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[Mogrits <mogrits AT gmail.com>]

When I got nailed by a japanese hornet a year or so ago, and posted my
problem on this list, I had the same symptoms. I took benadryl and
struggled to stay awake. Neither was easy to do.

I've been stung numerous and multiple times before, but never with a
huge reaction like I had that time. I'm blaming it on the critter, and
just have benadryl in all my vehicles now.

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:53 PM, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually the product is StingEze..Ingredients: Camphor, Liquified Phenol,
> Benzocaine, Diphenhydramine, Eucalyptol, Propylene Glycol
> It's good stuff.  I said lidocaine because I was thinking that was what was
> in this, but apparently not, it's Benzocaine.
>
> Back when I smoked, I always had a ready made herbal prep for insect
> stings...spit and tobacco poultice..works great.  I guess that is probably
> the ONLY downside to quitting.
>
>
> B
>
> Lynda wrote:
>>
>> Glycerine pack.  Soak some cotton balls and put them over each welt with a
>> bandaid or tape to hold them in place.  It draws out whatever is left there
>> to cause a problem.
>>
>> Also, Solarcaine for sunburns seems to work better than lidocaine.
>>
>> Lynda
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT gmail.com>
>>
>>
>>> Saturday, I was out cutting sorghum for the chickens and I suddenly felt
>>> a sting on my forearm.  I almost panicked because I am so allergic to 
>>> bees,
>>> but I did not see a bee. By the time I got in the house, I could see 4
>>> welts, roughly the corners of a inch long rectangle....then I
>>> knew...Saddleback caterpillar.
>>> Yowza, it's been a while since I got stung by one and you forget how it
>>> burns!  (It is like an acid or something!)  Half of my forearm and ring 
>>> and
>>> pinky fingers went numb!  Some duct tape and a couple of benedryls and 
>>> some
>>> lidocaine later, I could barely see the welts.  Yesterday, it started
>>> itching, so I put hydrocortisone cream on it and later crushed some 
>>> plantain
>>> leaves and jewelweed.  I took another benedryl before going to bed.  This
>>> morning, the welts are larger than they were the first day and they itch
>>> like the worst mosquito bite you ever had!  Any other home remedies for 
>>> the
>>> itch?  I've blanked out...
>>>
>>> Bev
>>>
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>>> EarthNSky Farm 34.498N 85.076W
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>>> all that sisu means, but it combines the following ideas: guts, pep,
>>> determination, stubbornness, perseverance, hardiness, stamina, go, do,
>>> nerve, spunk, pluck, and grit.  It's like "Just Do It!" & "Go for It!")
>>>
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> EarthNSky Farm  34.498N 85.076W
> SISU! (Finnish--There is no single word in English that encompasses
> all that sisu means, but it combines the following ideas: guts, pep,
> determination, stubbornness, perseverance, hardiness, stamina, go, do,
> nerve, spunk, pluck, and grit.  It's like "Just Do It!" & "Go for It!")
>
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