Chris said :
 I once treated myself for lateral epichondylitis (tennis elbow) with the
sharp end of a bee on the pain centre, kept in for 2 minutes.  Instead of
lasting for months and ending up with cortizone jabs from the doctor, it was
gone in a couple of days.  I think the body is stimulated to produce its own
cortizone.

Aren't we in danger of reviving medieval witchcraft?  Bee venom is the same
as rattle snake venom  I have been told.  Why should small doses be
beneficial?  The body will just try to clear the poison but it will stress
the liver/kidneys or whatever.  Medical advice is to avoid stings
altogether. 

But keeping bees can assist a healthy lifestyle, certainly.  A Russian czar
is said to have discovered that beekeepers lived longest - so ordered the
court to eat honey.  Unforetunately, he did not realise that  Russian
beekeepers were too poor to keep back any honey for themselves - they ate
the bee combs with grubs in. Now that would be nutritious! 

Robin 


 
 

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