I just got some castor oil and made a pack for the brown recluse bite on my foot.. its over a month old and after about 5 minutes it swelled up and got itchy again like a mosquito bite. OMG does that mean there's left over venom in there? Raw honey was the only thing that would make it heal. Everything else like calamine and neosporin made it worse. I wasnt able to keep it on as long as I wanted because my water bottle went cold, but the swelling went back down right away, so that's a good sign i guess.