Bites & Stings

Bee Stings

My husband was stung by an unknown bee twice this summer. I made a clay mask and applied to the “red” area both times and within a few minutes the redness started disappearing and the pain went away. Within an hour or
so, you could not even see the bee sting. – Irene C.

Best Insect Bite Remedy

This is the best  remedy for any kind of insect bite!!!  My husband is shocked at how well this works. We apply a light coating to any kind of bite and in a few hours the area is less red and is starting to dry up! Just ordered another jar of Living Clay.  Thanks for such a great product!!! – Jane O.

Bug Bites

On my February 2004 missionary trip to New Hope Mission in Uganda, Africa, I took some clay for my sister to try.  While there I was stung by a vicious ant similar to our infamous Texas Fire ants.  I remembered reading about the benefits of using it on insect bites so I decided to give it a try.  Wow was I glad I did!  Within several seconds the burning and itch began to subside and within a minute was completely gone.  The next day there was no small pimple as usual with ant stings and after reapplying the clay the sting mark was gone the next day.  It also worked great to soothe the mosquito bites.  My mom and sister like using the clay because it really pulls out the toxins and helps their face feel and look better. – Michael M.

Bug Bites and Staph Infection

I have been using clay on my granddaughter’s bug bite that turned into a staph infection requiring a trip to the ER. It looked MUCH better after the first application — my son was completely skeptical — but after 2 more applications he was starting to be convinced.  Jenny M.

Cat Bite

Anyone ever been bitten by a cat? They have something in their saliva that makes their bites one of the worst you can get. Many times you end up at the doctor’s or emergency for antibiotics to say nothing about them being very painful. Last night I had to clean the ears of 5 kittens who had been exposed to ear mites. The one kitten fought me so much I had to have my husband help hold her and she went ballistic when I put the cleaner in her ear. I don’t know if it was just fear or what but she started fighting and screaming. One of the grown cats thought we were hurting her and grabbed my lower leg and started biting. She got me about 4 or 5 times before I could get her off. After stopping the bleeding with dry clay I coated the whole area with hydrated clay and put plastic wrap and an elastic bandage around it for the night. This morning I got up and there was no swelling, no redness or any pain. – Mary Lee S.  

Centipede Bite 

One morning, I pulled on a pair of shorts from somewhere deep in my closet. I felt a strange tickling sensation down by my groin. I looked down and saw a baby centipede crawling out of my shorts, and before I could knock it away, it bit me. Right in the area where all those lymph nodes are located. A centipede bite is sheer fire that begins to spread through your body, and it doesn’t just stay in that localized area … it spreads far and wide. And just like scorpions, the younger the centipede, the more powerful its venom. So, one look and I knew I was in trouble.

On my way to the bathroom cabinet, I could already feel the white fire spreading throughout my body. Then I’m into the cabinet, open the clay and put a nice little dab all around the two fang puncture marks on my body.

I first noticed the coolness of the clay as it touched my skin. Then, to my amazement, I began to feel the white fire retreating and immediately dissipating. Within 30 seconds, I could no longer feel the fire — now, all I felt was the cool of the clay doing its work. Within two minutes, I could hardly feel anything at all, and I waited a few more minutes just to be sure, but within five minutes after rinsing off the clay and looking down in that area, all I could see was the two puncture marks the centipede had left, and no red and no swelling and most importantly … no pain. — Dylan H.

Dog Bite on Cheek — No Scar

Friend of a friend had daughter bitten by dog on her cheek that had become a hanging piece of meat. The father took her to a Dr. who panicked and did not know what to do, the father went back home, put clay onto it and went to another Dr., who said he had done the best thing he could have done and told him to go home. Not a scar left! This was in France, as no Dr. here in NZ would do that. — Corinne M.

Insect Bite Turns to MRSA Infection

I had a mosquito bite on the back of my right leg that I scratched and got infected with what the doctor claimed as a granular staph infection. Since it was granular the 2 bouts of antibiotics had no effect on the wound. It was still necropsying so I knew I needed to find something that would pull the infection out of the wound topically. The infection was now what I believe to be MRSA. I searched the internet and eventually came upon your website among others that described the healing powers of the living clays. I ordered the Bentonite clay and started applying a wet paste of the clay on the wound the first week of December in 2011. There was a noticeable change of the wound within 2 days. It was not as red and “angry” as it had been prior to the clay. I would mix the clay with distilled water and apply it directly over the wound and cover it with part of a collard green leaf (I found it worked better than cellophane wrap) and wrapped the area of my leg with an ace bandage. I would change the dressing 3 times a day for the first two weeks and then reduced it back to 2 times a day after that. By mid-January (approx. 7 weeks) the “infection” was cleared. The wound is still healing from the whole that it left in my leg, but at least the necropsying has stopped and the underlying tissue is healing. In all, it has taken about 3 months to get to this point. The clay was very soothing to the area of the wound. The pain associated with the infection was pretty bad and within 3 weeks the soreness had subsided. I know that it sounds like a long time but with the depth of the wound and the infection involved, it certainly was faster and less evasive than the alternative of various antibiotics and possible skin grafting that I was told was to be expected.

Both of my children who are in the medical field, one is a doctor of osteopathy and the other a nurse, along with the dermatologist I originally saw for the infection, wanted me to continue with the antibiotics. This would have involved months of this medication that obviously was not affecting the site at all but was upsetting everything else in my system. I knew that for me this was not an option. I know there are more organic ways of healing our organic bodies so that is why I went on the search.

I am glad to say that I won out on all levels! The wound is healing and I did not have to sacrifice my bank account and relative health to achieve this outcome. If you’re an outdoors person like me, this is a product that is a must for your “medicine cabinet”! Thank you Perry for spreading the word on such a wonderful, natural product! – Corinne M.

Jellyfish Sting

A few days ago, my husband went out snorkeling across the street. Within a few minutes he came running into the house, dripping wet and said, “I need your help!” I rushed in to see what was wrong. He had been stung by what appeared to be a long severed tentacle of a jellyfish all over his torso. We immediately began spreading the hydrated Clay over all the long red welts and noticed that the red streaks were already starting to blister up. He felt an instant cooling relief as the Clay was applied and the stinging began to subside. We placed plastic strips over all the clayed areas to keep it from drying. About half an hour later, we removed the plastic and rinsed the clay off, and there was not a mark left on his body! Once again… Our special clay to the rescue! — Dylan & Clover

Jellyfish Sting #2

A friend I have introduced clay to called me yesterday about her trip to Florida. She was at a large gathering at the beach and several of the children were stung by jelly fish. Immediately some of the Mom’s were trying shaving cream, vinegar etc. She waited until none of that worked and then dragged out the jar of hydrated clay she had taken on the trip. It stopped the sting immediately. Now they are all fans!! – Edith

Puss Caterpillar Bite

I got stung by a puss caterpillar yesterday. The stings an be vicious. But I did what I could to get the stingers out immediately and I kept clay on the wound. Today there is still a mark, but no pain, swelling, or burning, which is unusual. The Bentonite sucked all the poison out of the wound because I am better already. Benadryl can kiss my a$$, cause that stuff really did the job OVERNIGHT! – Robin

Spider Bite

It was an unbelievable experience.  Most thought I would be hospitalized when I shared it.  I was very frightened at what had happened to my body.  Early in the morning I noticed a small hot spot, maybe the size of a dime.  It was red and enflamed.  By mid afternoon, it had enlarged and continued to grow.  I placed ointments on it but the inflamed area continued to expand until it reached an area of about 4″X6″ when I began to apply the Bentonite clay.  The growth slowed almost immediately and within a couple of days the redness and swelling began to diminish.  I applied the clay a couple of times a day for the next couple of weeks.  And miraculously the area totally healed–the swelling went down, the redness left.  Today, all I have is a tiny black dot where apparently the stinger or whatever permeated my skin still remains.  I would never have believed that clay could do such an incredible healing from an apparent spider bite. – Judith B.

Spider Bite on the Foot

The father of a good friend of mine got bitten on his foot by a spider which caused swelling and multi-discoloration on top of the foot. She applied a poultice of moist clay covered by a Band-Aid which she changed daily. Within 24 hours much of the swelling was gone and the discoloring began disappearing. In a week’s time, there was no sign of him ever being bitten. – Judy

Spiders and Mosquitoes

Just wanted you to hear how the Clay helped me. I was bitten on the forearm by a spider during the night. I awoke with one area of my forearm swollen to three times the normal size. It was blazing hot and painful to the touch. Actually, I was a little freaked out by it. But I remembered reading in your book entitled “Living Clay” about insect bites. I immediately took some of my hydrated clay and put a huge amount of clay on the swollen area. After it had dried, I washed it off and took a look. Much better, but still swollen. I reapplied the clay and let it dry again. I repeated this process over the day and by 6:00 p.m., my forearm was back to its original size and the pain was completely gone. No need for cortisone or any kind of anti-inflammatory medication. I hope your readers can benefit from this remedy. The mosquitoes here are extremely brutal this summer and the hydrated clay works just as well on these kind of bites. — Michael F.

Spider – Brown Recluse Bite

Right after I started using the clay my Macie was bitten by a brown recluse spider. I applied the hydrated clay almost immediately, but red streaks had started up her leg about 5 or 6 inches …she was in pain, but the clay took that away.  I reapplied every two hrs. and within about 8 hrs. she was doing well …it was time for bed, so I reapplied the clay, wrapped it up for the night and sent her to bed …the next day she was all better, no pain …only a small ‘cater’ was left at the bite site.  Whenever the kids get bit by any insect, they now go get the clay.  🙂  My husband and I are and they are …such believers!! – Debbie

Spider – Brown Recluse Bite #2

A friend of mine recently was bitten by a “Brown Recluse Spider”. It was late in the evening so I immediately had her apply a very large glob of our calcium bentonite clay to the bite. She changed the poultice several times during the night. The next morning she went to the doctor and he squeezed the wound and a sack with the poison intact popped out of her arm. He was very surprised, and even though he did recommend antibiotics, she suffered no effects from this bite. Hooray for clay! It is always important to keep some hydrated clay close at hand for just such emergencies. – Carol

Spider – Brown Recluse Bite – Severe

I had a huge brown recluse bite on my inner left thigh that I had started using Activated Charcoal on. (What a mess that was!!) 

The clay started working immediately! I was into my second week of battling this bite, when I finally remembered that I had purchased some of your clay from the Power Hour months before, so I started using it, applying a thick paste of it to the wound (which at this point was about the size of a quarter) as soon as that dried, I would remove it, then reapply it again. I did this for over a week, but after just 1 day, the wound was noticeably better. Like I said above, the dead tissue was about the size of a quarter, but the whole area that was affected was about 6″ in diameter, I knew that if I could not stop this toxin, this whole area was going to look like the quarter size spot. I continued doing this for 2 weeks, and now I can hardly tell there was EVER a bite there, very minimal scarring!!  By the way, that was not the only bite I received, a couple of weeks later, I had 4 bites on my left arm, (killed the little bugger this time!) I immediately applied the clay to these spots, they never progressed beyond little red bumps. I amazed family and friends when I told them how I cured these bites. I think they are now believers, too. It would not surprise me if you started getting customers from this area!!

I am ABSOLUTELY!! Satisfied with this clay.  WILL NEVER BE CAUGHT WITHOUT IT AGAIN!!  I also drink it everyday, since we are invaded with environmental toxins everyday!! – Lori F.

Spider Bite on the Foot
The father of a good friend of mine got bitten on his foot by a spider which caused swelling and multi-discoloration on top of the foot. She applied a poultice of moist clay covered by a Band-Aid which she changed daily. Within 24 hours much of the swelling was gone and the discoloring began disappearing. In a week’s time, there was no sign of him ever being bitten. — Judy W.

Spiders and Mosquitoes

Just wanted you to hear how the Clay helped me. I was bitten on the forearm by a spider during the night. I awoke with one area of my forearm swollen to three times the normal size. It was blazing hot and painful to the touch. Actually, I was a little freaked out by it. But I remembered reading in your book entitled “Living Clay” about insect bites. I immediately took some of my hydrated clay and put a huge amount of clay on the swollen area. After it had dried, I washed it off and took a look. Much better, but still swollen. I reapplied the clay and let it dry again. I repeated this process over the day and by 6:00 p.m., my forearm was back to its original size and the pain was completely gone. No need for cortisone or any kind of anti-inflammatory medication. I hope your readers can benefit from this remedy. The mosquitoes here are extremely brutal this summer and the hydrated clay works just as well on these kinds of bites. — Michael I.

Wasp Sting

It was astounding to get instant relief from a wasp sting one night.  I smeared some hydrated clay on the sting which was on my shin right where it meets the foot.  I washed it off before bed an hour later — a bad idea — because I awoke the next morning with swelling and what felt like a deep bruise.  After half a day of limping around I bought some plastic wrap and during my lunch break fashioned a poultice at the site with a tablespoon of the little bit of hydrated clay I carry with me.  Within minutes the pain went away and despite walking around on it the rest of the day, the swelling went down by that evening when I removed it all before taking a shower.  I had no further symptoms thereafter.  It was like I was never stung to begin with. – Stuart S.

Wet Clay Wraps and Fire Ants

I wanted to share with you a way that I found to keep the clay moist and go about your day without getting clay all over everything. I was bit by fire ants on both feet. This in the past has proven to be a very long ordeal for me with intolerable itching and swelling and eventually, from all the scratching, an infection. My discomfort level was 9 out of 10, from all the itching and swelling of my ankles. I sat on the tub with my feet in the tub. I applied wet Calcium Bentonite Clay on my feet and then took 2 pieces of 5′ long cheesecloth, wet them, applied more wet CB Clay to the cheesecloth and wrapped it around my feet. It looked as if I was wrapping it as you would wrap a sprain. I of course covered all the areas that had been bitten. You can find this cheesecloth at the grocery store in a package. It is usually found in a section with kitchen utensils. It is for crafts and household uses. I believe you can also find it at fabric stores. After wrapping my feet and being sure I had enough wet clay in there, I wrapped them both with saran wrap. Then I put zip lock baggies over each foot. I then put my crocks on which were the widest and loosest fitting shoes I own. I walked around the house and outside for 6 hours with this wet clay on. After a while my feet squished around! However it was wonderful to have 6 hours with absolutely no itching. Then after I washed the CB Clay off, my discomfort level dropped to between 1 and 2 with no swelling or itching. It was only when the hem edge of my slacks hit my ankle that I felt a bit of irritation. I did nothing more to my ankles. I did not apply anything or reuse the clay. After about a week the discomfort level went to 0. I now have no discomfort at all and the bites are completely cleared up. I believe that the clay’s benefits are more dramatic when the clay stays wet. When I give myself a CB Clay facial, now I think I will keep a spray bottle of filtered water on hand to spritz my face so it stays wet. Having these solutions to keep it wet makes the clay even more valuable. I have a family emergency kit put together in case of a national emergency. My clay is in that kit. – Maryellen L.