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

[Raven DuLoche]

Sorry, I had not seen it before and the woman who sent it to me is a
nutritionist who isn't the type to forward everything she sees, neither am
I.  Though the website below lists the status of this claim as
"undetermined", it does mention that pennies in the states are 97.5% Zinc
and 2.5% Copper.  Zinc does have anti-inflammatory properties.  Would
sticking a penny on a sting do anything?  Who knows, but as holistic health
care practitioner who believes in alternative medicine, along with some
(note I say "some") folk medicines, I'd be willing to try it if I ever get
stung.

Again, my apologies for passing it on.

-----Original Message-----
From: artemisia-bounces at lists.gallowglass.org
[mailto:artemisia-bounces at lists.gallowglass.org] On Behalf Of Ellisif in
Sleggja
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:55 PM
To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] OT: Tis the season..... What to do for a Bee Sting

Greetings all,

This is an urban legend that has been making its way around the Internet for
apparently some time.  Please see
http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/beesting.asp 

--Ellisif



----- Original Message ----
From: Raven DuLoche <RavenDuLoche at FaeWood.org>
To: Artemisia List <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 1:05:54 PM
Subject: [Artemisia] OT: Tis the season..... What to do for a Bee Sting


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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