Which remedy is associated with anaphylaxis, a burning bee sting, swelling, and burning cystitis?

• A. Cantharis
• B. Urtica urens
• C. Bryonia
• D. Apis

Answer: (D)

Recognizing Apis mellifica as the remedy for edema with burning, sting-like pains, especially from insect stings and burning cystitis.

Bee stings produce sharp burning pain and rapid swelling, and Apis is the go-to remedy for that sting-pain pattern plus puffy, edematous swelling. Anaphylaxis represents a hypersensitive inflammatory response with sudden swelling and burning sensations, which aligns with Apis’s picture of inflammatory edema and burning symptoms. In the bladder, Apis is known for burning, painful urination with mucosal swelling—burning cystitis—matching the urinary symptom here.

Other remedies don’t fit the cluster as neatly: Cantharis is more about intense burning with urinary and vesicular symptoms, Urtica urens covers nettle-type urticaria, and Bryonia centers on inflammatory pains that worsen with motion and dryness. The combination of bee-sting burning, sudden swelling, and burning cystitis points most directly to Apis.