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Bee venom is a poisonous secret secreted by special glands which are a modification of sexual glands of worker honey bees and queens.
Worker bee is a female which is not capable of reproduction. Its ovipositor is modified into stinging apparatus, and sex glands into poisonous ones.
Bee venom is used for active protection of bees. When stinging the bee secretes from 0,2 to 0,8 mg of venom.
Physico-chemical properties
Poison is a colorless thick opalescent liquid with strong particular odor and bitter taste. It has an acid reaction (pH 4,5-5,5). In the open air it dries up quickly and becomes amorphous crystals with density of 1.1313 g/cm3.
Possible forms of poison:
Routine methods (time-consuming and inefficient):
The main techniques of the injection of bee venom into the body:
Unfortunately, not all patients can benefit from apitherapy .1% of all people are hypersensitive to bee venom (idiosyncratic). They are inclined to allergic reactions such as the pruritus generalisatus or rash, urticaria and body temperature elevation. Sometimes the complications can be even more serious, such as anaphylactic shock which is characterized by blood pressure drop and cardiac and respiratory disorders. Lack of first aid may lead to fatalities.
In case of allergic reaction, the first aid includes extraction of the stinger, treatment of the stinging point with the 70% ethyl alcohol, application of a chilled dressing onto the skin and intake of antihistamines. There are several contraindications to the use of bee sting (tuberculosis and hepatitis, renal, cardiac and respiratory failure, etc.).
Therapeutic effect of bee venom
Bee venom increases the amount of hemoglobin, which reduces the viscosity and blood clotting, reduces blood cholesterol, increases urine flow, dilates blood vessels, increases blood flow to the disordered organ, relieves pain, improves the overall tone, endurance, improves sleep and appetite.
Due to the wide range of its properties bee venom is used in the treatment of many diseases in different fields of medicine.
Bee venom
Bee venom is a poisonous secret secreted by special glands which are a modification of sexual glands of worker honey bees and queens.
Worker bee is a female which is not capable of reproduction. Its ovipositor is modified into stinging apparatus, and sex glands into poisonous ones.
Bee venom is used for active protection of bees. When stinging the bee secretes from 0,2 to 0,8 mg of venom.
Physico-chemical properties
Poison is a colorless thick opalescent liquid with strong particular odor and bitter taste. It has an acid reaction (pH 4,5-5,5). In the open air it dries up quickly and becomes amorphous crystals with density of 1.1313 g/cm3.
Possible forms of poison:
- Native crude;
- Native-dried;
- Oil products;
- Freeze-dried (obtained from water solutions after washing or extracting the poisonous secret from stinging apparatus of bees or from porous substrates while collecting venom).
Routine methods (time-consuming and inefficient):
- Taking the stinging apparatus out of the dead bees, followed by an extract of poison;
- Provoked stinging of membranes stretched over a container;
- Use of a rotating drum filled with living bees.
The main techniques of the injection of bee venom into the body:
- In the pain spots (4 different methods). The method includes finding the pain spots and applying bees on them.
- Injection of bee venom by ampoulated treatments. The poison is injected with a syringe in the standard points of a man.
- Electrophoresis of bee venom. The method is good for its safety and the combined effect of the action of bee venom and direct current.
- Phonophoresis of bee venom. The advantage of this method is painless procedure and the combined effect of bee venom and ultrasound.
- The step-by-step method of bee stinging. First, the bee is stimulated to sting a napkin. Then, after 5-6 seconds, the sting is put on the required point on the patient's body.
- Apimassage. The method is based on the rubbing of the skin creams containing bee venom.
- Peroral use of homeopathic medicines.
Unfortunately, not all patients can benefit from apitherapy .1% of all people are hypersensitive to bee venom (idiosyncratic). They are inclined to allergic reactions such as the pruritus generalisatus or rash, urticaria and body temperature elevation. Sometimes the complications can be even more serious, such as anaphylactic shock which is characterized by blood pressure drop and cardiac and respiratory disorders. Lack of first aid may lead to fatalities.
In case of allergic reaction, the first aid includes extraction of the stinger, treatment of the stinging point with the 70% ethyl alcohol, application of a chilled dressing onto the skin and intake of antihistamines. There are several contraindications to the use of bee sting (tuberculosis and hepatitis, renal, cardiac and respiratory failure, etc.).
Therapeutic effect of bee venom
Bee venom increases the amount of hemoglobin, which reduces the viscosity and blood clotting, reduces blood cholesterol, increases urine flow, dilates blood vessels, increases blood flow to the disordered organ, relieves pain, improves the overall tone, endurance, improves sleep and appetite.
Due to the wide range of its properties bee venom is used in the treatment of many diseases in different fields of medicine.
