[SEL] Fw: Bee Stings OT

[Bill Brueck]

I sure wouldn't be above giving this a try, but Snopes' report isn't too
encouraging:

www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/beesting.asp 

At least the report was written with a sense of humor, it's entertaining to
read.

B²

Bill Brueck
   Chatfield, Minnesota, USA

Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.


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Subject: [SEL] Fw: Bee Stings OT

Sort of off topic but if this remedy works especially at some of the later
summer and fall engine shows when the wasps & hornets seem to be at the
worst around our engine sites its worth sharing.
Curt


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Subject: Fw: Bee Stings
Date:    Mon, 5 May 2008 02:32:42 +0000





         Subject: Fw: Bee Stings
 
 
 This information may be something to remember, as  this season will soon be
here 
         again...
 
It might be wise to carry a penny in your pocket while working in the
yard......... BEE STINGS !

A couple of weeks ago, I was stung by both a bee and hornet while working in
the garden.
 
My arm swelled up, so I went to the doctor. The clinic gave me cream and an
antihistamine. The next day the swelling was getting progressively worse, so
I went to my regular doctor. The arm was Infected and 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 and it had
already started to swell. So, I taped a penny to her arm for 15 minut es.
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 and taped two pennies to my bites, then sat and
sulked for 15 minutes. The penny took the string out of the bite
immediately.

In the meantime the hornets were attacking, and 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!
 
Please remember and pass this information on to your friends, children,
grandchildren, etc.

 
 

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