Tick-Bite Prevention Cheat Sheet

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Essential oil spray for the yard. Many pest control companies provide this service.
Wear light colored clothing.
Treat pets with tick collars.
Keep yard clean. Ticks
Bug spray when you go out. Re-apply herbals every hour. Lemon grass and geranium have best evidence for efficacy.
Tick check frequently and when your return inside.
Family body-check at night. Ticks travel up until they can’t any more. Common sites include waistband, groin, belly button, neck, hair line, ears.
Boost immune system with healthy eating, and supplementation.

Don’t panic.
Remove tick and place in a plastic bag with date.
Clean site with soap and water.
Apply clove oil or herbal tincture to the site until irritation is gone.
ID tick. If it is a dog tick then no worries. If it is a deer tick or you are unsure then you can send it to a lab for testing.
- Tick ID site: www.tickencounter.org
- $50 Tick Report-(3 day turn around) www.tickreport.com
- Free-Bay area Tick Alliance- 3 months turn around.
Watch for fever, fussiness, rash of any kind, fatigue, joint or muscle pain or other changes in behavior for up to 6 weeks.

Contact your local practitioner if you have questions
Nano Colloidal Silver @ 1/2 – 1 t. / 1-2x / day
Acute Lyme tincture (made by Accord Acupuncture) or something similar @ 1/2 – 1 tsp. / 1-2x / day
Thunder or Lightning Pearls @ up to 3 capsules / 2x / day

Testing for acute Lyme is only helpful 6 weeks following a bite;
Request / demand the Western Blot test; the 1st tier ELISA test is virtually useless
Always receive a copy from your doctor; look at what bands are positive, indeterminate or negative; if one of the bands that is exclusive for Borreliosis is positive or indeterminate (18, 23, 30, 31, 34, 37, 39, 83, 93), this indicates a positive result (but not according to current diagnostic standards).