What works against stings og bites from these insects and
snakes?
As a former beekeeper I was stung a lot of times. By and by
I got hypersensitive against bee stings; one sting could result in a swelling
probably weighing between a half and one kilo!!!
Then I started to put on a cotton wad soaked in 7% vinegar
letting the cotton wad stay on the place of sting for about one hour. The
result was no swelling and no pain.
The chemical reaction of bee venom is said to be acidic.
Still vinegar acid works. Vinegar also works on wasp stings. The wasp venom is
said to be slightly alcalic or neutral.
The other day I talked to a boy who was stung by a large
centipede. Stings from these centipedes hurt very much, maybe for weeks. He put
on lime juice which is acidic, and he had no pain at all.
Probably using a wad soaked in 7% vinegar will relieve the
pain and danger if you are bitten by a snake, too. At least it is worth to have
a try immediately after you are bitten before heading for a hospital.
What made me post this is that I was much too close (20
centimeters) to a Krait snake some days ago. In fact it was between the two
fabric layers of a hammock in which I was reading. I felt something moving
inside the hammock but didn’t care to too much. When packing the hammock the
snake popped out.
I guess the different osmotic pressure of the vinegar and
the venom makes the venom ”wander” to vinegar side if you put on the vinegar
immediately.
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