Tip #12: Best Natural Skin Remedy - and it's Local!

After spending a great evening outdoors with friends, I also spent too much time with the mosquitoes. I have bites all over my arms today where missed with the 'OFF!' spray. Luckily there is a great ointment for bites that I recently bought at the Greenport Farmer's Market made by The Apotheca of Southold.  Donna Penny makes her Zincuta ointment, a specialty skin cream, from all natural ingredients.

According to Donna:
Zincuta (zin-coot-a) dates back to 1890, and is still made in the USA of the highest-quality ingredients. Dr. Josiah Case's original formula - with zinc oxide for rapid healing and beeswax for itch relief - is an excellent treatment for burns (sun and otherwise), chafes, abrasions, raw sores, insect bites, even eczema and psoriasis.

My favorite ingredients are the essential oils of Wintergreen, Lavender & Bergamot.  It is so soothing on the skin and feels great on a sunburn. I've also been using Zincuta on all the mysterious scrapes that appear after working on the farm. Give it a try! The Apotheca of Southold is at the Greenport Farmer's Market and the Shelter Island Farmer's Market, on Saturday mornings.  Zincuta also is for sell at The Market in Greenport.  And if you can't make it to the North Fork, you can purchase it online at:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Apotheca-Zincuta-Ointment-Oz/dp/B002QO58T6/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top