[pct-l] Bee Stings Cure

[Tortoise]

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
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> 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!
> 
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