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For bee stings I have always found that teaspoon of baking soda and vinegar immediately kills the sting. I put a bit of baking soda in my hand, pour some vinegar in it and as it bubbles, slap it on the sting - I was always the one the kids who had bee stings came running to - I carried a prescription bottle with baking soda and an old vanilla bottle with vinegar in my first aid kit.


1,240 posted on 02/14/2009 3:02:37 PM PST by DelaWhere (I'm a Klingon - Clinging to guns and Bible - Putting Country First - Preparing for the Worst!!!)
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That is good to know, we have a Wallapai Tiger [Cone nose Beetle] here that I am very allergic to and swell up and burn and itch, so vinegar and soda will be my next remedy.


1,242 posted on 02/14/2009 3:24:31 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2181392/posts?page=1 [Survival,food,garden,crafts,and more)
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To: DelaWhere
For bee stings I have always found that teaspoon of baking soda and vinegar immediately kills the sting. I put a bit of baking soda in my hand, pour some vinegar in it and as it bubbles, slap it on the sting - I was always the one the kids who had bee stings came running to - I carried a prescription bottle with baking soda and an old vanilla bottle with vinegar in my first aid kit.

Another thing that takes the sting right out of a bee sting is tobacco and saliva. Okay, gross, but if it's what you have, it works. Put a pinch of tobacco in your palm, spit on it, mix it around and slap it on the sting. It works!

1,296 posted on 02/15/2009 7:33:32 AM PST by Wneighbor
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