Comments on: Bee Stings and a Valuable Weed

By: Gail

Gail — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 16:19:10 +0000

My Grandmother was part Cherokee indian & had this for our sting medication!
Yes it works & with my own Grands now we still apply this precious weed

By: Al Hildreth

Al Hildreth — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:11:55 +0000

Honey also pulls the venom out. The weed is good for all sorts of things. I try to avoid chewing weeds in my bee yard unless I can rinse them first. Not all my bee yards belong to me, so the owner may have sprayed. Thanks for the tip.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 15:33:26 +0000

In reply to Dina.

Hi Dina,
I actually make a salve from plantain weed and oil. Check out my recipe.
http://lifeatelevenfifteen.blogspot.com/2014/12/plantain-weed-salve-recipe.html

By: Dina

Dina — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 14:39:08 +0000

I was curious if you could infuse oil with this and just have the oil readily available? Or maybe a tincture would work better?
I am just throwing out some thoughts

By: Stevie

Stevie — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 19:43:35 +0000

In reply to Rattlerjake. Put a little Snuff in your palm and mix with saliva. Put paste on sting. Works great.

By: Tony Dix

Tony Dix — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 23:06:59 +0000

Crest toothpaste works better and you don’t have to chew it first

By: Rattlerjake

Rattlerjake — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 01:22:01 +0000

In reply to Teresa H. This article failed to mention that there are also those people that have NO reaction to a sting, as with me. I have less reaction to a bee sting than a mosquito bite, but of course I get stung 50-100 times a month doing "cut-outs" because I wear no protection other than a veil. I tell people that are watching me to use a piece of onion or wild onion/garlic held on the sting for a few seconds works fine too.

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:10:52 +0000

I always use honey on a bee or wasp sting. The stinger pops out and it stops the swelling immediately.

By: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Kathy Keatley Garvey — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 19:24:15 +0000

You are using my copyrighted image of a honey bee sting. It was stolen from my blog at http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=7735. Please remove. Thank you.

By: Aude Sapere

Aude Sapere — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 09:28:24 +0000

Homeopathic Apis, made from bee venom, relieves stings immediately.