i dont have arthritis but i have some friends that do, and they were wondering about bee stings. so i was wondering if its just the venom in a persons system that helps, or if the sting needs to be in the troubled area? anyone have any personal experience?
Use the search mode on this site and look up apitherapy. It has been discussed at length, many times.
But to answer your question, some do get relief just from getting stings in no particular area.
However, the majority of people who get apitherapy, sting the affected area for best results.
Of course it is always wise to run it by your medical doctor first before proceeding.
...JP
Just make sure they are not allergic to bee stings.
Just put a drop of honey or sugar water on the spot you want stung.
When the bee lights and starts eating just press against it.
You know you will be killing the bee, but they die son nor or later. Don't mean to be so cruel sounding, but facts are facts. :(doak
I picked up the book "Health And The Honeybee" by Charles Mraz. It's everything you want to know about bee sting therapy. The book was out of print for years, so I picked it up on ebay used, but I just noticed that it's back in print again.
thanks for the info
For a few years I had an older man who use to be a beekeeper himself. He would stop by the farm, wanting to buy bees for his arthritic knee. Said the stings made the pain go away. I just give him the bees. Well about eight months ago the doctor tells me I have arthritis in my wrist. Several weeks ago while at a friends house who is a full time beekeeper we were talking about this same subject. I volunteered my wrist. Two stings and the pain was gone. Felt better for the next three days. My wife has a theory. With the sting comes swelling and extra fluid. The fluid acts as as cushion around the joints and muscles.
This comes from the news reel on Robo's profile.
http://www.projo.com/news/content/BEE_VENOM_05-30-09_RFEI403_v12.3c0055d.html
I want to try this on my shoulder...I just haven't been real excited about stinging myself in the shoulder... :roll:
A bee sting anywhere helps a little for arthritis but stings at the specific spot are much better.
I not only suffer from degenerative arthritis but Fibromyalgia as well. During the winter the pain can be very hard to deal with and the dexterity can deminish quite a bit.
In the Spring a few stings in the hands while checking the hives quickly loosens up the finger joings and reduces the pain. By summer the overall pain is reduced to a few specific areas where joint surgery has been necessary. Deliberately appling stings to those areas helps those sights hurt less.
It is a progressive thing. The more stings generally over a period of time will make you fell less general pain. Acute pain in specific locations needs some additional stings but I have never found it necessary to do a sting a day for so many days at a specific sore spot. The stings I get working with only the veil so the bees can sting hands, arms, and ankles every week or so takes care of the general or low level pains.
Quote from: beedad on June 22, 2009, 12:16:33 AM
i dont have arthritis but i have some friends that do, and they were wondering about bee stings. so i was wondering if its just the venom in a persons system that helps, or if the sting needs to be in the troubled area? anyone have any personal experience?
I take the sting any place i can. Sometimes I have to provoke them into a sting. I had arthritis bad in my hips and shoulders and it is almost completely gone.Hurts a little maybe once a week.
i have degenerative discs in my neck which are kinda painfull but more or less very tense. i normally take a couple of stings on the back of the neck during the spring and summer months loosens me up and gets rid of the minor discomfort that comes with the problem. i hate to think how much money i would have saved though if i had tried it sooner instead of going to the chiropractor. oooh well we live and we learn.