On Monday we discussed the various ways that people want to "cure" their inflammation and the idea of Bee Sting/Venom therapy was brought up so I got curious and decided to do some research. What I ended up finding was this website http://www.apitherapy.org/ where people can go to find natural ways to cure/relieve not only inflammatory/immune issues but other medical conditions as well.
Immune system dysfunction or problems
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Rheumatoid arthritis
Hay fever
Neurologic problems
MS
ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
Shingles
Scar pain
Musculoskeletal problems
Arthritis
Gout
Tendonitis, bursitis
Spinal pain
Infectious problems
Bacterial, viral, and fungal illnesses
Traumas
Wounds, acute and chronic
Burns
Sprains
Fractures
Tumors
Benign
Malignant (cancer)
http://www.apitherapy.org/about-apitherapy/conditions-treated/
They basically have a slew of products that are harvested from bees that can be used as a natural remedy, and under each product they give a bit of history and the benefits you can get from using that particular product which I think is really handy for someone who is seriously looking into this.
Believe me I'm all for trying to find a natural way to cure things but to willingly allow myself to be stung dozens of times doesn't sound like a good time. I find it interesting that each article that you find when you google
this therapy sort of contradicts each other in the fact that some say
that there is concrete evidence that it works and others say that it's a
long shot and needs to be tested further. I wanted to see what some other people thought about the idea of using bee venom to cure yourself and I found this article with a skeptic's view on the whole procedure http://ms.about.com/od/alternativemedicine/a/bee_stings.htm and if you look through all of the comments on this page http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2007/07/30/bee-sting-again/ you'll see that like Dr. Cohen said many people swear by the treatment.
This was great, I wanted to learn more about this too! I've never been stung by a bee and I was really curious why people would willingly subject themselves to that. Plenty of my friends have been stung right in front of me and it doesn't look like a picnic. I have to admit after hearing all of those testimonies, I wouldn't rule out apitherapy if I ever suffer from arthritis. The sting may not be the most therapeutic, but if it means less arthritis pain, I can sympathize with why people believe in this so whole heartedly. I am really curious about how this therapy works for infectious problems and burns. Really interesting!
ReplyDeleteWell, it's not really that terrific of a therapy. Researchers in three universities panned it, showing, at most, little significance towards placebo and bee sting patients. They don't really address the condition but just give some decoys.
ReplyDeleteToo bad Wiki's the only lay source that discredits the apitherapy.
Bee Sting is not a wonderful feeling.. it hurts and i have experienced as well. But when you know one pain can lower the other pain like arthritis, then why not take it? Yes and I agree with ashleyassadi, it's really interesting.
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