I was not worried back in those days.
Though the pain was overpowering, I remembered then that I could have been bitten by insects a lot of times when I was growing up but I couldn’t remember it now, it’s very blurry in my memory card.
After I called Ronnie I sent a message to my daughter GG in England who is very good on handling insect bites. She said I should apply cold compress. When I applied cold compress on my swollen skin, I felt that the pain was fighting the cold compress. I could feel it.
I posted my status on Facebook and it immediately got 70 comments and close to 90 likes (to be honest I don’t know why they hit like- Did they like that I was bitten?)
Remedies
I was amazed anyway and thankful for the comments that came from across the world. They all gave testimonies about their experience with insect bites and their chosen remedies.
It ranged from saliva (David Breden of England) to lemon grass (from Malou Tabada Cordery and Alice Cincoflores Dabalos). The problem is I have to go the Asian market to buy lemon grass. But I fully agree with Gwendolyn Garcia that bee stings can be life threatening for those persons allergic to stings.
There were two doctor-friends of mine--Drs. Maelen Santua and Irwin Arribas of my home city of Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental in northern Mindanao, Philippines—who prescribed ice compress, hydrocortisone cream and allergy tablet to me.
But what caught my attention was the comments from Alice Dabalos, Merlyn Adis Santiago and a private message from Melba Tagam. It has something to do with vaginal fluid. Their advice was to obtain vaginal fluid and apply it to the affected area.
I don’t know why I forgot that my Nanay (mother) used to do that if any of us, her children, are bitten by insects in the area especially after a week’s worth of rains.
Friendly tip
It’s funny advice for others but for a person who wanted immediate relief one would not hesitate, right Melba Tagam? (Our secret Bang). I can sense that Joan Dequina Lightle smiled as I mentioned this, since she did this many times.
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I was torn between the medical recommendations and the old ways. I remembered which worked on me before when I was young.
I did it anyway and then I Googled it after a few minutes but nothing came out of my search for the efficacy of vaginal fluids.
Whatever, the combination of hydrocortisone cream, the allergy tablet, cold compress and toothpaste (which I remembered using and actually made me feel better) could have been working already when I swiped my little finger on my flower and placed the fluid on the affected area.
It was Tuesday when I wrote this piece and I noticed that the skin didn’t worsen and I feel much better now.
Is it because of the vaginal fluid? But many of my friends swore that they have done it in the past. From my reading of Wikipedia, it seems that the vagina has bacterial properties.
I read that vaginal fluid has acid, glucose and fructose (is that sugar?). In fact the vagina is a self-cleansing organ. Writers and researchers call it vaginal ecology which can protect itself from bad elements.
My simple mind tells me that the human body produces its own soldiers to fight off its enemies so the vaginal fluid must be effective.
So a friendly tip to women out there; the next time you get bitten by an insect, you may consider swiping your “flower” and apply your “nectar” on the swollen bitten area. But if the symptoms persist, then it’s time to consult your doctor.
(Susan Palmes-Dennis is a veteran journalist from Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao in the Philippines who worked as a nanny and is now employed as a sub-teacher and a part-time teacher assistant in one of the school systems in the Carolinas.
Read her blogs on susanpalmesstraightfrom the Carolinas.com and at http://www.blogher.com/myprofile/spdennis54. These and other articles also appear at http://www.sunstar.com.ph/author/2582/susan-palmes-dennis.
You can also connect with her through her Pinterest account at http://www.pinterest.com/pin/41025046580074350/) and https://www.facebook.com/pages/Straight-from-the-Carolinas-/494156950678063)
