[Artemisia] OT: Tis the season..... What to do for a Bee Sting

[Raven DuLoche]

I tried to send this once but I don't think it went through, I apologize in
advance if it ends up being a duplicate.
 
A friend of mine forwarded this to me, I don't know if it works and don't
really want to test it myself but I thought 
I'd pass it on.
 
Raven DuLoche
(Lurking in Seattle)
 
  
>  What to do for a Bee Sting 
>        A couple of weeks ago, I was unfortunate enough to get  stung by
>both a bee and hornet while working in the garden. My arm swelled up, so
>off to the doctor I went.  The clinic  gave  me cream and an
>antihistamine.  The next day the swelling  was  getting progressively
>worse, so off to my regular doctor I  went. Infected arm was the
>diagnosis -- I needed an antibiotic. What was interesting is what the Dr.
>told me.  The next time  you get stung, put a PENNY on the bite for 15
>minutes.  I  thought, "Wow!  Next time (if there ever is one), I will try
>it." Well, that night my niece's daughter was stung by two bees. When she
>came over to swim, I looked at the bite; and it had already started to
>swell.  So off I went to get my money.  I taped a penny to her arm for 15
>minute s.  The next morning, there was no sign of a bite.  Wow -- were we
>surprised.  Her daughter, we decided, just wasn't allergic to the sting.
>Well -- guess what happened again on Saturday night.  I was
>helping my niece deadhead her flowers -- and guess what? You are right! 
>I got stung again TWO times by a hornet on my left hand.  I said, "Here I
>go again having to go to the doct or for yet another antibiotic." I
>promptly went into  the house again, got my pennies out, and taped them
>to my bites -- and then sat and sulked for 15 minutes.  The penny took
>the sting out of the bite almost immediately.  I still wasn't sure what
>was going to happen. In the meantime the hornets were attacking my niece,
>and she got stung on the thumb.  Again the penny . . . 
> 
>    The next morning I could  only see the spot where he had stung me. No
>redness . . . no swelling. I went over to see my niece, and hers was the
>same.  I couldn't even tell where she got stung. Just wanted to share the
>marvelous information in case any of you are experiencing the same
>problem at home. We need to have a stock of pennies on hand at school 
>and at home. 
> 
>    The doctor said somehow the copper in the penny counteracts the bite.
> I would never have believed it.  But it  definitely does  work. 
> 
>    So remember this little bit of wisdom and pass it on to your friends,
>children, grandchildren.