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BEE STINGS and PENNIES |
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Jim HOGAN - Apr 26,2007
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This was posted by Bill WINDLE at our YEAGER / KING family site. I have never tried it but who knows, maybe it is worth a try.
Bill WINDLE - Apr 24, 2007 View | Viewers
Vickie of Ohio:
I hope this is helpful to all who work outside in their yards.
BEE STINGS AND PENNIES - could be helpful
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 again. 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 my wife'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 my wife deadhead her flowers and got bit again two times by a hornet on my left hand. 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 my wife 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. Looked at my wife's and hers was the same. Couldn't even tell where she got bit. Just wanted to share the marvelous information in case any of you are experiencing the same problem at home. They should have a stock of pennies on hand at school. The Dr. said that somehow the copper in the penny counteracts the bite. I would never had believed it. But it definitely does work. So there you go 'the tip for today'.
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