This is one treatment someone is always sure to have handy! Honestly, it works! I had been stung while in a volcanic crater in Hawaii. No medicines around, I was in a great deal of pain. Someone suggested, "pee on it"...it is the ammonia that does it. Urine is sterile when fresh, so, if someone can fill a cup, pour it on straight. It was a life saver for me.
Oddly enough, I was stung by a bee yesterday afternoon, & found a great remedy online. There is a common weed called plantain (not the banana plant!) that when crushed & applied to the sting, gets rid of it very quickly. By 'quickly', I mean that this morning, I had no pain, swelling, or itching whatsoever. It also works for mosquito bites.
I pulled a plantain from by yard, washed it off, chopped it a little & crushed in a mortar & pestle (spoon & bowl would work fine), put a small wad of leaves on the sting, & put an extra-large bandaid over it to hold the leaves in place. I had to apply more leaves a couple of times during the evening, & kept some on overnight, but I'm telling you--the darn thing's gone except for a little mark.
I have heard that either a penny or nickle on the sting works. Keeping them and a quarter in your pocket also works for an emergency screw driver for a larger screw, like on a car engine.
My mom used to wrap raw bacon strips around the sting. Then after an hour or so, unwrap it and the stinger would be at a point to use tweezers to get it out. It worked for me!
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Archived on 06/30/2008
After being stung, make a thick paste of baking soda and water. Pat the paste solution onto the sting area and watch the swelling and pain subside. Another remedy (when more people smoked cigarettes) is to place some tobacco in your lower lip and liquify (make a 'chew') with your saliva; then place the 'chew' onto the sting. It also will relieve the swelling and pain.
By Cajun from Collinsville
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RE: Remedies for Bee Stings
Believe it or not you can also use antipersprant on a sting. I learned this in a home remedy book and then tried it when my son got stung (he was 2 or 3 at the time) and he immediately stopped crying. (06/09/2008)
By Kathy
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I was stung by a wasp six times. I immediately dabbed straight household ammonia using a cotton ball on the area of the stings. The pain disappeared immediately. A neighbor who is a chemist recommended this. He had used it on a neighbor's child when she was stung by a bee. It is also good for mosquito bites. I have been using ammonia for over ten years and it has always worked for anyone who tried it. (06/10/2008)
I would like to know remedies for bee stings that works. I usually put ice pack and baking soda. Anybody have a good remedy?
Seamstress
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Years ago when my mom got stung by a wasp, a friend of mine pulled out his pack of cigarettes, broke open the wrapping, moistened the tobacco and put it on my mom's sting. It took both the sting and the swelling out.
Marla
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The three ways we handle bee stings are as follows, we all have a different one we like.
1) Try putting some mud on the sting
2) You can get an onion and slice it in half and place the cut side down on the sting.
or 3) make a paste of baking soda and ammonia and apply to sting when it dries rub off dried paste. (08/19/2005)
By yankeesgryl
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A lot of these suggestions are good ones and work well.
But if anyone I know gets stung (that isn't allergic), I'm grabbing the vinegar and baking soda to use.
(08/19/2005)
I have tried and used both these remedies and they both work great. Either a slice of tomato or a slice of onion. Both of these seem to stop the stinging & take the stinger out. Hope this helps someone.
Carol (08/20/2005)
I got stung badly just the other day, the non-stop burning shooting clear up my arm. I put some ammonia on it, and the burning immediately stopped. I also had no swelling.
(08/20/2005)
I use Listerine mouthwash on mosquito and black fly bites. It might work for bee stings too. Just soak a cotton ball and apply to the bite for a few minutes. (08/20/2005)
By Nettie
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I would like to say thanks to all who responded. I will try them all as I have a lot of wasps where I live. Each remedy one at a time to see what works best for me.Thanks again! (08/20/2005)
Make a paste of meat tenderizer and water and apply to area. Got this from a doctor. (08/21/2005)
By SNIGDIBBLY
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I use Adolf's meat tenderizer. Make a paste and put it on. The enzemes break down the venom. Works great. Then ice to keep the venom from traveling further. I swell up like a balloon from any kind of sting and have found this to work. In a pinch, if you are not at home, just go to the nearest place you can get ice or even a cold soda from a machine. The cold will keep the venom from traveling. Hope this helps. Valery (08/24/2005)
I don't know about about you guys but i just got stung by a wasp in the finger. It was sitting on my head and I thought it was a fly so I plopped my hand on my head and BAM! It hurt really bad, my mom put some water, ice, then vinegar and baking soda. Worked, it's magic! Also benedryl cream works wonderful too (10/02/2005)
By Mallory and Alesia
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http://www.BeeStingCure.com (03/07/2007)
By Brad
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Taking a penny and holding it on a bee sting for 15 minutes causes it not to swell and something in the copper takes the venom out (05/31/2007)
