Sting or Bug Bite

This is one of those remedies that when I was growing up was a common place my grandma used it, mom used it, and I also used it on the little ones (I don't know where grandma got it from) so anyway I never thought much about posting on this, but it does work.
Wipe off the affected area gently with a cold (white, thats what grandma always said) wash cloth, then apply the mixture below to the affected area. This mixture dries and can be applied again, but if you have any left over when finished discard. When the redness and irritation have subsided my grandma always put a cold wet (again white) wash cloth on it for a few minutes, then gently washed off the baking soda.
The ingredients are simple: close to a 50/50 mixture of baking soda and water, just a tiny bit more baking soda. You can mix this in a bowl (grandma always used the palm of her hand) because it not a lot maybe 1 1/2 Tbl baking soda and 1 1/2 Tbl water, with a tiny bit more baking soda.
I added this next step because we seem to always have an aloe vera plant growing above the sink, (used mostly for minor burns in the kitchen). I break off a leaf of this plant squeeze and gently rub the juice onto the area, this cools and relieves. 
Sorry no pictures, I take all my pictures for my blog with the I Phone 4 and its acting funny so to the Apple store it goes. :(

Foot Problems

My daughter Makayla has a problem with a little bit of foot odor and then her skin will peal sometimes on the sides of her feet (hope she doesn't read this post I will be in sooo much trouble) if you read this love you kaykay! Anywhoo I had bought a lot of different products over the years but none seemed to help with both of her problems. A few worked better than others but I did not like some of the ingredients in them. I got to thinking my grandmother, many years ago would sprinkle corn starch in her shoes so with this in mind I thought I would try the corn starch and add to this baking soda. This seemed to help with the sweaty foot odor so I added about 2 to 3 drops of Tea Tree oil to the powder mix and put through a sifter twice. Its been 4 weeks and so far it is working her skin stopped pealing. :) I would think this should have a shelf life of at least 4 months, but it does not last that long here so not sure. I just make small batches and store the mixture in a baby powder container I also label the bottle so there is not any confusion!
1 cup of corn starch
1/4 cup baking soda
2 to 3 drops tea tree oil
The next batch she wants me to add a few drops of essential oil