Bee Sting and Itching of Foot- Looking for Remidies Home or Otc

I have always had good luck with tobacco. You can rip open a cigarette and get the tobacco a bit moist and place it on there and then crisscross a couple of bandaids over the top to keep the tobacco in place. For whatever reason it seems to help.

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Tobacco works better than anything I have ever tried, it draws out all the inflamation and stops the itch and hurt too!

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Hi i've found that Tops Snuff works really great on bee or any kind of stings just put a little bit enough to cove the sting and it should take the itching away.... Good Luck C.

Go to Whole foods or your locak health food store, get a Homeopathic Remedy called APIS. It may come in different strengths, 30c is ideal.

To administer, put a few of the pellets under the tongue (dont touch them) & let them dissolve. Avoid Mint/coffee/ & other strong smells (vics rub or camphor) as they can act as an antidote.

Get a non mint toothpaste for a few days - week is ideal.

Dont eat or drink 1/2 hour after taking the remedy.

I had been wondering what to do about bee stings and the after-affects. Well, my neighbor gave me a few charcoal capsules that you can buy at various drug stores. She told me to empty one caplet into a bowl and add enough water to make it a pasty consistency. She actually used this mixture on mosquito bites, even old ones, and usually with great results. I tried it on a new bite and the bite completely disappeared, along with the itch. Well, soon after this my son was stung by wasps, two different days. Both times I immediately put the charcoal on and he was fine. No pain, swelling or itching. And he cried a lot less than I would have after stings like that! All I can say is give it a try. I hope it works as well for you.

An herbal cream called "sting stop" and a homeopathic remedy called "apis mel" together work wonders! After getting the stinger out, put the cream on the sting and the homeopathic remedy under the tongue. (If you are unfamiliar with homeopathics, get guidance from the nutrition/supplements person at the health food store or a homeopath. This combo has worked great for my kids and me too! :)
C.

I have another "immediate" tip -- chlorine bleach on a new bite will take the sting away, and I think will also keep the site from itching. I used to work at a pharmacy and my boss taught me that. Something about the bleach being a base and neutralizing the acid of the sting (or is bleach an acid? and then it neutralizes the base of the sting). Whatever it is, it works! :-)

You might also want to give liquid benadryl instead of just the cream or the ointment -- try it next time there's an itch that doesn't go away long enough with the cream and see what happens. You don't want to give both together because he might absorb so much through his skin that giving him more orally will be a double-dose.

My family have been beekeepers since I was born. The first to remember when removing the stinger is not to use anything that pinches. Tweezers or fingers only increase the amount of venom pumped into the body (the venom is what causes the itch) use your nail or something flat like a credit card to remove the stinger. Then use ice for swelling and (this is weird but it works) salt and spit. Mix together and rub on area. Salt will dry out venom and reduce itch.

My 1st thought was benadryl cream, but you have already tried that. I don't know how long you mean by, "All helped, but only for a very short while" Remember, anything you use will have to be reapplied every few hours for the next few days, until it subsides. Nothing is going to make it disappear in just one application. A benadryl pill at bed time should help him sleep and not scratch at night. May also use during the day, but may make him drowsy.
Next thing I'd do is try putting a few drops of water on an aspirin and cover the spot with the aspirin paste. You could also try some topical anesthetic, such as aloe with lidocaine, or a sunburn or hemorrhoid relief spray that has benzocaine in it.
Probably too late for this time, but in the future, if you tape a penny over the sting for a few hours, the copper will draw out and neutralize the poison.

My son just got really bad bites last Sunday. I mixed baking soda and water made a paste and put it on the spots where he was bit. It removed the swelling and the itch all at once. He was fine in a couple of hours. He took a shower an hour after and I reapplied the paste after his shower as well as before he went to bed. Hope this helps.

castor oil works for me!!! It works for many things!! Our Grandmothers were not so dumb, after all!!!!

Do a search on the peoplespharmacy.com for home remedies.

Try hydrocortisone ointment which is OTC by the Neosporin.

Did you try a baking soda/water paste put on the site?

I haven't tried it with a bee sting, but other stings and itches respond well to tea tree/melaleuca oil. After reading since I was curious too, I think I would try paste of baking soda and tea tree oil.

A.,
Get some Domeboro to have on hand. It's awesome for stings, poison ivy, etc. It's a powder which you make into a solution and then soak or wrap the affected area. An environmental plant collector recommended this after suffering from stings, poison, etc as part of the job. It really works the best. You can get it at most drug stores (Kerr Drugs, Rite Aid, etc).

Hi A.,
I agree with the baking soda paste. We were at a cookout last summer when my daughter got stung. One of the grandmothers immediately went to the kitchen and made a paste of baking soda and a little water to apply to the sting. My daughter has autism, so was majorly freaking out about the whole event. Within a few minutes the pain and swelling were gone, and she was running and playing again. She never had any itching or swelling afterward.

if none of that worked he needs to be seen by his doctor. sounds like a severe allergy

the next time try tobacco but it has to be kinda moist dont know if you smoke but this does bring the sting out

A.,
Try a baking soda press, add just enough water to baking soda to make a paste and then put it on the sting. That is our standard to treat stings. Hopefully bee stings will be very few in your family.
T.

Benadryl cream is the best, it is an anti-histamine. Which means it keeps you from having any allergic reaction. But have you tried baking soda mixed with small amount of warm water. Apply it to the site of the sting. When it dries, wipe the area clean, and the sting, redness, and the itch will be gone. Otherwise, for the itch you can also try alavera lotion or gel. Otc. Good luck. There is one more thing otc-it is called "after bite". It looks like a pen. It works really well, even for mosquito bites too.
A. g.