Home remedies for spider bites. A bite of a poisonous spider can be very painful and indeed dangerous. A few species of spiders are very poisonous. If they bite, then the venom injected by them can cause life threatening symptoms like confusion, faster heartbeat, fainting, excruciating pain, abnormal discoloration of skin and nervous damage. If such symptoms start to appear, one should immediately rush for emergency medical help. Spider bite is small but a large area is reddened. It is often painful and itchy.
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Home remedies for spider bites :
Cold water and Ice : Place the spider bite under a gush of cold water. After that, rub it with ice. The pain and swelling can be considerably reduced.Elevate the affected region of the body. This helps to reduce the pain of the spider bite.
Turmeric : Apply a paste of turmeric on the spider paste. Turmeric has strong healing properties and can provide quick relief from spider bite venom, thus reducing the pain.
Onion juice : Get a fresh and pungent onion. Peel its skin and crush it to smaller pieces. Press the onion on a sieve to take out its juice. Pour this juice on the spider bite. It can provide relief from sharp pain of the spider bite.
Papaya : If you have a fresh or frozen papaya, take a slice out of it and apply it on the spider bite. Keep it on the spider bite and press on it gently. This helps the liquid from papaya to flow gently in through the spider bite wound.
Dried basil leaves can be rubbed on the spider bite. This home remedy can also provide relief from pain of the spider bite.
Other herbal remedies for spider bites :
Echinacea poultice : The treatment using this technique has been done in America for the treatment of snake bites and poisonous spider bites. Make a strong infusion of Echinacea in water and then soak a cotton cloth in that solution. Apply this repeatedly on the bite. Another way is to make a poultice of Echinacea. One can also take a cotton ball, soak it in the Echinacea infusion and then bandage it one the spider bite location. This herbal remedy can help in speedy recovery from even the bite of a poisonous spider, like black widow spider.
Holy basil leaves are also an effective remedy for many kinds of insect bites. Crush a bowl full of fragrant holy basil leaves and then apply this on the spider bite location. Press it slightly so that the juice from holy basil enters the bite opening faster.
Getting bitten by a spider can be a panicky situation. If the spider is venomous, then the bite would pain a lot and there can be many serious symptoms. Home remedies in this condition are a last resort alternative, like if you are somewhere in the wild, like in the jungle or the mountains and a spider bites. If there is access to any medical facility, one should get immediate medical care if the health deteriorates. There are effective treatments for spider bites due to different spider species, like brown recluse spider, black widow spider etc.
