bee sting wisdom

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hear's something my Aunt passed on to me

 

How to cure the sting of wasps and bees

Just wanted to share a bit of information for school. A couple of

weeks ago I was unfortunate enough to get stung by both a bee and

hornet while working in the garden. My arm swelled up so off to the

doctor I went. The clinic gave me cream and an antihistamine. The

next day the swelling was getting progressively worse so off to my

regular doctor I went. Infected arm - needed an antibiotic. What was

interesting is what the Dr. told me. The next time you get stung put

a penny on the bite for 15 minutes. I thought, wow, next time (if

there ever is one) I will try it.

 

Well that night Shelley's niece got stung by two bees. When she

came over to swim I looked at the bite and it had already started to

swell. So off I went to get my money. Taped a penny to her arm for 15

minutes. The next morning, there was no sign of a bite. Wow , were we

surprised. Her niece, we decided, just wasn't allergic to the sting.

 

Well guess what happened again on Saturday night. I was helping

Shelley dead head her flowers and guess what, you are right , I got

bit again two times by a hornet on my left hand. Was I ticked. I

thought here I go again having to go to the doctor for yet another

antibiotic. Well I promptly went into the house, again got my money

out and taped two pennies to my bites and then sat and sulked for 15

minutes. The penny took the sting out of the bite immediately. I

still wasn't sure what was going to happen. In the meantime the

hornets were attacking Shelley and she got bit on the thumb. Again

the penny. The next morning I would only see the spot where he had

got me. No redness, no swelling. Went over to see Shelley and

hers was the same. Couldn't even tell where she got bit. Then Shelley

got stung again on Monday night on her back cutting grass. This

penny thing is going to make us money at school. Again it worked.

 

Just wanted to share the marvelous information in case any of you

are experiencing the same problem at home. We need to have a stock

of pennies on hand at school.

 

The Dr. said somehow the copper in the penny counteracts the

bite. I would never had believed it. But it definitely does work.