Bee venom is often used as a medicine that is highly effective. True, it is necessary to properly collect and use bee venom, because, apart from treating the body, it can poison it. Below we talk about the benefits of bee venom and how to use it.
What does bee venom look like?
If you are bitten by a bee, then you will hardly be able to see its poison, since it launches it under your skin in a very small amount - only 0.2-0.8 mg. But if you collect more of this substance, you get a rather thick liquid, which is transparent in color, but sometimes has a light yellowish tint.
You can distinguish bee venom by smell, in many respects similar to honey, but with a hint of bitterness. Bitter poison and taste: it leaves a burning aftertaste. If the container with this substance is left in the air, it will quickly harden, but when it is lowered into the water, it will immediately dissolve.
Important! Bee venom can be stored in any condition - dried, frozen or liquid. Despite the condition, it will retain its beneficial properties.
But often bee venom comes to us not in its natural form, but in the processed one - as a medical drug or cosmetic. So you can learn it only by action. If you wish, you can figure out how to collect bee venom on your own.
The composition of bee venom, physical and chemical properties of the product
Studying the composition of this natural substance, scientists tried to figure out how to make bee venom. However, science has not been able to fully understand the process of its creation and to determine all the components.
The components of bee venom known to science are only:
- melitin is a protein with high activity, the amount of which in the poison is 50%;
- amino acids in large clusters;
- steroid-like substances;
- peptides (tertiapine, histamine, apamine), which help regulate physiological processes in living organisms.
Do not forget that in large quantities the components of bee venom can become dangerous for the human body. Moreover, the older the bee, the more dangerous its poison. Therefore, if only one bee bit you, the effect of the poison on the body will be invisible or even healing. But getting bites from a swarm of bees can cause a very serious condition in a person, up to asphyxiation. Bee stings are especially dangerous for small children, therefore, in order to avoid bee venom poisoning, you should not give children preparations from it.Did you know? The quantity and quality of bee venom directly depends on the age and nutrition of the bee. Thus, the bee is capable of producing the largest amount of substance at the age of 16-17 days and only when pollen is consumed.
Thanks to Militin, bee venom is an excellent antibacterial agent. It is able to neutralize a huge number of harmful bacteria that exist in the human body, including mycoplasmas. Allocate and the following properties of this bee secretion:
- fight against viruses and bacteria;
- anti-inflammatory effect;
- analgesic effect;
- tonic effect on the body;
- stimulation of the heart;
- improve the elasticity of blood vessels.
How to apply the product: ways of using bee venom in medicine
What is useful bee venom, we can tell the official medicine, which uses this substance for the production of many drugs. But still, bee venom is more common in alternative medicine. Often it is used to restore health in diseases:
- Against the background of neurology. These include radiculitis, neuritis, paralysis, and muscle damage after a stroke. Bee venom is effective even with infectious lesions of the nervous system, as well as congenital cerebral palsy.
- Cardiology. Bee venom is used in case of myocardial rhythm disturbance, as well as in the presence of inflammatory lesions on the vessels.
- Respiratory tract. Especially effective is the use of agents with bee venom in inflammation of the bronchi, as well as in various forms of pneumonia. A good effect is even in bronchial asthma.
- Endocrine system and blood. Diabetes and thyrotoxicosis can also be successfully treated with bee secretion.
- Cause infection.
- Dermatological direction. Psoriasis, ulcers on the skin.
As prescribed by the doctor, bee venom can also be used for other disorders in human organs. Recently, this substance has often been used in cosmetology, attributing to it the status of a panacea for aging. This is due to the fact that the components of bee venom help the skin to produce collagen, affecting its rejuvenation. Therefore, if the composition of the anti-aging cream has bee venom - the cream can really give the expected effect. In some countries, for the same purpose, as well as to moisturize the skin, procedures are offered in which live bees sting a person.Did you know? During its life, a bee can make only one bite, as it leaves a wound and its sting. However, such self-sacrifice is justified - the smell of poison serves for its congeners a signal of the approach of danger.
How to collect bee venom: study methods
The boundless benefits of bee venom made people think about collecting it. Due to this, many ways of its preparation were invented. The accumulation of poison in a bee occurs over time, so before you collect bee venom, you must wait until the bee comes out of its cell in the comb. Approach to this issue can be a variety of methods.
By using the ether
Bees are placed in a glass jar, and ether is used to release poison. To do this, it is enough to cover the bank with paper moistened with air, and after a while the bees will release their poison and fall asleep. To collect the substance from the jar, water is poured into it, which is then filtered and evaporates. This method allows you to get dry bee venom (it may have impurities). However, the bees in this case do not give up all their poison, and many after the impact of ether and swimming in the water die.
By catching bees
To do this, the hive is placed in a dark room with one window, to which the bees will fly. So they can be caught and lightly pressing tweezers on the belly squeeze poison on the glass surface. When interacting with air, the substance will immediately harden, so that it can be collected without loss. The bee secretion obtained by this method is very clean.
Collecting poison in an electric sieve
For this purpose, scientists have created a special sieve that can set a very low charge of electric current. It strongly irritates the bees and causes them to excrete poison. In this case, the bees remain intact and sent back to the hive. The effectiveness of the poison in this method is quite high.
There is another way to get the poison of bees, which is to encourage insects to bite fibrous masses or special films, from which you can then squeeze the substance. However, this method is considered the least effective.
Important! Bee venom is not able to dissolve in alcohol, so it is useless to make alcohol tinctures from it. It is recommended to produce oil-based products. Storing such tinctures in loosely closed containers leads to loss of properties.
Is it possible to be poisoned by bee venom: first aid for a bite
Many say the benefits of bee venom, but do not forget that often bee stings are even fatal. Therefore, before you begin treatment with this natural remedy, it is worth finding out about contraindications. In particular, It is strictly forbidden to use it to people with:
- intolerance to bee products;
- acute stages of infectious diseases, including venereal, purulent, tuberculosis;
- high risk of re-development of diseases of the cardiovascular system and digestive organs;
- the presence of tumors of both malignant and benign nature, including the nervous system;
- blood disorders.
It is not recommended to use bee venom in pregnant women. You can not take drugs with him after severe physical exertion, as he himself is able to stimulate well the work of all body systems. In about 2% of cases, bee venom can also cause allergic reactions, which each can manifest individually:
- the easiest allergic reaction is characterized by mild itching and rash, high fever, edema development;
- at the site of the bite, the cells may go numb and then die off;
- allergic reaction of moderate intensity - swelling of the face and larynx, spasms of the respiratory tract, due to which a person cannot swallow air;
- without emergency medical care, suffocation may begin;
- In the most difficult situation, anaphylactic shock can develop in a person from ingestion of bee sting - rapid swelling of the larynx and asphyxiation, which can only be prevented by administering adrenaline into the body.
Thus, the benefit of bee sting, although it remains obvious, with bee venom should behave very carefully. Before taking drugs with its content is to check their own tolerability. Only such an approach to treatment is able to give a positive result, since we are dealing with a deadly poison. In the case, if after a bee sting a person develops an allergic reaction, You must perform the following steps:
- Try to get the sting out of the bite, while trying not to break it, so that the skin does not have its parts left and the infection does not develop.
- Wash the bite with soapy water.
- Grate the bite with a solution of soda.
- To relieve itching, you can attach something cold to the bite.
- Antihistamines should be administered only if the tumor grows.
- Use antipyretic at temperature, drink as much liquid as possible.
But if a bee sting led to complications, do not hesitate - immediately call an ambulance. Do not forget that multiple bites can even cause death.
