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Strange Remedies - BeeSting? Tape on a Penny!
Bee Stings
It might be wise to carry a penny in your pocket while working in the Yard..........
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. The 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 o 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 deadhead her Flowers and I got stung again two times by a hornet on my left hand. 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 str ing out of the bite immediately. I still Wasn't sure what was going to happen. In the mean time the hornets were Attacking Shelley and she got stung on the thumb. Again the penny.
The next Morning I could only see the spot where he had stung me. No redness, no Swelling. Went over to see Shelley and hers was the same. Couldn't even tell Where she got stung. The Dr. said somehow the copper in the penny counteracts the bite.
I would never had believed it., but it definitely does work.
So remember this Little bit of wisdom and pass it on to your friends, children, grandchildren, etc.
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