When I was a kid I'd get nailed by the occasional yellowjacket - "meat bee". My aunt would scoop up some mud and put it right on the sting; not only was it cool, but it drew the smarting of the sting as well. This was black sticky adobe mud from beside the creek. YMMV.
Malcolm On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 10:14 -0400, Marshall Dudley wrote: > Dianne France wrote: > > Ruth > > > > Could it be a spider bite? > Not with one hole, spider bites leave two holes. Had one chomp down on > the back of my hand about two weeks ago, really surprised me. He got > feed to the fish. > > On ants and wasps we use either essential oils or Traumeel cream. The > > Traumeel you have to rub in. Not sure I spelled that right but it's > > great. > Meat tenderizer works well for bee stings as well. > > Marshall > > > > Sure hope you get better quickly. > > > > Dianne > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 15:15:02 -0500 > > Subject: CS>Sting > > > > I'm beating my brains out tryin to remember what we decided was the > > best protocol for a sting. > > > > I don't know what stung me. Yesterday morning on my way out the door > > I noticed a stinging, itchy sensation in my chest area (directly above > > the cleavage area). After getting to work and seeing myself in a > > mirror I noticed a good size welt with a 'hole' in the middle. All I > > have at work is some CS that is 5% DMSO (/months/ old if that > > matters), so I dabbed the sting numerous times throughout the day. > > When I got home I applied a 40% DMSO to CS mix to a cotton ball and > > taped it on with a band aid and slept in it. > > > > Although it doesn't hurt, it's still really itchy, and feels like it's > > real hard underneath - the 'hard' part is about the size of a dime. > > The 'hole' area is kind of oozy but dried over looking. I forgot the > > 40% DMSO, so have just dabbed on the 5% off and on today. I have > > ordered a unit from ^V^, but haven't heard when I'm getting it yet, so > > I can't even experiment with that yet. > > > > I guess what concerns me is this hard 'core' (for lack of a better > > description) or whatever under the bite, I'm assuming it probably is > > full of the "poison" of whatever bit me and I'd like to get rid of > > it. It's NOT a boil, but could kinda resemble one with the hardness > > underneath. > > > > Any suggestions?!? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > Ruth > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
