Show REMEDIES FOR CHIGGERS if a bath in hot water or in water containing salt or strong taken within a few hours after exposure in shrubbery and weeds infested chiggers or red bugs no ill effects will be experienced after along a long exposure however a bath has practically no effect and direct remedies are necessary after irritation has set in and small red spots appear alpiar the application of a moderately strong solution of ammonia to the affect ed parts is recommended by the agricultural departments en A supersaturated super saturated solution of bicarbonate of soda or common cooking soda or will afford relief liberal applications should be made until the irritation subsides subs ids if the suffering is severe a dilute tinctured tincture of iodine or should be lightly applied |