How Do You Treat A Bee Sting With A Copper Penny?
A bee sting can be extremely uncomfortable, and can also put an unpleasant end to a great time spent outdoors. There are many ways to treat a bee sting, including oral antihistamines and topical creams (which your doctor may suggest or prescribe). People have also used a wide variety of traditional folk remedies (damp pastes of tobacco, salt, baking soda, or meat tenderizer; toothpaste, clay, garlic, onions, aspirin, and even urine) to treat a bee sting – but have you heard that using a simple copper penny may also be effective? Decide if you’re game for testing folk remedies. A bee sting really smarts, and you may be more interested in using a more modern treatment. That said, if you’re adventurous – or if you’ve been stung and the only thing you have handy is a penny – you may want to give this a shot! Traditional western folk medicine sources cite the application of copper coins as a curative treatment for rheumatism and warts. In Asian folk medicine, “coining” (the practice of rubb
