Apitherapy – San Ramon Wellness

Apitherapy or Bee Venom therapy

Bee venom is a biological compound that comes out of the abdomen of bees. It has multiple medicinal and therapeutic uses.

Apitherapy or
Bee Venom therapy Q & A

What is Apitherapy?

Apitherapy is an alternative medicine practice that uses bee products, including their venom, to treat and prevent illnesses, pain, and more.

Q1 - Is apitherapy new?

Although bee venom has recently experienced a surge in popularity, bee-venom therapy has been used in traditional medicine practices for thousands of years.

Q2 - Does bee venom therapy work?

The theory behind the treatment is that bee stings cause inflammation leading to an anti-inflammatory response by the immune system.

Q3 - What are the benefits of Apitherapy?

bee venom consists of a group of enzymes, peptides, phospholipids and active aminos. Melitin constitutes the predominant component of the bee venom compound. It is Anti-inflammatory, especially arthritis, stimulating the central and peripheral nervous system. It is used as anti-addictive, cardiovascular modulator, strong immuno-modulator , anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fungal. It activates gallbladder , fever reducer,-X-ray protector, increasing fertility, stimulating endocrine glands, increasing metabolic rate, anti-coagulant And as a protector for liver cells

Research recommended its use in autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and lupus erythematosus, as well as a treatment for many cancers such as lung cancer, ovarian cancer, neck cancer and prostate cancer, as well as an effective treatment for various rheumatic conditions such as knee joint stiffness, frozen shoulder, lower back pain and neck pain.

Bee venom can be used by direct stinging from bees or by diluted injections, or as a topical ointment.

Although these potential benefits are promising, more research is needed to confirm them.

Q4 - Is apitherapy safe?

Bee-venom therapy can cause side effects only if you are allergic to bee venom. Your immune system should flush out the melittin chemical the bee releases within a week. It should only be administered by a qualified provider. At Healing Touch Academy, a qualified provider will run an allergy test first to determine that apitherapy is the right therapy for you.

Q5 - Who is not candid for the Apitherapy?

Clients who suffer from Complete cirrhosis of the liver or heart failure and severe cases accompanied by high temperature should not seek this therapy.

Q6 - Do bees die during extracting bee venom?

At Healing Touch Academy The main method used which keeps the bees alive is to put a collector frame at the entrance of a hive and through this a small electric current is passed. Not enough to kill the bees but enough to get them feeling angry enough to sting.

In case of direct sting the bee used is the mature bee ( forager honey bee) is used which usually in the last week of its lifespan