[pct-l] Bee Stings Cure

[Laura Newman]

Anyone with known, severe allergies should carry an epi-pen.

http://www.epipen.com/


On May 14, 2008, at 9:22 AM, RJ Lewis wrote:

> For those allergic, this lil bit of "advice" could kill them.  
> Please use
> the advice of your doctor.
>
> many folklore "cures" out there for beestings....a potato slice..an
> onion slice etc....
> *********************************************************************
>
> Rick Genter wrote:
>> On May 14, 2008, at 5:54 AM, Hiker97 at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I do not know if this  is true, but thought it might be something
>>> for the
>>> trail if it does work.   Someone sent this to me, so if anyone knows
>>> about this
>>> post your  insights.
>>> Dr. Switchback
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>> ---
>>> A couple of weeks  ago, I was stung by both a bee & hornet while
>>> working in
>>> the  garden.  My arm swelled up, so I went to the doctor. The clinic
>>> gave  me
>>> cream & an antihistamine. The next day the swelling was getting
>>> progressively
>>> worse, so I went to my regular doctor. The arm was  infected &
>>> needed an
>>> antibiotic. The doctor told me - ' 'The next  time you get stung,
>>> put a penny on
>>> the bite for 15  minutes'.
>>>
>>>
>>> That night, my niece was stung by two  bees. I looked at the bite &
>>> it had
>>> already
>>> started to swell. So, I  taped a penny to her arm for 15 minutes.
>>> The next
>>> morning, there was no sign of a bite. We decided that  she just
>>> wasn't allergic
>>> to the sting.
>>>
>>> Soon, I was gardening  outside. I got stung again, twice by a hornet
>>> on my
>>> left hand. I thought, here I  go again to the doctor for another
>>> antibiotic.  I
>>> promptly got my  money out & taped 2 pennies to my bites, then sat &
>>> sulked
>>> for  15 minutes. The penny took the string out of the bite
>>> immediately.  In  the
>>> meantime the hornets were attacking, & my friend was stung on the
>>> thumb.
>>> Again the penny. The next morning I could only see the spot  where
>>> the hornet
>>> had stung me. No redness, no swelling. My friend's sting  was the
>>> same; couldn't
>>> even tell where she had been stung.  She  got stung again a few days
>>> later
>>> upon her back---cutting the  grass!  And the penny worked once  
>>> again.
>>> Wanted to share this marvelous  information in case you experience
>>> the same
>>> problem. We need to keep a  stock of pennies on hand.  The doctor
>>> said that the
>>> copper in the  penny counteracts the bite.  It definitely  works!
>>>
>>
>>  From the write-up at Snopes, this is pretty much unsubstantiated
>> folklore:
>>
>> http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/beesting.asp
>> --
>> Rick Genter
>> rick.genter at gmail.com
>>
>>
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