Subject: FW: Bee Stings
> It might be wise to carry a penny in your pocket while working
> in the yard......... BEE STINGS !
>
> A couple of weeks ago, I was stung by both a bee and hornet
> while working
> in the garden.
>
> My arm swelled up, so I went to the doctor. The clinic gave me
> cream and
> an
> antihistamine. The next day the swelling was getting
> progressively worse,
> so I
> went to my regular doctor. The arm was Infected and 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
> and 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 and taped two pennies to my bites,
> then sat
> and sulked for 15 minutes. The penny took the string out of the
> bite
> immediately.
>
> In the meantime the hornets were attacking, and 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--! -cuttin g
> 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!
>
> Please remember and pass this information on to your friends,
> children,
> grandchildren, etc.
