A few decades ago, after banging in fence posts, I had an attack of tennis elbow, a form of arthritis.  It was very painful and I had to wear a clamp just below the joint.  After several months with no improvement my doctor gave me a painful jab of cortisone and cured it.

More recently I got it again, recognising it because I'd had it before.  This was in the early spring and I hadn't been stung for months so my immunity was low.  I went to a hive, picked up a bee and applied her sharp end to the painful point of my elbow, keeping the sting in position for a slow count of 120 (2 minutes) so as to get a full dose of venom.  It was painful and the elbow reddened and swelled for a couple of days, but when the swelling was gone so was the tennis elbow and it didn't come back.  I was told that the sting stimulated my body to produce its own cortisone.

Chris




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