Hey, guys, Dr. Josh Axe here, doctor of natural medicine, founder of draxe.com.
In this video, I'm going to talk about natural remedies to get rid of bee stings.
If you've ever been stung by a bee, it can be painful, can cause swelling, sometimes
allergic reaction.
But we'll be talking about what to do immediately to get relief if you've been stung by a bee.
Now, first off, say that I'm a big fan of bees.
I think bees are incredible for our environment.
I love honey.
They're great pollinators so we do want bees and lots of them in our general environment.
But getting stung is not fun for anyone so here's some things you can do if you get stung
by a bee yourself, or let's say a child or someone you love.
Number one, baking soda and water.
Baking soda, very, very alkaline in nature works to neutralize the acid.
And so again, baking soda and water is a good thing to do.
By the way, this is also good for poison ivy or anything that's causing skin irritation
but you're going to take some water, baking soda, make it into a paste, rub it on the
area, and leave it there.
You'll change it out twice a day.
You do want to get air to the area so if you want to put a bandage over it, you can but
you want to allow it to have a little bit of breathing room there as well.
Baking soda, water, great initial thing to do.
Now, ice can also be good for the first, I would say, 30 minutes after you get a sting.
So if somebody get stung, putting ice on it immediately can definitely be beneficial.
You know, getting stung can kind of be like a burn.
If you burn your hand or get stung, you immediately want to cool the area as quickly as you can.
Number three, elevation.
Listen, if you get stung in multiple spots and there's a lot of swelling in that area,
elevating the area can allow the area to better drain so that can be a good thing to do as
well.
Number four, apple cider vinegar.
Apple cider vinegar works to pull toxins out of the area.
So again, what I've oftentimes done is actually mixed baking soda and apple cider vinegar
to area, together rub that on the bee sting.
So that can be a good option too is mixing those two super remedies together.
Number five, doing honey.
You know, raw local honey, especially, or Manuka honey, probably my favorite of all
for fighting bee stings.
Now that seems a little counter-intuitive, doesn't it?
You got stung by a bee and you're actually using what bees created.
But the truth is, this is the way nature works.
Honey has been used for thousands of years as a natural remedy to treat everything from
acne to poison ivy to open wounds, even issues like different stings and rashes.
Honey is nature's ultimate remedy, so again, taking a little bit of local honey or Manuka
honey, rubbing it and just leaving it on the area can help relieve the pain from bee stings.
Another one is activated charcoal.
Now, activated charcoal today in our society is actually most commonly used when people
experience poisoning.
If somebody has alcohol poisoning, if somebody has consumed something toxic like a child
if they shouldn't have, charcoal binds to everything and so again, doing charcoal, whether
it's activated charcoal, a type of carbon, is great for really binding to everything.
So you can actually have a bee sting, if you have it immediately, you want to draw that
poison out.
Doing activated charcoal in the area is great for leaching and binding to any type of poison
that gets within your system.
Again, that's something that you'd want to use immediately on the area the next day,
probably not as beneficial.
And number seven here is witch hazel.
Witch hazel actually has some really great cleansing properties here and there are lot
of things in nature.
I want to mention a few others as well.
Lavender oil is another favorite of mine for bee stings.
So witch hazel, lavender, tea tree oil, but using plants can also reduce skin irritation
helping heal the area.
So again, remember those plants: witch hazel, lavender, and tea tree.
And my general recommendations would be these.
You know, I love the idea of mixing maybe a honey with baking soda and rubbing that
on the area to star and then also using something.
And you can even add to that mixture blend something like lavender oil.
So imagine this blend together, mixing honey to start, lavender along with baking soda,
making that mixture, putting it on the area can be greatly beneficial.
So you can see, here's a quick rundown.
If you get a bee sting or someone you love does, you can use a baking soda-water mix,
ice, elevation, apple cider vinegar, honey, activated charcoal, witch hazel and other
things like essential oils including lavender and tea tree oil.
Hey, you do that, you're going to get quick relief from a bee sting.
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