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From: MSN Nicknameaaaaahadair  (Original Message)Sent: 5/19/2007 3:40 PM
This was sent to me by a cousin and was wondering if anyone else had heard of this or had tried it?
 
Bee Stings
 
My arm swelled up so off to the clinic 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. Infected arm - needed an antibiotic. What was interesting is what the doctor 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 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 guess what? You are right I got stung again two times by a hornet on my left hand. Was I ticked. I thought, here I go again having to go to the doctor for yet another antibiotic.
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 string out of the bite immediately. I still wasn't sure what was going to happen. In the meantime 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 the see Shelley and hers was the same. Couldn't even tell where she got stung. Then Shelley got stung again on Monday night on her back---cutting the grass.
This penny thing is going to make us money at school.
Again it worked. Just wanted to share the marvelous information in case any of you are experiencing the same problem at home. We need to have a stock of pennies on hand at school and at home.
The doctor 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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From: MSN NicknameabsolutelystumpedSent: 5/19/2007 8:07 PM
GOOGLE  rates it as undetermined.  They go  on to list some interesting folk remedies, including raw onion, toothpaste, tobacco juice, and the old standby, ice.

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From: MSN NicknameAngelbear1231Sent: 5/19/2007 8:27 PM
I've heard this one before to. I don't know if it works or not but worth keeping in mind. I peeked over at Snopes and it says its undetermined like Joan said.

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From: MSN NicknameaaaaahadairSent: 5/20/2007 5:31 AM
I know that tobacco juice does work because my aunt used it on me many a time when I was a kid.  Even tobacco pulled from a cigarette seemed to neutralize the sting.
 
 
adair

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