Why calamine lotion applied on skin when ant bites
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Ant sting contains formic acid. When an ant bites, it injects this formic acid into the skin. This causes pain. Calamine solution contains zinc carbonate which is a base. Calamine solution neutralize the effect of acid of ant bite when applied on the skin.
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Ant bite containing formic acid when enter's in our body we feel some burning sensation to work on it as a base we use calamine lotion to fight with the burning sensation and cool it !
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Because its a base. and it neutrilize the methonic acid present in the ant sting
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