Bee stings

[Bettacreek]

Well, I finally got the opportunity to test out some remedies for bee stings. I got stung in the arse, and was trying to find something to put on it... All I could find was toothpaste, so I slapped that on there. Then my parents came home (was there waiting on them to get back to help with a door there) and they gave me hydrocortisone cream. I didn't use any as it was fine by then. I got stung TWICE more before I left, so I used the cream. Guess which ones are STILL bothering me?! Yup, the toothpaste worked BETTER than the hydrocortisone cream. Crazy stuff.

 

[rhoda_bruce]

I am overdue for a few stings. They help me with my pains. I don't do anything but thank God when I get stung. They can be very benificial.

 

[Bettacreek]

I'm allergic to bees. I can handle sweat bees and wasps, but bees really get me. :/

 

[luvinlife offthegrid]

I have heard that vinegar helps with bee stings, but baking soda/water paste works for wasp and hornet stings.

I've never used vinegar for bee stings, I've never been stung by a bee. It supposedly works because the venom is alkalyn. It works as a chemical magnet and draws the venom out.

I know that the baking soda paste works for wasps and yellow jacket stings. (their stings are acidic). I get stung by them all the time. It's been a couple of years though. *knock on wood*

 

[lorihadams]

grab a handful of broad leafed plaintain leaves and chew them into a paste, try to keep as much of the saliva in your mouth as possible, spit the whole wad of leaves and saliva out and place it onto the sting site. It really does work....I got stung in the cheek yesterday and it has helped a lot.

 

[rhoda_bruce]

Yep.......what lori said. When I put my first post, I wasn't yet studying Herbology. But actually for the average person, not allergic, I'd still recommend my first and I hope in the days to come, while I'm working outside, getting ready for the fall garden, that I get a few stings.

 

[Marianne]

grab a handful of broad leafed plaintain leaves and chew them into a paste, try to keep as much of the saliva in your mouth as possible, spit the whole wad of leaves and saliva out and place it onto the sting site. It really does work....I got stung in the cheek yesterday and it has helped a lot.

That was it! I was trying to remember which plant to use. Cheek? Oh ouch!!!!!!!!

Pinching off a bit of 'mother' from your ACV and putting that on any scrape, etc, will help with the pain. But it's a short lived thing unless you keep it over the irritated area.

 

[FarmerChick]

none of us are allergic so we just live thru it. put nothing on it. well, maybe a bit of spit and rub

 

[Beekissed]

I have heard that vinegar helps with bee stings, but baking soda/water paste works for wasp and hornet stings.

I've never used vinegar for bee stings, I've never been stung by a bee. It supposedly works because the venom is alkalyn. It works as a chemical magnet and draws the venom out.

I know that the baking soda paste works for wasps and yellow jacket stings. (their stings are acidic). I get stung by them all the time. It's been a couple of years though. *knock on wood*

Never???? Never went barefoot as a child? Never mowed over a yellow jacket's nest? I don't know that I ever met anyone who, as an adult, had never been stung by a bee. Is that common in the city?

 

[Dawn419]

grab a handful of broad leafed plaintain leaves and chew them into a paste, try to keep as much of the saliva in your mouth as possible, spit the whole wad of leaves and saliva out and place it onto the sting site. It really does work....I got stung in the cheek yesterday and it has helped a lot.

This is what I use, as well! Works great!

Plantain for Bee Stings