Case History: BEE AND YELLOW JACKET STINGS

By: Allen Eddy
Location: N.W. Suburb of Chicago, and Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Date: September, 1989

Allen Eddy had a NonScents booth at a Sharpei Bull Dog Show in a N.W. suburb of Chicago. During the second day of the show a small boy about 8-9 years old stood crying by his booth. He told his mother, who had come over to soothe his tears, that he had been stung by a bee on his wrist. The sting looked like a large welt. Allen also tried to comfort the boy, and suggested that he put some NonScents powder on the wound. They put powder over the sting that covered an area about an inch or so in diameter. The boy sat down next to the booth. About ten minutes later Allen noticed the mother looking at her son's wrist. He had stopped crying for the pain had gone away, and the swelling had almost completely disappeared as well. The mother said that he was generally very sensitive to bee stings, although not so allergic that they had to carry special medication for him. The mother told several people around her about what had happened, and they bought cans of NonScents powder just for bee stings.

A week or so later Allen had a NonScents booth at another dog show which was in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The booth was outside and for some reason there were a lot of bees and yellow jackets flying around the area. A 78 year old lady came up to his booth with a very badly swollen lip. The swelling also extended to the side of her face. The swelling was caused by either a bee or yellow jacket sting about a half hour earlier. Allen recalled his previous experience with this sort of thing and told her to take some powder on her fingers and hold it against her lip. About 30-45 minutes later the woman returned to the NonScents booth in a much better mood, because the pain was gone and the swelling was greatly reduced. She began to tell other people about what happened to her and how NonScents helped heal her sting. Shortly after that several other people came up to the NonScents booth holding their hand, arms, etc. out with bee or yellow jacket stings for a little dab of NonScents to ease their wounds.

Comment

It is interesting to note that both animals and humans have long used mud to put on bee stings to ease the pain and swelling. Zeolites, and certain types of clay minerals that also have adsorption properties, are common constituents of mud and clay. Thus, it is not unreasonable to assume that the electrostatic negative charge of these minerals may attract the positive side of a large organic molecule that makes up the poison in a bee sting. If this is the case, then it is understandable that NonScents could be a very effective means of treating this type of condition. NonScents would also be expected to be much more effective than most mud or clays because of its much higher concentration of zeolite.