Honey Bee’s venom used to treat pain
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Local honey has long been touted as a way to treat allergies.
But did you know the honey bee's venom can take the sting out of pain? Or so, some say.
It’s part of apitherapy.
"It's an ancient art in medicine and incorporates all the products of the bee hive as the medicine chest," said Frederique Keller, a licensed acupuncturist in New York and the President of the American Apitherapy Association.
"The venom has 60 identifiable components as well as some unidentifiable ones,” said Keller. “The two biggest ones are appemine and melittin and one is a peptide 401 that's what it's called. It's 100 times more potent than cortisone."...
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