http://topics.info.com/Conditions-and-D ... tment_3469birdman253 wrote:For chiggers, try this. Soak a rag in gasoline (should be dripping), wipe down the affected area thoroughly, and let air dry. After it is totally dry, wash thoroughly with soap and water. I've done it for years, and it works like magic. No more itching! I guess it kills the chigger that is inside your skin, but I don't know for sure. What I do knows that it works.
Only problem I ever had with this method was a few years ago. I had a severe case of chiggers all over my legs, and decided to take a small container of gas and a rag into the shower. I wiped them down, let it dry, and then washed the gas off in the shower. I thought all was good, but my wife gave me heck for making the whole house smell like gasoline!!!!!!
"Removing chiggers with products such as turpentine, ammonia, kerosene, alcohol, gasoline or other cleaning fluids should never be done. These items are harmful to skin and unnecessary."
I knew guys who swore by cleaning their tools and hands in benzene. Most of them are dead. And of course my aunt who taught school in Ola, AR constantly had to tell parents not to treat their kids lice with Diesel fuel.
