Give Chiggers the Brush

I visit home ,in Missouri every Summer or Fall. The past 3 years ,I have gotten into the Chiggers real bad.
Upon conversing with one of my aquaintences,the subject of the pesky little critters came up. This fellow is an avid outdoorsman and has a no bite solution for defence aginst Chigger bites. First of all find some place that sells the old lye soap,(Silver Dollar City) in South Missouri was mentioned. Bath with it daily as you normally would. The residual on your skin will keep the little bugs at bey.
Next ,rub a anti-perspirant around your legs and on your anckels before doning your clothes. Anti-perspirants block pores and thus disallow the little critters the point of access to your skin.

When my son was in the military they used to go into the 'field' and were advised to swallow the head from a regular kitchen match. It seems that this small amount of sulphur, ingested, will repel most ticks and chiggers. I picked blackberries recently here in the foothills of the Ozark Mtns in Arkansas and didn't suffer a single bite!

While my son was in the military they often went out into the 'field'. Before going, they were advised to swallow the head of a regular kitchen match. It seems that this small amount of sulphur repels most ticks and chiggers.

When I was small, my Sister and I would roll in the grass and be eaten alive with chiggers. My Grandfather soaked a reg in kerosene and wiped our arms and legs with it. Instant relief. Don't use it to lavishly and shower after. No problem.

The best thing to get rid of chiggers is a Hot Tub. Found that getting the water over 101 degrees really makes them mad. Get the water about 102 degrees and they die in less than 5 minutes. The itch goes away too. The bite/chigger will itch like crazy for the first couple minutes then its gone completly.

The best tip we ever got for chigger control was simply to shower nightly during chigger season, scrubbing the body very well everywhere with a rough washcloth. This scrapes them off before they can do too much damage. But, alas, it's easy to forget to shower *every* night to fight these pests...

bleach and water mix will stop the itch, wash area with a 3 cups water to 3 table spoons bleach. wet area down good and let air dry.

I grew up in rural Georgia and my Deddy taught me to
chew several pine needles (and swallow the juice)to prevent chigger bites when we went blackberry picking, etc. From what I remember it worked. Guess your breath smelled differently? He thought it got in your blood and
was abhorrent to the little buggers. After you got all
the juice out you rubbed the chewed needles on your clothes.

I used to watch my brothers 'pick' chiggers off of their
bodies with the point of a pocket knife when they got home
from working for the forestry service one summer.

Ok. Now I'm twitchy - itchy. Hee hee.

while in the Navy stationed in Virginia i came down with the chiggers. I was in torment for a week until I found that a little nail polish applied over the red spot cooled the itch plus when I pulled off the polish after it dried it pulled the lil critter off with it.

i live in arkansas WE HAVE CHIGGERS i have found that pure tea tree oil, the kind you find a any pharmacy, seem to work the best, rub on skin and it not only helps stop the iching it helps promote healing much quicker