A Plant Whisperer Shares the Best Traditional Latin American Remedies For Bug Bites

A now world-renowned lucid dreaming plant, Kalea Zacatechichi, was actually used as an insecticide in several traditions in Mexico and Central America. Natives used the leaves like incense to smoke bugs away. People would also submerge in baths with this plant to avoid skin eruptions or to cure bug bites.

It's also used as an insecticide by drinking it as tea. "Although it's hard to drink due to its strong bitter nature, it is used internally to repel insects as well as a potent anti-parasitic for your intestines that can help the body get rid of any kind of pests," she says.