[pct-l] Bee Stings Cure

[RJ Lewis]

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....
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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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