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RE: Centipede Bite! - Kenney - 09-30-2017
One cool winter morning I grabbed a sweatshirt and put it on on my way out the door going to work. There was a little blue legged centipede in my sleeve and he got me good in the wrist. I don't get infected from them but they sting like heck, then a week later they rise up again and itch like crazy for a day, then they're gone. I used to put green clay on them to soothe and draw out the toxin. It's no cure, but at least harmless.
The big red ones biting never bother me. I always thought they're like Rattle Snakes, the small ones being more poisonous.
I haven't even seen one in ages. The hens keep them in check.
Just always look when you lift a rock. They love to hide in wet dark places.
RE: Centipede Bite! - Wishes - 09-30-2017
I don't know how it would work on a bite but pulu works wonders to draw out infection. Pulu is the golden hairs of the Hapu'u fern tree fiddleheads. I had scuffed up my big toe on lava and it was festering. I put a bit of pulu on it, immediately it tingled and within 2 days was almost completely gone. I was so happy to find a good amount of Hapu'u on my acre since I am a huge klutz! It will be my go-to for every wound! It also helped my honey clot a bad bleeder on his calf. It made a pretty golden scab and left no scar!
"One day there, madam, is worth one year of common existence," David Douglas
RE: Centipede Bite! - glassnumbers - 10-01-2017
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Originally posted by Mimosa
Slice open the wound with and exacto knife - and make a mix of half ammonia and half clean water and the toxins will be sucked out if a fresh bite.
OR
go into garden and pick 300 mature lokahi leaves to suck out toxins bring to a boil about 25 to 30 mature leaves and place on bite wound - repeat same process 4 - 6 times - the last time - make polstice and wrap wound with gauze paper tape and in morning no mo nuttin.
Mrs . Mimosa
I think what you're trying to say is "laukahi", not Lokahi, which is a different thing.
Lokahi is a Hawaiian word. It means harmony and balance.
Funny what literally 2 minutes of internet research can do.
according to hawaiinewsnow this is laukahi.
http://khnl.images.worldnow.com/images/11711270_BG1.jpg
You know, when you advise people to pick the leaves off of a plant, you A. might want to get the name of the plant right, and B. you might want to tell them what the leaves look like.
Aloha
RE: Centipede Bite! - DoryGray - 10-01-2017
Just reading this gave me the heebie jeebies. My friends used to call me a "baby" for whining about the pain, until it happened to them. Centipedes seemed to follow me wherever I lived on the islands for years, especially to my house built on a slab. Until a Hawaiian friend of mine said the "lore" is if you have centipedes it's because you have jealousy about something. So worked on that & now they are gone. Although at the same time I also started keeping chickens, what a coincidence.
RE: Centipede Bite! - knieft - 10-01-2017
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Originally posted by leilaniguy
And bang your shoes together before you put them on.
It's _three times, _after_ you put them on.
No place like Puna.
Cheers,
Kirt
RE: Centipede Bite! - TomK - 10-01-2017
That only applies if the shoes are red and have heels.
Evidence: https://youtu.be/ooM-RGUTe2E
Having said that, recent scientific studies have so far not addressed the "three tap rule" so obviously more work is needed. I'm currently experimenting with a "one good shake solves all problems" technique but have yet to publish my findings.
RE: Centipede Bite! - leilaniguy - 10-01-2017
I don't have ruby slippers, but I know a woman named Dorothy, does that count?
RE: Centipede Bite! - TomK - 10-01-2017
Thanks for that. I'll include a "name" variable into the computer model and see what happens. I hadn't thought of that before, so appreciate your input. This is how scientific collaboration works.
