Folk first aid tips for bee stings

(Baonghean.vn) - VIn cases where the bee stings are not too severe, you canOne of the following folk remedies can be applied for first aid before taking the victim to a medical facility.

When stung by a bee, the first thing to do is remove the stinger, wash the wound with soap, then monitor and find treatment measures. Below are 21 ways to treat bee stings according to folk experience.

- If the sting is swollen and bleeding, ice is the best solution. Apply ice to the wound for at least 20 minutes. This will slow down blood circulation and reduce swelling. Ice also numbs the area, helping to reduce pain.

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- Toothpaste has an anesthetic effect, immediately reducing pain and swelling. Besides, it helps neutralize the venom of the stinger. Apply toothpaste to the wound for about half an hour.

- Apply quick lime to the burn.

- Take a teaspoon of onion juice and rub it on the bee sting area, then use tweezers to remove the stinger.

- 1 raw taro root, cut into pieces and rub on the sting to help relieve pain.

- Crush a few cloves of garlic and apply to the wound, tie with a cloth and wait for half an hour then remove.

- Take purslane or crushed chives and apply on the wound, or slice fresh ginger and rub on the wound.

- For poisonous bees, crush amaranth and rub it on the sting.

- Crush chrysanthemum leaves and rub on the sting 5-7 times a day.

- Take leaves, vines, and crushed roots of the plant and apply to the burn.

- Crush banana leaves to get juice or chew the leaves to get the juice. Apply it on the sting to reduce the pain.

- Use taro roots and leaves to rub on the affected area.

- Soak tobacco in water (or crush it) and apply it to the burn.

- If stung by a yellow jacket (bumblebee), apply brown sugar or vinegar immediately to the wound.

- Use wet tea grounds, no matter how much or how little, to rub on the affected area to help relieve pain.

- 1 fresh flower (any kind of flower), rub on the burned area to help reduce swelling immediately.

- 15g fresh hibiscus leaves, add a little salt, crush, then apply to the sting.

- Cut a fresh branch of the frangipani tree at a 45 degree angle, shake off the sap, and rub it in one direction several times on the bee sting. The venom will come off and the pain and swelling will stop.

- Crush kumquat seeds and leaves, apply on the burn.

- Rub fresh young bamboo shoots on the sting.

- Apply calamine solution (usually applied to burns to relieve pain) or sodium hydroxide to the wound, which neutralizes and absorbs the venom. Cover the wound with a bandage.

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