Charcoal for Bee Stings

Summer is here!  Barbecues, picnics, hikes, swimming, and bug bites.  Be sure to have your charcoal handy, it should be in all your first aide kits.  Our charcoal salve either in a stick or tin is ideal to have on you ‘as soon as you notice you are bitten.’  The charcoal will adsorb the toxin before it has a chance to get into your blood stream.  Remember, you can use too little of charcoal salve, but you cannot use too much, be generous when applying to nasty bites. We recently had a call from a woman who wanted to share about her brother-n-law who is a bee keeper, who had […]

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