[Artemisia] OT: Tis the season..... What to do for a Bee Sting
Raven DuLoche
RavenDuLoche at FaeWood.org
Tue Apr 24 13:05:54 CDT 2007
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.
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