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A baking soda paste. Linda F. remembers trying this remedy on bug bites when she was pregnant and trying to avoid unnecessary chemicals. Sarah H. also uses a baking soda paste to quell the itch of bug bites. Both say to mix baking soda with enough water to make a sticky paste, rub it over the bug bite, and leave it there to dry. Meat tenderizer. Mom KayDee B. says she uses a paste, too, but she makes it out of meat tenderizer and water.
You can apply a cold pack or ice to an itchy insect bite to help relieve the initial reaction. Hydrocortisone cream and oral antihistamines with the ingredient diphenhydramine can also help control ongoing itching.