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[HDessureault <inter.verbis@videotron.ca>]

The best cure that I know for bee and wasp sting, Tom, is aloe vera. It also
works well for poison ivy. It is like throwing a cool balm of soothing
freshnest on the subject. The itching I believe is attributable to
istamines, ie allergic reaction.
You also have to remove the sting which sometimes is left under your skin
and which prolonges the exposition and the pain...
I take a branch of aloe vera and rub the gelatine directly on the skin

Hélène