Bee venom has long been renowned for its healing properties. It was first used in medicine by the peoples of Asia and Europe.
Before delving into what diseases bee venom can cure and how to use this method correctly, let’s first examine the process of stinging in detail.
So, each worker bee’s body contains a special secretion, which accumulates in a special reservoir under the direct impact of the sting on foreign tissue. The bee inserts its sting by contracting the muscles of its abdomen, which, by contracting, cause it to strike the “attacked” surface.
As a result, the sting gets stuck in the skin tissues. Then the bee continues to contract the muscles of its abdomen, pushing its weapon further, simultaneously passing venom through it. If at the moment of the sting the bee unexpectedly flies away, its stinging apparatus detaches, and its musculature continues to work. Thus, in the absence of obstacles, the sting penetrates quite deeply (but not fatally) into the skin, delivering the valuable bee secretion to the human body.
Bee venom in traditional and folk medicine
Bee venom has a rich chemical composition, the substances of which are conventionally divided into three groups: toxic polypeptides, proteins with enzymatic properties, and biogenic amines.
It has been proven that in small quantities bee venom can work wonders, quickly and effectively curing patients of various ailments. An important feature of bee venom is that it has a significant difference between clinical, toxic, and lethal doses. Therefore, “overdosing” in apitherapy (the scientific name for treatment by bee stinging method) is extremely rare, and fatal cases are very few among hundreds of thousands.
Bee venom enhances blood circulation, providing enhanced nutrition to the diseased organ and reducing the pain syndrome. Also, bee venom increases hemoglobin in the blood, reduces cholesterol levels, increases tone, and improves human performance.
Just 1-2 bee stings can disrupt the body’s defenses and force the immune system to work at its limit. This effect leads to even seemingly healthy individuals unexpectedly feeling much better.
Bee venom is indicated for diseases of the peripheral nervous system, rheumatic and cardiovascular diseases, bronchial asthma, and migraines.
Apitherapy treatment begins with trial stings, necessary to check the body’s reaction to the stimulus. In total, the initial stage of treatment can take up to a week. If the protein and sugar indicators in the urine after the first procedures do not exceed the permissible norms, a schedule of apitherapy is drawn up, which is divided into cycles. The optimal treatment cycle is determined individually by the doctor in each specific case.
As for the places and areas for stinging, they directly depend on the disease. For example, for trophic ulcers, it is recommended to make 5-8 stings for each procedure 5-7 cm from the wound.
For arthritis, bees are applied to the temple areas. For such cases, the number of stings should not exceed 4-5 per session. And if we are talking about diseases of the peripheral nervous system, bees are applied to the lumbar-sacral region and along the course of nerve lesions.
Applying a bee to the required area is quite simple. Take it by the back with your fingers (you can use tweezers carefully) and touch its abdomen to the skin, nature will do the rest.
According to the rules of apitherapy, each sting should remain in the human body for no more than one minute, after which it is removed. The total treatment cycle should not exceed 200-250 interventions.
