Apitherapy

If you've ever been stung by a bee, you already have firsthand experience of the basics of bee-venom therapy (also called apitherapy). ❋ Unknown (2008)

"A bee sting is said to treat ailments from cancer to multiple sclerosis," says Seymour, giving the stinger still stuck in my hand a quick swipe away, while explaining all about apitherapy - the medical use of honey bee products. ❋ Unknown (2010)

China and beyond in bands of apitherapists because in the rest of the world, apitherapy is actually an accepted reality. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Theo tells great stories of travelling to China and beyond in bands of apitherapists because in the rest of the world, apitherapy is actually an accepted reality. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dear Reader: The medical use of honeybee products is known as apitherapy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., has begun a preliminary one-year study funded by the Multiple Sclerosis Association to research apitherapy as a potential treatment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Such is Ethiopians 'love of honey that apitherapy clinics offer treatments for many ailments. ❋ [email protected] (Observer: Alex Duval (2010)

An apitherapy practitioner checks bees that will be used for apitherapy in a beehive at Cibubur Bee Center on April 15, 2007 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Most claims of apitherapy-the medical use of bee venom-are anecdotal and have not been proved to the satisfaction of scientists, although believers say it helps relieve pain from multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis and certain other ailments.

Since ancient times, healers have practiced apitherapy, the use of honeybee products for curative pu ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

You might have thought that your single encounter with a bee was enough, but people undergoing apitherapy may get stung 80 times a day or more. ❋ Unknown (2008)