[pct-l] Bee Stings Cure
Tortoise
Tortoise73 at charter.net
Wed May 14 13:14:22 CDT 2008
Switchback,
stick to trail pirating and plundering.
This is obviously an "urban legend" (ie an "old wives tale") and not to be
believed.
Tortoise
<> He who finishes last, wins! <>
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'.
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> 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!
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