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You'll never try anything else for stings

Submitted by J. Bragg

Immediately after the sting, place a clean penny over the sting. Supposedly, there is a chemical reaction with the copper in the penny which causes the pain to stop and the poison to be drawn out. I have 5 active sons and have used this method probably 100 times in 20+ years. Thats it! Thats all there is to it! try it on a child and the crying will stop quickly.

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Penny for a bee sting? Comments By: Don Heinrichs Urban Legends doesn't give it much credibility.   Tender Bee Sting Comments By: Lou Rose Been Stung Twice in My Life of 57 Years. Adolf's Meat Tenderizer Rubbed on/in the Wound WORKED both Times. Takes the Sting Out   Humbug! Comments By: R Stevens Good way to kill someone with a serious allergy.   Bee Sting Cure? Comments By: anon I am allergic to bee stings, and carry a "kit" with me at all times. I'm not so sure I would take the risk in trying the penny, but it might work for some folks.   Well..... Comments By: Danielle I've NEVER been stung (not stpid enough to get near or mess with) By bees. It may work, it may not. I don't suggest experimenting if your allergic.   It works Comments By: Vickie I was stung yesterday by a wasp, my sisters in Christ laughed when I suggested the penny after reading it on the internet---Naaman was advised to dip in the water seven times, they thought that was silly too---I didn't have anything to lose. I placed the penny on the sting, God allowed it to work. That's all I have to say ---It worked!   what a crock Comments By: steve Anything that 'sounds too goo to be true' probably is just that. Check everything out at a reliable site such as snopes.com or urbanlegends.com   tenderize the sting Comments By: j.cook The penny I am not sure about, but the meat tenderizer DOES work. You just make a thick paste with water and plop the paste on the sting. The pain and swelling gone.   It took the swelling down Comments By: Anon I tried it. I didn't know what it was that stung me, I was digging through a box of stuff. It still hurts, but the swelling is down. Better than nothing and it cost me nothing.   Not sure.. Comments By: Anon Not sure if this one actually worked, but Try Chewing tobacco, get water, or spit, or whatever, and put it on your finger, and wipe it on the wound, wherever it may be, and then pinch off some chewing tobacco, and lay it on it, leave it there for about 5-10 minutes, and it brings down swelling. I realized, a few minutes later, that I'd stepped on the wasp another time, and got a sting, so I tried the penny, and it sort of worked..   Fire Ants Comments By: bill I was stung several times on my right ankle. I mixed a little adolph's meat tenderizer on the bits and the sting was neutralized.   Have never tried a penny.... Comments By: anon But it's worth a try. I use moist mud from the garden and make a plaster over the sting, and that does work.   penny thoughts Comments By: noorjahan ismail this works totally..........   Doubtful Comments By: Chet I douby that it will work, especially for me. I have an allergy to bees and as such casrry a kit with me. I avoid bees of all kinds period. I will not risk my life on the penny!!!!