Walking barefoot in the meadow in summer and it's already happened: a bee sting. Usually, the side effects are redness, wheal formation, and intense pain. With the application of quick first-aid measures using simple home remedies, the duration and intensity of the pain can be greatly reduced.
Home remedies for a bee sting
Since the bee stinger is equipped with a barb, the bee loses its entire stinging apparatus including the venom gland when stinging. Therefore, check whether the stinger is stuck in the skin. If you have actually found the stinger, you should remove it quickly. However, it is important here that you do not squeeze it with tweezers or two fingers and thereby inject existing venom residues into the tissue. Use your fingernail to go to the side of the stinger and flick it out.
To treat the sting now, there are several possibilities
Cooling
Cool the sting as quickly as possible to reduce swelling and pain. Use cold water, a wet cloth, ice cubes, or a cool pack for this. Do not place this directly on the sting, but wrap a towel around the ice cubes or the cool pack.
Sugar
To draw out the venom, rub the wound a little with saliva and sugar. It is best to put a piece of sugar cube or a level teaspoon of sugar in your mouth, soak it with saliva, and then apply the mixture to the sting area until the sticky layer has dried.
vinegar water
Vinegar water also has a cooling and healing effect. To do this, mix one part vinegar with two parts water, soak a cloth in it, and place it on the sting region. Only renew the cloth once the vinegar has dried. If you have it, you can also use aluminum acetate.
Onions
Onions can also help well with a bee sting, as the onion has an anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effect. Halve an onion and place it with the cut surface on the sting.
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