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08/01/08, 04:06 PM
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First aid for yellowjacket stings
Curious to know what is recommended for first aid when a yellowjacket stings (usually more than one).
I know ice is used for swelling. Alcohol? Antibiotic cream? Bendadryl?
Anything natural -- plantain leaves, or something like that -- to take the sting out?
What's the quickest thing to do to get that poison out and the swelling down?
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08/01/08, 04:28 PM
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Salt for bees and onion for wasp, neutralizes the poison.
But it has to be done immediately and a poultice kept on.
I am allergic to both and have been able to skip the shot as long as I act within 5 minutes of getting stung with that salt or onion, depending on if its a bee or wasp.
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08/01/08, 04:40 PM
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tobacco moistened with saliva. no joke. works great.
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08/01/08, 04:51 PM
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Seriously?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RiverPines
Salt for bees and onion for wasp, neutralizes the poison.
But it has to be done immediately and a poultice kept on.
I am allergic to both and have been able to skip the shot as long as I act within 5 minutes of getting stung with that salt or onion, depending on if its a bee or wasp.
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Do you eat it or apply it??
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08/01/08, 04:55 PM
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Slice a raw onion in half and place on sting holding there for awhile. That's all we did on the farm and believe me we got stung alot!
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08/01/08, 05:25 PM
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Our family has used a drop of tea tree oil on a sting for years. Works great and hardly any swelling! It will still hurt like crazy for the first few minutes though.
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08/01/08, 05:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Immaculate Sublimity
Do you eat it or apply it??
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Apply to the sting site.
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08/01/08, 05:47 PM
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Tobacco moistened like above or Preparation H.
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08/01/08, 06:11 PM
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Yellowjackets aren't bees. I think they are a type of hornet -- does anyone know where it belongs?
This is specifically for yellowjackets. If the onion and tabacco work, great.
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08/01/08, 08:31 PM
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We always mixed soda bicarb with a little water and plastered some over the sting site. Seems to work.
Never heard of the onion trick. I'll try that next time.
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08/01/08, 08:50 PM
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If my Grandfather (Who chewed) wasn't around, we got baking soda and alcohol paste. If he was around, you got the tobacco cud straight out of his mouth, "Warren County Twist" if store bought, "Bedroom Closet" if home grown.
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08/01/08, 08:50 PM
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break off a piece of Aloe plant and rub the goo on the sting
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08/01/08, 09:12 PM
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08/01/08, 09:30 PM
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Plaintain leaves chewed up just enough to release the leaves juices and then applied to the sting site will relieve the sting.
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08/01/08, 11:03 PM
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For me I MUST take the Bendadryl immediately or use my Eppi Pen (sp?)l
A trip to the horse-bittle because of a yeller-jacket is NOT fun.
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08/02/08, 01:45 AM
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You need one of these.
http://www.rei.com/product/407144?pr...:referralID=NA
for some reason, yellow jacket stings really irritate me. The sting itself is no big deal, but days later they itch like crazy and tend to raise a sore on me like a very large fireant bite.
The above tool works fantasticly for bug bites and bee stings. I can't vouch for its effectiveness on snake bite ( knock on wood  ) You can sometimes find them at walmart or at outdoor stores. Well worth the money, if you are stung often or react badly to the occasional sting.
ps. I think the enzymes in meat tenderizer are also highly recomended.
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08/02/08, 07:05 AM
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I tried the baking soda paste 2 days ago, about 10 min. and the stinging was gone.
It was a yellow jacket.
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08/02/08, 07:41 AM
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meat tenderizer
we always use meat tenderizer for any type of stings. Graderman was moving bales of hay, and a ground wasp nest of some type was under one of the bales. He ran to the house; we wet his head and neck down, and emptied the bottle of tenderizer on the stings. He had over a hundred stings, and they quit hurting immediately.
He had jumped off the tractor, and left the tractor running. Thankfully it just sat there until the wasps were gone, but he left the rest of the hay there until it frosted that year. We always keep tenderizer handy for the grandkids, when they are here. Seems we always have a good supply of wasps.
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WD-40 sprayed on the site as soon as possible. Takes away the pain and there is no redness or swelling afterward. I unfortunately had an opportunity to try it out last summer getting stung twice in one day a few hours apart. The first sting without WD-40 (baking soda paste instead) caused me some pain and stiffness for a couple of days. The second didn't cause me any pain once the WD-40 was on.
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08/02/08, 12:40 PM
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First aid for yj stings
What would WD 40 have in it to heal the stings so quickly?
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