Patent ID: 8128949

Claim:
A travel kit for a person for inhibiting and reducing the incidence and effect of insect bites, the kit consisting essentially of: a) a pouch for enclosing a plurality of containers therein, the pouch having a closure means to maintain the containers in the pouch and a means for removably attaching the pouch to a person, the plurality of containers comprising: b) a first container containing at least one oral tablet consisting of an effective amount of niacin (vitamin B-3) or its corresponding amide as the only active ingredient for inhibiting or reducing the incidence of insect bites; c) a second container containing a soap composition that includes an effective antimicrobial compound that when applied to a bite area of a person's skin that has an insect bite, disinfects such bite area; d) a third container containing a mud composition that includes an effective amount of a clay that when applied to the bite area reduces the swelling, inflammation or itching of the bite area; and e) a fourth container containing an effective sterilizing wash composition that when applied to the bite area sterilizes the bite area and assists in reducing the swelling, inflammation or itching of the bite area; and f) directions consisting essentially of: 1) orally ingesting the at least one oral tablet from the first container for inhibiting or reducing the incidence of insect bites, and then if an insect bites an area of the person's skin: 2) applying to the bite area the soap composition from the second container to disinfect the bite area; and then 3) applying to the disinfected bite area the mud composition from the third container to reduce the swelling, inflammation or itching of the bite area; and then 4) applying to the mud treated bite area the sterilizing wash composition from the fourth container to sterilize the bite area and assist in reducing the swelling, inflammation or itching of the bite area.