When something has invaded my body I am accustomed to being able to isolate the change in chemistry and identify the origin. I was not aware of these invaders until the burning sensations where they were biting had become inflamed.. By the time I could see these ticks they were in clusters of ten and all of them had their heads sunk deep into my flesh.
Common wisdom says the best way to get those heads back to the surface is by applying topical heat to their feet. I’ve never managed that feat without raising more blisters on the victim’s flesh than the ticks feel on their feet. Therefore I have searched relentlessly for a chemical solution that seems to be safe. Kerosene used to work, but these latest varieties ignite better than gasoline and I seem to find myself close to the flames of every campfire I approach, even in summer. Spraying some OFF® on them dudes will usually work in less than an hour, but I am the victim of Multiple Chemical Reactions and I always seem to get sick soon after I use that stuff, though there is such a long interval between the application and devastation that I have never been able to pin down a direct stream of cause and effect..
Then last week I found myself inundated with more ticks in one day than a hound dog can drag up from running through the brush all month. As it so happened I was lacking any kind of known protection. As I sat there naked to the wind in faint hopes of freezing the buns off them little buggers I looked over a notch and discovered an almost empty bottle of PineSol®.
I just barely had time to ask myself what kind of a fool would apply PineSol® to an already throbbing, tick-irritated body before I had the cap off. A little dab here and a little dab there and it was almost immediately apparent that these ticks cannot stand up to a bath in PineSol®. Not only did they drag their little heads out of my belly, they squirmed for a few minutes, then keeled over dead.
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Dead ticks are just about the prettiest scenery I have ever seen.
In a way, PineSol® makes sense because how many ticks have you ever seen hugging a pine tree?
There was one cluster of ten ticks in a fold of the body close in proximity to where hazardous chemicals are a hazard to apply. So fiercely were those ticks biting that I hazarded liberal proportions of this suspectedly hazardous potion and I am delighted to report there were no hazardous reactions to report. No! Not even the faintest urge to go howling into the woods needs be recorded here.
The news gets even better. Ticks that have had their heads buried in you for any length of time will leave poison behind This poison (in me anyway) festers and raises a knot that itches for days. Another little dab of PineSol® took the sting right out of that lump of poison for hours. Another little dab seems to eliminate the problem for days.
I’m not sure, but I think PineSol® is also a good working remedy for chiggers. As many bites as I had boiling to the surface on my flesh last week there’s no telling how many kinds of varmints had found me delicious to the taste.
Please note: Three days later I did get devastatingly sick, but again, I was not able to pin down a direct stream of cause and effect to this remedial product. Anyway, you are encouraged to wait until they are desperate before trying this remedy on your friends to see if it works in your neck of the woods.
