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Insect Bites and Stings: Tips and Remedies (Original Post) elleng Jun 2016 OP
When I was a kid, mud worked about the best of anything on bee stings Warpy Jun 2016 #1
Benadryl works for minor reactions. longship Jun 2016 #2
I use to end up in the ER safeinOhio Jun 2016 #4
Meat tenderizer works on wasp stings as well as mosquito bites. eppur_se_muova Jun 2016 #3
What is meat tenderizer? Jnclr89 Jul 2016 #5
Its an enzymatic product ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2016 #6

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
1. When I was a kid, mud worked about the best of anything on bee stings
Sat Jun 11, 2016, 10:49 PM
Jun 2016

Glad to see it's getting the recognition it deserves.

safeinOhio

(32,524 posts)
4. I use to end up in the ER
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 02:42 AM
Jun 2016

Every year for allergy reaction until I discovered injectible Benadryl. Has kept out of the ER for 10 years now. Works way better than the pills.

eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
3. Meat tenderizer works on wasp stings as well as mosquito bites.
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 02:17 AM
Jun 2016

I just rub on a little of the powder with a few drops of water; works really fast.

eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
6. Its an enzymatic product ...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:50 AM
Jul 2016
Meat tenderizer refers to a powdered naturally derived enzyme powder. The enzyme most commonly used is papain which comes from papayas. Meat is sprinkled with the powder and the enzymes help to break down the meat fibers. The same result can be obtained by marinating meat in papaya or pineapple juice.


Apparently, Adolph's Meat Tenderizer (an old standby, check the spice section in your grocery store) uses pineapple extracts. Don't know if fresh pineapple or pineapple juice would be conc'd enough to work. If you wear soft contacts, the enzymatic cleaning tablets will probably contain papain, pancreatin, subtilisin, subtilisin A, trypsin, or chymotrypsin -- all proteolytic (i.e. protein- and peptide-digesting) enzymes, which should break down the bee venom. So maybe put one of those fizzy tablets on your next bee sting, though I don't know if all would be equally effective.
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